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List of most popular given names
The most popular given names vary nationally, regionally, and culturally. Lists of widely-used given names can consist of those most often bestowed upon infants born within the last year, thus reflecting the current onomastic trends, or else be composed of the personal names occurring most within the total population.
Popularity by region
The names listed in the following tables, unless otherwise noted, represent the most current top 10 breakdowns of what newborn children are commonly being named in the various regions of the world.
Asia & Pacific
Male names
| Region (year) | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 | No. 6 | No. 7 | No. 8 | No. 9 | No. 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Northern Territory,
Australia (2005)[1] |
Jack | James | Lachlan | Benjamin | Joshua | Ryan | John | Patrick | Samuel | William |
|
New South Wales,
Australia (2005)[2] |
Jack | Lachlan | William | Joshua | Thomas | James | Ryan | Daniel | Matthew | Samuel |
| Japan (2002) |
Shun | Takumi | Shō | Ren | Shōta | Sōta | Kaito | Kenta | Daiki | Yū |
|
New Zealand (2003)[3] |
Joshua | Jack | Benjamin | Samuel | Daniel | Jacob | Ethan | James | Thomas | Matthew |
| Philippines[4] | Michael | Ronald | Ryan | Joseph | Joel | Jeffrey | Marlon | Richard | Noel | Jonathan |
Female names
| Region (year) | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 | No. 6 | No. 7 | No. 8 | No. 9 | No. 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia (2005)[2] |
Olivia | Charlotte | Emily | Chloe | Ella | Jessica | Isabella | Sophie | Mia | Brooke |
| Japan (2002) |
Misaki | Aoi | Nanami | Miu | Riko | Miyu | Moe | Mitsuki | Yūka | Rin |
|
New Zealand (2003)[3] |
Emma | Sophie | Ella | Emily | Jessica | Hannah | Olivia | Grace | Charlotte | Georgia |
| Philippines[4] | Maricel | Michelle | Jennifer | Janice | Mary Grace | Jocelyn | Catherine | Mary Anne | Rowena | Grace |
Europe
Male names
| Region (year) | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 | No. 6 | No. 7 | No. 8 | No. 9 | No. 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria (2003)[5] |
Lukas | Florian | Tobias | David | Alexander | Fabian | Michael | Julian | Daniel | Simon |
| Belgium (2005)[6] |
Noah | Thomas | Anton | Lucas | Louis | Milan | Arthur | Mohamed | Maxime | Simon |
| Czech Republic (2005, among Czech-speakers)[7] | Jan | Jakub | Tomáš | Adam | Ondřej | Martin | Filip | Lukáš | Vojtěch | Matěj |
| Denmark (first half of 2005)[8] |
Magnus | Lucas | Mathias | Oliver | Frederik | Emil | Mikkel | Tobias | Nikolaj | Victor |
|
England and Wales (2006, b.)[9] |
Jack | Thomas | Joshua | Oliver | Harry | James | William | Samuel | Daniel | Charlie |
| Estonia (2003, among Estonian-speakers) |
Martin | Markus | Aleksander | Rasmus | Kevin | Robin | Sander | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Finland (2005, among Finnish-speakers)[10] |
Veeti | Eetu | Aleksi | Joona | Elias | Juho | Lauri | Arttu | Leevi | Matias |
| France (2004)[11] |
Kevin | Lucas | Theo | Thomas | Hugo | Mathis | Nathan | Maxime | Clément | Louis |
| Germany (2005)[12] |
Alexander | Maximilian | Leon | Lukas, Lucas | Luca | Paul | Jonas | Felix | Tim | David |
| Hungary (2005)[13] |
Bence | Máté | Balázs | Dávid | Dániel | Levente | Tamás | Ádám | Péter | Gergő |
| Iceland (2001)[14] |
Sigurður | Guðmundur | Jón | Gunnar | Ólafur | Magnús | Einar | Kristján | Björn | Bjarni |
|
Ireland (2004)[15] |
Seán | Jack | Conor | Adam | James | Daniel | Cian | Luke | Michael | Aaron |
| Lithuania (2004, total population)[16] |
Jonas | Antanas | Vytautas | Juozas | Petras | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Lithuania (2005, babies born)[16] |
