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 naming trends, or else be composed of the personal names occurring most within the total population. [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. -
[edit] Africa [edit] Male names [edit] Female names [edit] Asia & Pacific [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 | Australia
(2008) [3] | Jack | William | Lachlan | Joshua | Riley | Thomas | Cooper | Oliver | James | Ethan | Northern Territory, Australia
(2008)[4] | William | Lachlan | Jack | Joshua | Ethan | Mitchell | Riley | Thomas | Joseph | Cooper | New South Wales, Australia
(2008)[5] | Jack | William | Lachlan | Joshua | Cooper | Riley | Thomas | Oliver | James | Benjamin | Queensland, Australia
(2008)[6] | Jack | Cooper | Lachlan | William | Riley | Thomas | Joshua | Samuel | Noah | Ethan | Victoria, Australia
(2008)[7] | William | Jack | Thomas | Joshua | James | Lachlan | Oliver | Riley | Cooper | Noah | Western Australia, Australia
(2008)[8] | Jack | Joshua, Riley | Ethan | Oliver | William | Lachlan | Thomas | Lucas | Samuel | Jacob | India
(names rising in popularity for infants)[9] | Aditya | Hriday | Jowar | Karan | Narayan | Navneet | Parthasarathy | Suresh | Saurabh | Amit | Iran[10]
(2007) | Mohammad | Ali | Hossein | Abolfazl | Mahdi | Reza | Ehsan | Amirali | Amirmohammad | Abbas | Iraq
(2007)[citation needed] | Ali | Muhammed | Hussein | Hydar | Ahmed | Omar | Hasan | Kathem | Abdullah | Ammar | Israel, Jewish boys (2008)
[11] | No'am | Itai | Daniel | David | Idan | Moshe | Yosef | Yonatan | NA | NA | Israel, Muslim boys (2004)
[11] | Muhammed | Ahmed | Abd | Mahmoud | Mahmad | Yousouf | Ali | Omar | Amir | Adam | Israel, Christian boys (2004)
[11] | Elias | George | Amir | Fadi | Yousouf | Sharbal | Baasal | Majd | Julian | Bashar | Israel, Druze boys (2004)
[11] | Adam | Omri | Eyal | Amir | Salman | Rani | Tamir | Yosef | Bahah | Daniel | | Israel, most popular names given to both Jewish boys and girls (2008)[12] | Noam | Amit | Ariel | Daniel | Adi | Ma'ayan | Yuval | Yahli | Omer | Lior | Japan
(2009)[13] | Hiroto | Shota | Ren | Sota | Sora | Yuto | Yuto (written with different
characters in Japanese) | Yuma | Eita | Sho | Mongolia
[14] | Naranbaatar | Batukhan | Bataar | Chuluun | Sukhbataar | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | New Zealand
(2008)[15] | Jack | James | William | Samuel | Joshua | Riley | Liam | Oliver | Benjamin | Daniel | | Pakistan | Mohammad | Ali | Hussain | Omar | Bilal | Usman | Zahid | Shahid | Saqib | Nomaan | | Philippines (2006) | Joshua | Christian | John Paul | Justin | John Mark | Adrian | Angelo | John Michael | James | John Lloyd | | South Korea (2008) [16] | Min-jun | Ji-hun | Hyun-woo | Jun-suh | Woo-jin | Gun-woo | Ye-jun | Hyun-jin | 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 | Australia
(2008) [3] | Mia | Chloe | Isabella | Charlotte | Emily | Ella | Olivia | Sienna | Ava | Sophie | New South Wales, Australia
(2008)[5] | Mia | Chloe | Isabella | Emily | Olivia | Ella | Charlotte | Sienna | Sophie | Ava | Northern Territory, Australia
(2008)[4] | Isabella | Charlotte | Chloe | Ella | Hannah | Jessica | Olivia | Sophie | Matilda | Ruby | Queensland, Australia
