Among the first of the little arrivals was a baby boy delivered to parents Kristin and father Colm Concannon at Dublin’s Rotunda Hospital
14:25, 25 Dec 2025Updated 14:28, 25 Dec 2025
Baby Ronan was born in the Rotunda Hospital at 12.06am to delighted parents Kristin and Colm Concannon
A number of lucky couples received the best gift of all today as they celebrated the birth of Christmas Day babies across maternity hospitals nationwide this morning.
Dublin’s Rotunda Hospital, which is Ireland’s busiest maternity hospital, was delighted to announce that the first Rotunda Christmas Day baby of 2025 was born just after midnight.
Baby Ronan was born at 12.06am weighing 3.26kg, to his mother Kristin and father Colm Concannon, who are from Kilbarrack in Dublin.
Mum Natalia Simciuc and her midwife Elsie Cotterill pose with Baby David
Just one minute later, at 12.07am, Natalia Simciuc and her husband welcomed their baby boy into the world. The couple, from Tyrrelstown, Dublin, named the boy David. He weighed 3.27kg.
Meanwhile, there were festive celebrations in the Rotunda when Ruth and Gary Kenna, from Kinsealy in Dublin, welcomed Baby Tommy into the world at 7.09am on Christmas morning, weighing 3.7kg.
Baby Tommy with his parents Ruth and Gary Kenna
The Coombe Hospital in Dublin welcomed its first arrival, a baby girl, who was born at 12.41am and weighed 3.27kg.
Jodie and Jeremy McMullan from Kill, Co Kildare, chose the name Croía, meaning “heart” or “little heart,” derived from the Irish word croí. The name has grown in popularity in recent years, amid a rise in use of certain Irish names such as Fiadh, Éabha and Rían.
On Tuesday, the Central Statistics Office revealed that Robyn and Fiadh were the most popular girls’ names for babies born in December 2024, with 27 babies receiving each name last year, followed by Sophie (23), and Éabha and Emily, both at 22.
Of the 148 baby girls named Robyn in 2024, 27 were given that name in December 2024.
In terms of boys’ names for babies born last December, Rían was the most popular with 44 babies born that month being given the name, which means “little king”.
Breaking down the figures for babies born in December 2024, the CSO said there were seven more babies born on Christmas Day 2024 than on the same day in 2023.
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