Lukas | Matas | Nojus | Mantas | Rokas | Dovydas | Dominykas | Martynas | Nedas | Arnas |
| Malta (2005)[17] |
Matthew | Luke | Michael | Aidan | Jake | Jamie | Andre | Isaac | Nathan | Zac |
|
Netherlands (2005)[18] |
Daan | Sem | Thomas | Tim | Lucas | Lars | Thijs | Milan | Jesse | Bram |
|
Northern Ireland (2003)[19] |
Jack | Matthew | Adam | James | Ryan | Joshua | Conor | Ben | Daniel | Dylan |
| Norway (2005)[20] |
Markus | Mathias | Jonas | Kristian | Tobias | Alexander | Adrian | Henrik | Andreas | Martin |
| Poland (2004, total population)[21] |
Jan | Andrzej | Piotr | Krzysztof | Stanisław | Tomasz | Paweł | Józef | Marcin | Marek |
| Portugal (2003) |
João | Tiago | André | Pedro | Ricardo | José | Manuel | Diogo | Fábio | Miguel |
| Scotland (2005)[22] |
Lewis | Jack | Callum | James | Ryan | Cameron | Kyle | Jamie | Daniel | Matthew |
| Slovenia (2006, total population)[23] |
Franc | Janez | Anton | Jožef | Ivan | Andrej | Marko | Jože | Marjan | Peter |
| Spain (2005, excluding Basque Country & Catalonia)[24] |
Alejandro | Daniel | Pablo | David | Javier | Adrián | Álvaro | Sergio | Carlos | Hugo |
|
Basque Country,
Spain (2005)[24] |
Iker | Unai | Jon | Mikel | Ander | Asier | Aitor | Eneko | Julen | Aimar |
| Catalonia, Spain (2005)[24] |
Marc | Alex | Pau | David | Pol | Daniel | Arnau | Joel | Gerard | Jordi |
| Sweden (2006)[25] |
Lucas | Oscar | William | Elias | Filip | Hugo | Viktor | Isak | Alexander | Emil |
|
Switzerland (2004, among German-speakers)[26] |
Luca | Noah | David | Jan | Joël | Simon | Nico | Tim | Jonas | Lukas |
| Turkey (2000-2005)[27] |
urooj | Yusuf | Furkan | Mustafa | Emre | Bora | Ahmet | Yunus | Abdülkadir | n.a |
Female names
| Region (year) | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 | No. 6 | No. 7 | No. 8 | No. 9 | No.10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria (2003)[5] |
Sarah | Anna | Julia | Laura | Lena | Hannah | Lisa | Katharina | Leonie | Vanessa |
| Belgium (2004)[6] |
Emma | Marie | Laura | Julie | Sarah | Clara | Manon | Léa | Lisa | Camille |
|
Czech Republic (2005, among Czech-speakers)[7] |
Tereza | Eliška | Adéla | Natálie | Anna | Karolína | Kristýna | Aneta | Nikola | Kateřina |
| Denmark (first half of 2005)[8] |
Mathilde | Emma | Laura | Sofie | Freja | Caroline | Ida | Sara | Julie | Anna |
|
England and Wales (2006)[9] |
Olivia | Grace | Jessica | Ruby | Emily | Sophie | Chloe | Lucy | Lily | Ellie |
| Estonia (2003, among Estonian-speakers) |
Sandra | Kristina | Anna | Laura | Maria | Diana | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Finland (2005, among Finnish-speakers)[10] |
Emma | Ella | Siiri | Aino | Anni | Sara | Venla | Aada | Emilia | Iida |
| France (2003)[11] |
Léa | Manon | Emma | Chloé | Camille | Océane | Clara | Marie | Sarah | Inès |
| Germany (2005)[12] |
Marie | Sophie, Sofie | Maria | Anna, Anne | Leonie | Lena | Emily | Lea, Leah | Julia | Laura |
| Hungary (2005)[13] |
Anna | Viktória | Réka | Vivien | Zsófia | Petra | Dorina | Fanni | Boglárka | Eszter |
| Iceland (2000-2004)[14] |
Anna | Sara | Katrín | Guðrún | María | Telma | Kristín | Birta | Eva | Helga |
|
Ireland (2005)[15] |
Emma | Sarah | Katie | Amy | Aoife | Ciara | Sophie | Chloe | Leah | Ella |
| Lithuania (2004, total population)[16] |
Ona | Janina | Irena | Elena | Danutė | Regina | Aldona | Marija | ||
| Lithuania (2005, babies born)[16] |
Gabija | Kamilė | Emilija | Gabrielė | Ugnė | Austėja | Viktorija | Evelina | Augustė | Rugilė |
| Malta (2005)[17] |
Maria | Martina | Amy | Gulia | Shania | Maia | Catherine | Emma | Nicole | Michela |
|
Netherlands (2005)[18] |
Sanne | Emma | Anna | Iris | Anouk | Melissa | Eva | Julia | Lotte | Isa |