(2008)[6] | Ella | Mia | Emily | Chloe | Isabella | Charlotte | Lily | Ava | Olivia | Sienna | Victoria, Australia
(2008)[7] | Mia | Olivia | Chloe | Isabella | Charlotte | Ava | Sienna | Emily | Ella | Sophie | Western Australia, Australia
(2008)[8] | Ella | Emily | Chloe | Mia | Sophie | Charlotte | Lily | Isabella, Sienna | Ava | Matilda | India
(names rising in popularity for infants)[9] | Arpita | Ekta | Kanyakumari | Kavita | Laxmi | Mandakranta | Mrignayani | Parvati | Priyamvada | Seema | Iran[10]
(2007) | Fatemeh | Zahra | Sara | Zeinab | Elham | Maryam | Mahsa | Negâr | Hasti | Yaldâ | Israel, Jewish girls (2008)
[11] | Noa | Shira | Yael | Tamar | Maya | Talia | Hila | Michal | Adi | Lian | Israel, Muslim girls (2004)
[11] | Eden | Shahad | Aya | Maryam | Nur | Fatma | Malk | Halla | Lian | Bian | Israel, Christian girls (2004)
[11] | Maria | Nicol | Marian | Mariah | Lian | Dima | Hallah | Maya | Karin | Carol | Israel, Druze girls (2004)
[11] | Eden | Yarin | Nur | Sarah | Sillin | Assil | Malk | Maya | Aya | Miyar | Japan
(2009)[13] | Rina | Sakura | Hina | Yua | Yuna | Miu | Yui | Aoi | Miyu | Misaki | Mongolia
[14] | Odval | Bolormaa | Bayarmaa | Oyunbileg | Khongordzol | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | New Zealand
(2008)[15] | Sophie | Olivia | Ella | Isabella | Charlotte | Lily | Emma | Emily | Jessica | Grace | | Pakistan | Fatima | Fozia | Sadia | Sobia | Nadia | Maryam | Farzana | Ayesha | Sakeena | Zainab | | Philippines (2006)[17] | Angel | Nicole | Angelica | Angela | Jasmine | Mary Joy | Kimberly | Mariel | Mary Grace | Princess | | South Korea (2008)[16] | Seo-yeon | Min-suh | Ji-min | Seo-hyeon | Seo-yun | Ye-eun | Ha-eun | Ji-eun | NA | NA | [edit] Europe [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 | Armenia
(2008)[18] | Narek | Davit | Haik | Erik | Gor | Arman | Armen | Arthur | Samvel | Vahe | Austria
(2008)[19] | Lukas | Tobias | Julian | Simon | Maximilian | David | Sebastian | Alexander | Felix | Florian | Azerbaijan
(2008)[20] | Ali | Murad | Mahammad | Huseyn | Nihad | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | Belarus
(2005, Minsk region)[21] | Artem | Vladislav | Nikita | Aleksej | Ivan | Ilja | NA | NA | NA | NA | Belgium
(2008)[22] | Noah | Nathan | Lucas | Thomas | Louis | Arthur | Mohamed | Mathis | Maxime | Simon | Flemish Region, Belgium
(2009)[23] | Lars | Kobe | Lucas | Liam | Noah | Daan | Milan | Wout | Senne | Robbe | Wallonia, Belgium
(2008)[22] | Nathan | Noah | Lucas | Hugo | Théo | Louis | Mathéo | Tom | Maxime | Ethan | Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
(2008)[24] | Mohamed | Adam | Rayan | Ayoub | Gabriel | Alexandre | Anas | Hamza | Nathan | Amine | Bulgaria
(2008)[25] | Nikolai | Georgi | Alexander | Dimitar | Kristian | Ivan | Daniel | Martin | Petăr | Vasil | Croatia
(2008)[26] | Luka | Karlo | Filip | Ivano | Ivan | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Czech Republic (2008)[27] | Jakub | Jan | Tomáš | Lukáš | Ondřej | Vojtěch | Matěj | Adam | Daniel | Filip | Denmark
