List of most popular given names
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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.
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[edit] 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.
- Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.
[edit] Africa
[edit] Male names
Region (year) | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 | No. 6 | No. 7 | No. 8 | No. 9 | No. 10 |
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Tunisia (2005)[1] | Mehdi | Youssef | Aziz | Karim | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
[edit] Female names
Region (year) | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 | No. 6 | No. 7 | No. 8 | No. 9 | No. 10 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tunisia (2005)[2] | Mariam | Shayma | Khawla | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
[edit] Asia & Pacific
[edit] Male names
[edit] Female names
Region (year) | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 | No. 6 | No. 7 | No. 8 | No. 9 | No. 10 |
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New South Wales, Australia (2007)[4] |
Isabella | Ella | Emily | Chloe | Mia | Olivia | Charlotte | Sophie | Sienna | Jessica |
Victoria, Australia (2007)[16] |
Olivia | Ella | Mia | Emily | Isabella | Charlotte | Chloe | Sienna | Lily | Jessica |
Western Australia, Australia (2006)[17] |
Ella | Emily | Olivia | Sienna | Charlotte | Chloe, Sophie | Mia | Grace | Jessica | Hannah |
India (names rising in popularity for infants)[18] |
Arpita | Ekta | Kanyakumari | Kavita | Laxmi | Mandakranta | Mrignayani | Parvati | Priyamvada | Seema |
Israel, Jewish girls (2004) [19] |
Noa | Shira | Maya | Agam | Tamar | Yael | Roni | Sarah | Michal | Adi, Eden |
Israel, Muslim girls (2004) [20] |
Eden | Shahad | Aya | Maryam | Nur | Fatma | Malk | Halla | Lian | Bian |
Israel, Christian girls (2004) [21] |
Maria | Nicol | Marian | Mariah | Lian | Dima | Hallah | Maya | Karin | Carol |
Israel, Druze girls (2004) [22] |
Eden | Yarin | Nur | Sarah | Sillin | Assil | Malk | Maya | Aya | Miyar |
Israel, (2005)[23] |
Noa | Roni | Yael | Adi | Sarah | Yovel | Hila | Michal | NA | NA |
Japan (2007)[24] |
Aoi | Sakura, Yuuna, Yuna | - | Yui, Hina, Haruna | - | Nanami, Misaki | - | Miyu, Miyuu | Hinata, Yui, Miu, Miyu, Miyuu | - |
New Zealand (2007)[14] |
Ella | Sophie | Olivia | Emma | Charlotte | Emily | Lily | Grace | Hannah | Isabella |
Pakistan | Fatima | Fozia | Sadia | Sobia | Nadia | Maryam | Farzana | Ayesha | Sakeena | Zainab |
Philippines[15] | Jessa | Michelle | Joan | May | Mary Grace | Jocelyn | Catherine | Mary Anne | Rowena | Grace |
[edit] Europe
[edit] Male names
[edit] Female names
[edit] North & South America
[edit] Male names
Region (year) | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 | No. 6 | No. 7 | No. 8 | No. 9 | No. 10 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Argentina (Buenos Aires)(2006)[87] |
Santiago | Lautaro | Matías | Tomás | Lucas | Joaquín | Franco | Agustín | Thiago | Nicolás |
Brazil (2006)[88] |
João | Gabriel | Pedro | Lucas | Matheus | Guilherme | Luiz | Gustavo | Rafael | Vinícius |
Canada (2003, among Anglophones)[89] |
Justin | Joshua | Matthew | Jacob | Ryan | Logan | Nicholas | Tyler | Dylan | Connor |
Alberta, Canada (2007) |
Ethan | Jacob | Logan | Noah | Joshua | Owen | Alexander | Liam | Matthew | Nathan |
British Columbia, Canada (2006)[90] |
Ethan | Jacob | Matthew | Joshua | Nathan | Liam | Benjamin | Ryan | Logan | Daniel |
Québec, Canada (2007) [91] |
William | Samuel | Gabriel | Nathan | Alexis | Thomas | Olivier | Felix | Antoine | Justin |