|
Northern Ireland (2003)[19] |
Emma | Katie | Chloe | Caitlin | Amy | Ellie | Rachel | Sarah | Megan | Hannah |
| Norway (2005)[20] |
Emma | Thea | Ida | Sara | Julie | Emilie | Hanna | Nora | Malin | Ingrid |
| Poland (2004, total population)[21] |
Anna | Maria | Katarzyna | Małgorzata | Agnieszka | Krystyna | Barbara | Ewa | Elżbieta | Zofia |
| Portugal (2003) |
Maria | Joana | Ana | Catarina | Inês | Teresa | Isabel | Margarida | Carolina | Filipa |
| Scotland (2005)[22] |
Sophie | Emma | Ellie | Amy | Erin | Lucy | Katie | Chloe | Rebecca | Emily |
| Slovenia (2006, total population)[23] |
Marija | Ana | Irena | Jožefa | Maja | Frančiška | Mojca | Mateja | Ivana | Nataša |
| Spain (2005, excluding Basque Country & Catalonia)[24] |
Lucía | María | Paula | Laura | Marta | Andrea | Alba | Sara | Claudia | Ana |
|
Basque Country, Spain (2005)[24] |
Ana | Irati | Leire | Izaro | Naroa | Maria | Nerea | June | Paula | Nahia |
| Catalonia, Spain (2005)[24] |
Paula | Maria | Carla | Laura | Laia | Julia | Alba | Marta | Claudia | Andrea |
| Sweden (2006, )[25] |
Emma | Maja | Agnes | Julia | Alva | Linnéa | Wilma | Ida | Alice | Elin |
|
Switzerland (2004, among German-speakers)[26] |
Lea | Anna | Laura | Leonie | Julia | Lara | Chiara | Nina | Jana | Vanessa |
| Turkey (2000-2005)[27] |
Zeynep | Merve | Elif | Irem | Fatma | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a | n.a |
North & South America
Male names
| Region (year) | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 | No. 6 | No. 7 | No. 8 | No. 9 | No. 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil (2006)[28] |
João | Gabriel | Pedro | Lucas | Matheus | Guilherme | Luiz | Gustavo | Rafael | Vinícius |
| Canada (2003, among Anglophones)[29] |
Justin | Joshua | Matthew | Jacob | Ryan | Logan | Nicholas | Tyler | Dylan | Connor |
|
British Columbia, Canada (2005)[30] |
Ethan | Joshua | Matthew | Jacob | Nathan | Ryan | Alexander | Liam | Nicholas | Noah |
| Québec, Canada (2004)[31] |
Samuel | William | Alexis | Gabriel | Jeremy | Xavier | Felix | Thomas | Antoine | Olivier |
| Chile (2005)[32] |
Benjamín | Matías | Vicente | Martín | Sebastián | Diego | Nicolás | Juan | José | Cristóbal |
|
Buenos Aires, Argentina (2006)[33] |
Santiago | Lautaro | Matías | Tomás | Lucas | Joaquín | Franco | Agustín | Thiago | Nicolás |
Female names
| Region (year) | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 | No. 6 | No. 7 | No. 8 | No. 9 | No. 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil (2006)[34] |
Maria | Ana | Júlia | Letícia | Vitória | Giovanna | Yasmin | Beatriz | Mariana | Larissa |
| Canada (2003, among English-speakers)[29] |
Emily | Emma | Madison | Sarah | Hannah | Sydney | Megan | Ashley | Taylor | Paige |
|
British Columbia, Canada (2005)[30] |
Emma | Emily | Olivia | Hannah | Madison | Ava | Sarah | Ella | Isabella | Grace |
| Québec, Canada (2004)[31] |
Lea | Rosalie | Noemie | Laurence | Jade | Megane | Sarah | Audrey | Camille | Coralie |
| Chile (2005)[32] |
Constanza | Catalina | Valentina | Javiera | Martina | Sofía | María | Antonia | Fernanda | Francisca |
|
Buenos Aires, Argentina (2006)[33] |
Sofía | Camila | Valentina | Martina | Agustina | Micaela | Lucía | Milagros | Victoria | Julieta |
United States
Every year, the U.S. Social Security's Office of the Chief Actuary publishes a list of the most popular names given at birth for males and females in the U.S. (website). The 2006 list was released May 11, 2007.
References
- ^ Northern Territory Department of Justice. (January 19, 2006). Most Popular Names. Retrieved June 17, 2006.
- ^ a b NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages. (2006). Popular Baby Names. Retrieved June 17, 2006.