(babies born, first half of 2008)[28] | Lucas | Mikkel | William | Oliver | Noah | Emil | Sebastian | Magnus | Frederik | Victor | | Faroe Islands, Denmark (2008) [29] | Dánjal, Dávid, Jónas | Elias | Bárður, Brandur, Ísakur, Jógvan, Rói, Rókur, Silas, Tummas | Aron, Benjamin, Filip, Fríði, Gilli, Hákun, Jákup, Kristian, Markus, Ólavur, Pætur, Páll, Sámuel, Símun, Teitur, Tóki, Tóri | Andreas, Baldur, Bartal, Beinir, Bjarni, David, Eli, Gunnar, Hans Dávid, Heini, Hjalti, Hóri, Hugin, Jóan Petur, Jóhannes, Jósef, Kári, Lukas, Martin, Milan, Óli, Rani, William | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | Denmark
(total population, 2008)[28] | Jens | Peter | Lars | Michael | Henrik | Søren | Niels | Thomas | Hans | Jørgen | England, United Kingdom(2008)
[30] | Jack | Oliver | Harry | Thomas | Joshua | Alfie | Charlie | James | Daniel | William | England and Wales, United Kingdom
(2008, b.)[31] | Jack | Oliver | Thomas | Harry | Joshua | Alfie | Charlie | Daniel | James | William | Estonia
(2007, including Russian-speakers)[32] | Aleksander/ Alexander/ Aleksandr | Markus/ Marcus | Martin/ Marthin | Artjom | Rasmus | Kristian/ Kristjan | Oskar/ Oscar | Mattias/ Matthias | N/A | N/A | Finland
(2007, among Finnish-speakers)[33] | Eetu | Veeti | Aleksi | Elias | Joona | Onni | Arttu | Leevi | Juho | Lauri | Finland
(2007, among Swedish speakers)[33] | Emil | William | Axel | Anton | Robin | Oliver | Linus | Benjamin | Alexander | Rasmus | Finland
(2009, includes middle names as well as first names)[34] | Juhani | Johannes | Mikael | Matias | Olavi | Onni | Elias | Ilmari | Oskari | Oliver | France
(2009)[35] | Nathan | Lucas | Enzo | Jules | Hugo | Noah | Arthur | Mathis | Maxime, Léo, Tom | Louis | | Georgia (first three months of 2008)[36] | Giorgi | Nikoloz | Luka | Saba | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Georgia (1990s)[36] | Giorgi | Davit | Irakli | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Georgia (entire population)[37] | Giorgi | David | Nikoloz | Peter | Ivane, Ioann, Vano | Ilia | NA | NA | NA | NA | Germany
(2008)[38] | Leon | Lukas, Lucas | Luca, Luka | Tim, Timm | Fynn, Finn | Jonas | Felix | Luis, Louis | Paul | Maximilian | Greece
(2004)[39] | Georgios | Ioannis (Yiannis) | Konstantinos (Kostas) | Dimitris | Nikolaos (Nikos) | Panagiotis | Vasilis | Christos | Athanasios (Thanasis) | Michail (Michalis) | Greenland (2000-2003)
[40] | Malik | Hans | Peter | Minik | Aputsiaq | Nuka | Karl | Innunguaq | Jonas | Inuk | Hungary
(2008)[41] | Bence | Máté | Levente | Dániel | Balázs | Dávid | Ádám | Péter | Bálint | Gergő | Iceland
(2004-2007)[42] | Jón | Daníel | Aron | Viktor | Alexander | Arnar | Guðmundur | Gabríel | Kristján | Tómas, Stefán | Iceland
(2005, total population)[42] | Jón | Sigurður | Guðmundur | Gunnar | Ólafur | Einar | Magnús | Kristján | Stefán | Jóhann | Ireland
(2008)[43] | Jack | Seán | Conor | Daniel | James | Ryan | Adam | Dylan | Luke | Alex | Isle of Man
(2008)[44] | Josh/Joshua | Thomas | Lewis | Charles/Charlie | Alex/Alexander | Sam/Samuel | Oliver | Harry | George | Ben/Benjamin, Jack | Italy
(2007)[45] | Francesco | Alessandro | Andrea | Matteo | Lorenzo | Gabriele | Mattia | Luca | Davide | Riccardo | Latvia (2005)
[46] | Jānis | Andris | Juris | Edgars | Māris | Aivars | Mārtiņš | Pēteris | Ivars | Kaspars | Liechtenstein
