Passport Service 2022 Report

These figures are correct to 16 December 2022.

• the oldest applicant was 102 and the youngest just 3 days old
• the most popular baby girls’ names were Emily, Fiadh and Lily, while Noah, Jack and James topped the baby boys’ list
• as in previous years, there were a significant number of applicants from Northern Ireland and Great Britain. Out of over 1.15 million total applications received up to 16 December, just under 100,000 first time applications were received from these regions
• outside of applications from the island of Ireland and from Great Britain, the most online applications came from the following countries: USA, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, France, Spain, Germany and South Africa
• August was the busiest month for Customer Service Hub phone calls, with more than 41,000 calls handled. July was the busiest month for the WebChat service, with over 23,000 chats handled