- ^ a b Statistics New Zealand. (n.d.). "Top 100 babies' names for girls and boys, 1999-2003." Retrieved June 17, 2006.
- ^ a b Brunner, René. (n.d.). "Philippine Names." Retrieved June 16, 2006.
- ^ a b Statistics Austria. (July 12, 2005). "Lukas und Anna 2004 an erster Stelle der beliebtesten Babynamen in Österreich." Retrieved June 16, 2006.
- ^ a b Statistics Belgium. Voornamen van jongens en meisjes - België, Vlaanderen, Wallonië en Brussel. Retrieved March 11, 2007.
- ^ a b Czech Statistical Office. (September 20, 2005). Nejčastější jména dětí v lednu 2005. Retrieved June 16, 2006.
- ^ a b Statistics Denmark. (January, 13 2006). Fornavne for børn født i 1. halvår 2005. Retrieved June 16, 2006.
- ^ a b National Statistics Online news release (PDF). Retrieved December 20, 2006.
- ^ a b The Population Register Centre. (n.d.). Suosituimmat suomenkielisten lasten etunimet 2005.Ensimmäiset nimet. Retrieved June 16, 2006.
- ^ a b "Top Most Popular Names for Births in France 2004." (n.d.). Behind the Name. Retrieved March 11, 2007.
- ^ a b Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache. (n.d.). Vornamenliste 2005. Retrieved June 16, 2006.
- ^ a b "Továbbra is a Bence és az Anna a legkedveltebb keresztnév." (January 26, 2006). Index. Retrieved June 16, 2006.
- ^ a b Statistics Iceland. (December 31, 2004). Forenames in the National Register of Persons. Retrieved June 16, 2006.
- ^ a b Central Statistics Office. (n.d.). Statistics: Top 25 Babies' Names. Retrieved June 16, 2006.
- ^ a b c d Department of Statistics to the Government of the Republic of Lithuania (Statistics Lithuania). (February 11, 2006). Įdomioji statistika. Retrieved July 30, 2006.
- ^ a b National Statistics Office, Malta. (June 16, 2006). Babies' Names: 2004-2005. Retrieved February 6, 2007.
- ^ a b Sociale Verzekeringsbank. (n.d.). Kindernamen top 20. Retrieved June 16, 2006.
- ^ a b Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. (January 2, 2004). Jack and Emma were the most popular first names in Northern Ireland in 2003. Retrieved June 16, 2006.
- ^ a b Statistics Norway. (n.d.). Name statistics. Retrieved June 16, 2006.
- ^ a b Ministry of Interior and Administration of the Republic of Poland. (n.d.). STATYSTYKA 50 NAJPOPULARNIEJSZYCH IMION W POLSCE W PODZIALE NA PŁE. Retrieved June 16, 2006.
- ^ a b General Register Office for Scotland. The most popular names in Scotland, 2005. Retrieved October 22, 2006.
- ^ a b Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia. Most frequent names by sex. Retrieved 2006-12-26.
- ^ a b c d e f National Statistics Institute. (n.d.). Births according to name of newborn. Retrieved June 16, 2006.
- ^ a b Statistics Sweden. (n.d.). Namnstatistik. Retrieved March 18, 2007.
- ^ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office. (n.d.). Vornamen-Hitparade. Retrieved June 17, 2006.
- ^ a b Nüfus ve Vatandaşlık İşleri Genel Müdürlüğü. (n.d.). İsim İstatistikleri. Retrieved June 16, 2006.
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- ^ a b "Popular Baby Names in Canada for 2004." (n.d.). Retrieved June 16, 2006.
- ^ a b British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency. (n.d.). Most Popular Baby Names in British Columbia. Retrieved June 17, 2006.
- ^ a b Olejarczyk, Anna. (July, 2005).Top 100 Baby Names in Canada. Today's Parent. Retrieved June 16, 2006.
- ^ a b Registro Civil de Chile. (2005). Nombres más Comunes 2005. Retrieved June 16, 2006.
- ^ a b La Nación. Santiago y Sofía, los nombres más elegidos en 2006 por los porteños. Retrieved December 31, 2006.
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External links
Links to government statistics on popularity of names
Australia
- Queensland list
- Australian Capital Territory list
- Northern Territory list
- South Australian list under Births Deaths & Marriages.
- Tasmania doesn't appear to have statistics published online
- Victorian list
- Western Australia
United States
Links to private websites that give statistics on names
- Baby Name Facts
- Top Baby Names by Decade
- Top 100 Baby Names of the world
- Indian Baby Names
- Most popular first and last names nationally and by state