(2008) [47] | David/Davide, Niclas/Nico/Nicola/Nicolas/Niklas | Rafael/Raffael/Raphael | Elias/Elia, Leo/Leon/Leonard, Linus, Luca, Luis, Maximilian/Max, Michael/Miguel, Noah, Pascal, Simon/Simeon | Alecsander/Alessandro/Alex, Dario, Gabriel, Levin, Marco, Philipp | Andrea/Andreas, Colin/Collin, Constantin, Cristiano, Ferdinand/Fernando, Jan/Jannick, Julian, Julius, Justin, Leandro, Lorenz, Manuel, Mario, Mathias/Matteo, Muhammed, Sandro, Tim | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | Lithuania
(2008, total population)[48] | Jonas | Vytautas | Antanas | Tomas | Juozas | Mindaugas | Kęstutis | Darius | Andrius | Petras | Lithuania
(2008, babies born)[48] | Matas | Lukas | Nojus | Dovydas | Kajus | Rokas | Dominykas | Mantas | Ignas | Arnas | Luxembourg
(2008, babies born)[49] | Noah | Luca | Tim | Tom | Yann | Sam | Fynn | NA | NA | NA | Republic of Macedonia
(2006, babies born)[50] | Aleksandar | Zoran | Nikola | Goran | Dragan | Dejan | Ilija | Igor | Petar | Ljupco | Malta
(2008)[51] | Matthew/Matteo/Matthias | Luke/ Luca/Luciano | Jake | Michael/Michele/Miguel | Aiden, Kayden/Kai | Kyle | Jaden | Liam, Daniel/Daniele, Nicholas/Nikolai | Isaac | Nathan/Nathaniel | Netherlands
(2009)[52] | Daan | Sem | Tim | Jayden | Thomas | Thijs | Jesse | Ruben | Lars | Milan | Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
(2009)[53] | Jack | Matthew | Daniel | James | Ryan | Adam | Ethan | Charlie | Thomas | Conor | Norway
(2008)[54] | Lucas | Mathias | Markus | Emil | Kristian | Jonas | Magnus | Oliver | Tobias | Alexander | Poland
(2008)[55] | Jakub | Kacper | Mateusz | Szymon | Bartosz | Michał | Filip | Dawid | Wiktor | Piotr | Portugal
[56] (2008) | João | Rodrigo | Martim | Diogo | Tomás | Afonso | NA | NA | NA | NA | Romania
(2008)[57] | Andrei | Alexandru | Stefan | David | Mihai | Ionut | Florin | Daniel | Gabriel | Matei | Russia
(general population)[58] | Aleksandr | Sergey | Vladimir | Andrey | Aleksey | Dmitriy | Mikhail | Igor | Yuri | Nikolai | Russia
(St. Petersburg, 2003)[59] | Alexander | Alexei | Anatoly | Andrei | Dmitry | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | Russia
(Moscow, 2007)[60] | Alexander | Ivan | Maxim | Artyom | Mikhail | Nikita | Daniil | Yegor | Dmitry | Alexei | Russia
(Vladivostok, 2009)[61] | Alexander | Artem | Vladislav | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | Scotland, United Kingdom
(2009)[62] | Jack | Lewis | James | Liam | Logan | Daniel | Aaron | Ryan | Cameron | Callum | Serbia
(2009)[63] | Lazar | Nikola | Luka | Vuk | Aleksa | Stefan | Ognjen | Marko | Jovan | Filip | Slovakia
(2004)[64] | Ján | Jozef | Peter | Štefan | Milan | Martin | Michal | Miroslav | Ladislav | František | Slovenia
(2008, babies born)[65] | Luka | Jan | Nejc | Nik | Žiga | Žan | Jakob | Jaka | Matic | Aljaž | Spain
(2008, excluding Basque Country & Catalonia)[66] | Daniel | Alejandro | Pablo | David | Adrián | Hugo | Álvaro | Javier | Diego | Sergio | Basque Country, Spain
(2008)[66] | Mikel | Pablo | Iker | Aimar | Asier | Unai | Iñigo | Javier | Aitor | Adrián | Catalonia, Spain
(2008)[66] | Marc | Àlex | Pol | Pau | Arnau | Iker | Jan | David | Eric | Daniel | Sweden
(2008)[67] | Lukas | Oskar | Elias | William | Hugo | Alexander | Erik | Filip | Isak | Viktor | Sweden (total population)
| Erik | Lars | Karl | Anders | Per | Johan | Nils | Lennart | Jan | Hans | Switzerland
(2008)[68] | Tim | Luca | Leon | David | Noah | Nico | Jan | Simon | Lukas | Levin | Switzerland
