EARLIER TODAY, THE Social Security Administration released data about the most popular baby names in the USA for 2016.
Noah was the most popular name for boys, while Emma topped the list for girls. (You can check out all the data here.)
Some of the names inside the top 1000 were unusual to say the least. (Khaleesi and Drake, anyone?)
Here are some that would never work in Ireland.
1. Kennedy/Kennedi
Ranking: #59/#416
Why it wouldn’t work in Ireland: Two reasons: (1) Kennedy is a surname and (2) it’s sacrilegious to spell Kennedy with an ‘i’.
2. Trinity
Ranking: #137
Why it wouldn’t work in Ireland: You can put Trinity on your CAO, but you can’t put it on your birth certificate. The jibes at your expense would be endless.
3. McKenna/Makenna
Ranking: #251/#319
Why it wouldn’t work in Ireland: If it was decided that McKenna was a reasonable name for a human to have, who knows where it could lead? Would people start naming their children McCarthy and McGinty?
4. Delaney
Ranking: #262
Why it wouldn’t work in Ireland: This country isn’t big enough for more than one Delaney.
5. Journey
Ranking: #264
Why it wouldn’t work in Ireland: Too much scope for slagging. Imagine all the ‘unnecessary journey’ gags.
Don’t make unnecessary journeys. That’s advice your Dad should have followed, pal.
6. Rylie
Ranking: #322
Why it wouldn’t work in Ireland: A notionsy spelling of “Riley” or “Reilly” goes against everything Irish people stand for.
7. Ashlyn
Ranking: #396
Why it wouldn’t work in Ireland: Again, we cannot endorse American spellings of Aisling. Imagine the chaos at Christmas when parents of classmates would be tasked with writing Christmas cards for little Ashlyn. “Could they have not named the child Aisling for Jaysus’ sake? Aisling with a ‘y’. Have you ever heard the like?”
8. Konner
Ranking: #972
Why it wouldn’t work in Ireland: Firstly, it just looks like the Kardashians got their hands on Conor and totally bastardised it. You’d be laughed out of it.
9. Thatcher
Ranking: #832
Why it wouldn’t work in Ireland: Everyone would just assume your Mam and Dad were massive Tories.
10. Stetson
Ranking: #709
Why it wouldn’t work in Ireland: Everyone would assume you were conceived to Nathan Carter’s Wagon Wheel. The shame. The absolute shame.
11. Legend
Ranking: #311
Why it wouldn’t work in Ireland: Just seems cocky, doesn’t it? “You think you’re such a big legend, don’t you?”
12. Messiah
Ranking: #218
Why it wouldn’t work in Ireland: If there’s one thing Irish people don’t like, it’s people who are “up themselves” or “think they’re better than you”. The name Messiah just suggests… airs and graces. Avoid.