Nova Scotia, Canada (2007) [92] |
Noah | Ethan | Jack | Liam | Logan | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Saskatchewan, Canada (2007) |
Ethan | Logan | Matthew | Noah | Carter | Alexander | Jacob | William | Chase | Aiden |
Chile (2006)[93] |
Benjamín | Vicente | Matías | Martín | Sebastián | Joaquin | Diego | Nicolás | José | Cristóbal |
Mexico (2006)[94] |
Alejandro | Juan Carlos | Miguel Angel | Eduardo | Fernando | Carlos | Rodrigo | Ricardo | Javier | Jose Luis |
United States (2007)[95] |
Jacob | Michael | Ethan | Joshua | Daniel | Christopher | Anthony | William | Matthew | Andrew |
United States (Combined spellings, 2007)[96] |
Aiden | Jayden | Jacob | Michael | Christopher | Ethan | Joshua | Daniel | Anthony | Matthew |
United States (Baby Center members, 2007)[97] |
Aiden | Ethan | Jacob | Jayden | Caden | Noah | Jackson | Jack | Logan | Matthew |
United States (New York City, black boys, 2006)[98] |
Joshua | Jayden | Justin | Elijah | Jaden | Jordan | Isaiah | Brandon | Michael | Christopher |
United States (New York City, Asian and Pacific Islander boys, 2006)[99] |
Ryan | Jason | Kevin | Daniel | Matthew | Justin | Ethan | Eric | Andrew | Vincent |
United States (New York City, Hispanic boys, 2006)[100] |
Angel | Christopher | Justin | Jayden | Anthony | Joshua | Kevin | David | Daniel | Brandon, Michael |
United States (New York City), white boys, 2006)[101] |
Michael | Joseph | Daniel | Matthew | David | Nicholas | Jack | Alexander | Benjamin | Jacob |
United States (Top 10 Hispanic boys' names, 2007)[102] |
Santiago | Sebastián | Diego | Daniel | Samuel | Nicolás | Alejandro | Mateo | Pablo | Gabriel |
United States (Top Indian names in use in 2004)[103] |
Arjun | Aditya | Pranav | Samir | Nikhil | Arnav | Rishi | Rahul | NA | NA |
Uruguay |
Agustín | Matías | Santiago | Nicolás | Martín | Bruno | Francisco | Rodrigo | Mateo | Joaquín |
[edit] Female names
[edit] See also
- Given name
- List of most common surnames
- Name
- Naming convention
- Name generator
- Onomastics
- Category:Lists of popular names
- List of most popular given names by state in the United States
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- ^ a b 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 2007 list was released May 9, 2008. The most popular names by year beginning with 1880 are listed for the following: 1880s - 1890s - 1900s - 1910s - 1920s - 1930s - 1940s - 1950s - 1960s - 1970s - 1980s - 1990s - 2000s
- ^ Name Statistics
- ^ Baby Center, different spellings of popular names combined
- ^ WHAT’S IN A NAME? HEALTH DEPARTMENT RELEASES NEW YORK CITY’S MOST POPULAR BABY NAMES FOR 2006
- ^ WHAT’S IN A NAME? HEALTH DEPARTMENT RELEASES NEW YORK CITY’S MOST POPULAR BABY NAMES FOR 2006
- ^ WHAT’S IN A NAME? HEALTH DEPARTMENT RELEASES NEW YORK CITY’S MOST POPULAR BABY NAMES FOR 2006
- ^ WHAT’S IN A NAME? HEALTH DEPARTMENT RELEASES NEW YORK CITY’S MOST POPULAR BABY NAMES FOR 2006
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- ^ Name Statistics
- ^ Baby Center, different spellings of popular names combined
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- ^ WHAT’S IN A NAME? HEALTH DEPARTMENT RELEASES NEW YORK CITY’S MOST POPULAR BABY NAMES FOR 2006
- ^ WHAT’S IN A NAME? HEALTH DEPARTMENT RELEASES NEW YORK CITY’S MOST POPULAR BABY NAMES FOR 2006
- ^ WHAT’S IN A NAME? HEALTH DEPARTMENT RELEASES NEW YORK CITY’S MOST POPULAR BABY NAMES FOR 2006
- ^ Baby Center en Español
- ^ Hindu.com
[edit] External links
[edit] Links to government statistics on popularity of names
[edit] 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