(2008, among German-speakers)[69] | Tim | Luca | Leon | David | Noah | Nico | Jan | Simon | Lukas | Levin | Switzerland
(2008, among French-speakers) | Nathan | Luca | Lucas | Maxime | Thomas | David | Noah | Gabriel | Matteo | Samuel | Switzerland
(2008, among Italian speakers) | Alessandro | Matteo | Leonardo | Mattia | Davide | Gabriel | Elia | Enea | Gabriele, Nathan, Simone | Andrea, Luca | Switzerland
(2008, among Romansch speakers) | Gian | Nevio, Simon | Mattia | Florian, Flurin, Jarno, Leandro, Lucas, Marco, Matteo, Men, Moreno, Silvan, Tim | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | Turkey
(2006)[70] | Arda | Yusuf | Mehmet | Mustafa | Emirhan | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | Ukraine
(2009) [71] | Nazar | Danylo | Maksym | Vladyslav | Mykyta | Artem | Kyrylo | Egor | Ilya | Andriy | | United Kingdom (2009) (Bounty survey)[72] | Jack | Oliver | Charlie | Harry | Alfie | Thomas | Joshua | William | James | Daniel | Wales, United Kingdom
(2008)[30] | Jack | Dylan | Oliver | Rhys | Thomas | Joshua | Daniel, William | Alfie, Ethan | Charlie | Jayden | [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 | Armenia
(2008)[18] | Milena | Ani | Mariam | Elen | Anahit | Anna | Mary | Lilit | Marie | Gayane | Austria
(2008)[19] | Leonie | Sarah | Anna | Hannah | Lena | Julia | Sophie | Katharina | Laura | Lara | Azerbaijan
(2008)[73] | Fatima | Narmin | Fidan | Zahra | Nuray | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | Belarus
(2005, Minsk)[21] | Darja | Anastasija | Maria | Polina | Anna | Ksenija | Elizaveta | NA | NA | NA | Belgium
(2008)[22] | Emma | Louise | Léa | Marie | Julie | Sarah | Elise | Manon | Clara | Laura | Flemish Region, Belgium
(2009)[74] | Lore | Ella | Emma | Lotte | Noor | Marie | Louise | Elise | Julie | Amber | Wallonia, Belgium
[75] (2008)[22] | Léa | Clara | Emma | Lucie | Manon | Chloé | Louise, Sarah | Camille | Zoé | Célia | Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
(2008)[22] | Sarah | Lina | Aya | Sara | Yasmine | Imane | Rania | Ines | Nour | Inès | Bulgaria
(2008)[76] | Victoria | Nikol | Maria | Gabriela | Aleksandra | Joana | Raya | Magdalena | Gergana | Denise | Croatia
(2008)[26] | Lana | Petra | Sara | Lucija | Nika | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | Czech Republic
(2008)[27] | Tereza | Natálie | Anna | Adéla | Eliška | Karolína | Kateřina | Barbora | Lucie | Kristýna | Denmark
(babies born, first half of 2008)[28] | Emma | Freja | Caroline | Ida | Sofie | Mathilde | Anna | Laura | Sara | Lærke | | Faroe Islands, Denmark (2008)[29] | Anna | Sára | Ronja | Bjarta, Maria, Vár | Bjørk, Lív, Silja | Andrea, Emilia, Fríða, Jóna, Katrin | Angela, Arina, Ása, Bára, Durita, Eva, Hanna, Isabella, Joan, Jonna, Kristina, Marita, Ró, Sandra, Sofía, Tóra | Amanda, Annika, Birita, Brá, Elin, Elisa, Elisabet, Ella, Elsa, Emma, Ester, Eydna, Halla, Julia, Karin, Lea, Lilja, Lý, Maia, Natalia, Oda, Rannvá, Rebekka, Rósa, Saranja, Sesilia, Tea, Viktoria | NA | NA | Denmark
(total population, 2008)[28] | Anne | Kirsten | Hanne | Mette | Anna | Helle | Susanne | Lene | Karen | Inge | England, United Kingdom (2008)
[30] | Olivia | Emily | Ruby | Grace | Jessica | Chloe | Sophie | Lily | Amelia | Evie | England and Wales, United Kingdom
(2008)[31] | Olivia | Ruby | Emily | Grace | Jessica | Chloe | Sophie | Lily | Amelia | Evie | Estonia
(2007, including Russian-speakers)[32] | Anastasia/ Anastassia/ Anastasija | Laura | Lisete/ Lisette/ Lisett | Anete/ Anette | Viktoria | Maria | Carolin/ Caroline/ Karolina | Sandra | Annabel/ Annabell | NA | Finland
(2007, among Finnish-speakers)[33] | Aino | Emma | Sara | Venla | Ella | Anni | Aada | Iida | Emilia | Helmi | Finland
(2007, among Swedish speakers)[33] | Emma | Emilia | Julia | Elin | Ida | Wilma | Ellen | Ella | Sofia | Sara | Finland
(2009, includes middle names as well as first names)[77] | Maria | Emilia | Sofia | Olivia | Helmi | Aino | Matilda | Aurora | Amanda | Ilona | France
(2009)[78] | Emma | Léa | Manon | Chloé | Camille | Zoé | Lola | Louise | Océane | Lilou | | Georgia (first three months of 2008)[36] | Mariam | Ana | Nino | Tamar | Lizi | Elene | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Georgia (1990s)[36] | Nino | Tamara | Mariam | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | Georgia
(entire population)[37] | Nino | Tamar | Mariam | Nana | Natia | Marine | Ketevan | Ana/ Anna | NA | NA | Germany
(2008)[38] | Leonie | Hanna, Hannah | Mia | Lena | Anna | Lea, Leah | Emily, Emilie | Lara | Emma | Sara, Sarah | Greece
(2004)[39] | Maria | Eleni | Aikaterini (Katerina) | Vasiliki, Basiliki (Vaso) | Sophia | Angeliki | Georgia (Giorgia, Gogo) | Dimitra | Konstantina (Kostantina) | Paraskevi, Paraskeui | Greenland
(2000-2003)[40] | Pipaluk | Paninnguaq | Laila | Laura | Maja | Ane | Nina | Uiloq | Johanne | Najaaraq | Hungary
(2008)[41] | Anna | Hanna | Boglárka | Jázmin | Nóra | Réka | Lili | Zsófia | Petra | Viktória | Iceland
(2004-2007)[42] | Sara | Anna | Emilía | Katrín | Eva, María | Guðrún | Kristín | Margrét | Julia, Júlía | Helga | Iceland
(2005, total population)[42] | Guðrún | Anna | Sigríður | Kristín | Margrét | Helga | Sigrún | Ingibjörg | Jóhanna | María | Ireland
(2008)[43] | Ava | Katie | Sarah | Emma | Emily | Sophie | Grace | Aoife | Chloe | Kate | Isle of Man
(2008)[44] | Lily/Lillie | Isabel/Isabella | Emily | Lucy | Summer | Chloe | Holly | Ella | Ruby | Charlotte, Grace | Italy
(2007)[45] | Giulia | Sofia | Martina | Sara | Chiara | Aurora | Giorgia | Alessia | Francesca | Alice | Latvia (2005)
[46] | Anna | Kristīne | Inese | Inga | Ilze | Līga | Dace | Anita | Marija | Ieva | Liechtenstein
(2008) [47] | Sara/Sarah | Julia/Giulia | Lea | Anna/Anne, Chiara, Fiona, Hanna/Hana, Lara, Lena, Luana | Alessia, Anisa, Aurora, Carlota/Carlotta, Diana, Emilia, Emma, Johanna, Katharina, Leonie, Melanie, Nina, Sophia/Sophie, Vanessa | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | Lithuania
(2008, total population)[48] | Ona | Irena | Janina | Kristina | Danutė | Lina | Regina | Aldona | Rasa | Daiva | Lithuania
(2008, babies born)[48] | Emilija | Gabija | Kamilė | Gabrielė | Austėja | Ugnė | Goda | Viltė | Urtė | Karina | Luxembourg
(2008, babies born)[49] | Lena | Laura | Lea | Lara | Mara | Eva | Sara | Emily | Caroline | NA | Republic of Macedonia
(2006, babies born)[50] | Marija | Biljana | Elena | Vesna | Snezana | Violeta | Aleksandra | Suzana | Ljubica | Katerina | Malta
(2008)[51] | Maria/ Mariah | Eliza/Elise/Lisa | Julia/Giulia | Christina/Krista | Maya | Michela/Michelle | Emma, Martina | Nicole/Nicola/Nikita | Kaya | Jade, Ylenia/Elena/Elenia | Netherlands
(2009)[79] | Sophie | Julia | Lieke | Emma | Sanne | Anna | Lotte | Eva | Anne | Lisa | Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
(2009)[80] | Katie | Sophie | Grace | Lucy | Erin | Emily | Emma | Eva | Chloe | Anna | Norway
(2008)[54] | Linnea | Emma | Sara | Thea | Nora | Ida | Sofie | Ingrid | Leah | Julie | Poland
(2008)[55] | Julia | Wiktoria | Zuzanna | Maja | Oliwia | Natalia | Amelia | Aleksandra | Nikola | Martyna | Portugal
(2008)[81] | Maria | Beatriz | Ana | Leonor | Mariana | Matilde | Joana | NA | NA | NA | Romania
(2008) | Ana-Maria | Maria | Andreea | Alexandra | Ioana | Elena | Maria Alexandra | Denisa | Bianca Maria | Georgiana | Russia
(St. Petersburg, 2003)[59] | Yekaterina | Yelena | Anastasiya | Natalya | Darya | Maria | NA | NA | NA | NA | Russia
(Moscow, 2007)[60] | Anastasiya | Mariya | Dariya | Inna | Polina | Yekaterina | Ksenia | Viktoria | Yelizaveta | Sofia | Russia
(Vladivostok, 2009)[61] | Anastasiya | Alexandra | Anna | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | Russia
(general population)[58] | Elena | Olga | Tatiana | Irina | Natalia | Anna | Svetlana | Maria | Marina | Ludmilla | Scotland, United Kingdom
(2009)[82] | Sophie | Olivia | Ava | Emily | Lucy | Chloe | Katie | Emma | Amy | Erin | Serbia
(2009)[63] | Milica | Anđela | Teodora | Jovana | Sara | Ana | Iva | Jana | Katarina | Sofija | Slovakia
(2004)[64] | Mária | Anna | Zuzana | Katarína | Eva | Jana | Helena | Alžbeta | Marta | Monika | Slovenia
(2008, babies born)[65] | Lana | Sara | Eva | Nika | Ana | Lara | Neža | Zala | Julija | Ema, Nina | Spain
(2008, excluding Basque Country & Catalonia)[66] | Lucía | María | Paula | Sara | Carla | Claudia | Laura | Marta | Irene | Alba | Basque Country, Spain
(2008)[66] | Lucía | Paula | Irati | Nahia | Uxue | Leyre | Sara | María | Ane | Ainhoa, Aitana | Catalonia, Spain
(2008)[66] | Paula | Carla | Júlia | Lucia | Laia | Maria | Martina | Clàudia | Sara | Alba | Sweden
(2008 )[67] | Maja | Julia | Emma | Elsa | Ella | Alice | Linnea | Alva | Vilma | Klara | Sweden (total population)
| Maria | Anna | Margareta | Elisabeth | Eva | Birgitta | Kristina | Karin | Elisabet | Marie | Switzerland
(2008) | Lara | Lena | Sara | Leonie | Laura | Nina | Anna | Elena | Alina | Lea | Switzerland
(2008, among German-speakers)[69] | Lara | Lena | Sara | Leonie | Laura | Nina | Anna | Elena | Alina | Lea | Switzerland
(2008, among French-speakers) | Emma | Chloé | Eva | Clara | Léa | Sara | Lara | Zoé, Sarah | Camille | Switzerland
(2008, among Italian-speakers) | Giulia | Martina | Alice, Emma | Elisa | Alessia, Anna, Sara, Sofia | Giada, Nicole, Valentina | Sophie | Chiara, Gaia | Giorgia, Laura, Lisa | Melissa, Michelle | Switzerland
(2008, among Romansch speakers) | Giulia | Lina, Lorena | Alessia, Clara, Lara, Leonie, Mara, Mia, Samara, Sidonia | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | Turkey
(2005)[70] | Elif | Zeynep | İrem | Büşra | Merve | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | Ukraine
(2009)[83] | Anastasia | Sophia | Angelina | Alina | Daryna | Diana | Kateryna | Maria | Natalia | Yulia | United Kingdom
(2009, Bounty survey)[84] | Olivia | Ruby | Sophie | Chloe | Emily | Grace | Jessica | Lily | Amelia | Evie | Wales, United Kingdom
(2008) [30] | Ruby | Olivia | Megan | Chloe | Seren | Emily | Grace | Ffion | Mia | Ella | [edit] North and 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)[85] | Santiago | Lautaro | Matías | Tomás | Lucas | Joaquín | Franco | Agustín | Thiago | Nicolás | Brazil
(2009)[86] | João | Gabriel | Pedro | Lucas | Mateus | Guilherme | Luís | Vítor | Cauã | Gustavo | Canada
(2008, among Anglophones, unofficial list, combined spellings, Baby Center[87] | Ethan | Aiden | Lucas | Kaden | Jayden | Nathan | Logan | Noah | Liam | Jack | Alberta, Canada
(2008)[88] | Ethan | Jacob | Alexander | Joshua | Liam | Logan | Nathan | Matthew | Noah | Owen | British Columbia, Canada
(2008)[89] | Ethan | Jacob | James | Logan | Nathan | Noah | Joshua | Matthew | Benjamin | Liam | Québec, Canada (2008)
[90] | Thomas | William | Gabriel | Samuel | Alexis | Olivier | Nathan | Felix | Antoine | Xavier | Manitoba, Canada (2008)
[91] | Ethan | Noah | Alexander | Aiden | Liam | Joshua | Jayden | Benjamin | Logan | Evan | Nova Scotia, Canada (2007)
[92] | Noah | Ethan | Jack | Liam | Logan | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | Saskatchewan, Canada
[93] (2008) | Ethan | Noah | Joshua | Liam | Logan | Alexander | Carter | Jacob | Benjamin | Matthew | Chile
(2006)[94] | Benjamín | Vicente | Matías | Martín | Sebastián | Joaquin | Diego | Nicolás | José | Cristóbal | Mexico
(2008)[95] | Miguel Ángel | Diego | Luis Ángel | Santiago | Alejandro | Emiliano | Daniel | Jesús | Leonardo | Eduardo | United States
(2008)[96] | Jacob | Michael | Ethan | Joshua | Daniel | Alexander | Anthony | William | Christopher | Matthew | United States
(Combined spellings, 2007)[97] | Aiden | Jayden | Jacob | Michael | Christopher | Ethan | Joshua | Daniel | Anthony | Matthew | United States
(Baby Center members, 2008)[98] | Aiden | Jayden | Ethan | Jacob | Caden | Jackson | Noah | Jack | Logan | Matthew | United States
(New York City, black boys, 2008)[99] | Jayden | Joshua | Elijah | Jeremiah | Christian | Michael | Justin | Daniel | Ethan, Tyler | Christopher, Isaiah | United States
(New York City, Asian and Pacific Islander boys, 2008)[99] | Ryan | Eric | Jason, Matthew | Daniel | Ethan | Kevin | Justin | Ivan | Vincent | Kyle | United States
(New York City, Hispanic boys, 2008)[99] | Jayden | Justin | Angel | Anthony | Christopher | Daniel | Joshua | Kevin | Brandon, David | Matthew | United States
(New York City), white boys, 2008)[99] | Daniel | Joseph | Michael | David | Matthew | Alexander | Jacob | Nicholas | Jack | Samuel | United States
(Top 10 Hispanic boys' names, 2008)[100] | Santiago | Sebastián | Diego | Nicolás | Samuel | Alejandro | Daniel | Mateo | Ángel | Matías | United States
(Most common names, total population, 1990 census)[101] | James | John | Robert | Michael | William | David | Richard | Charles | Joseph | Thomas | Uruguay
| Agustín | Matías | Santiago | Nicolás | Martín | Bruno | Francisco | Rodrigo | Mateo | Joaquín | [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 | Argentina
(Buenos Aires)(2006)[85] | Sofía | Camila | Valentina | Martina | Agustina | Micaela | Lucía | Milagros | Victoria | Julieta | Brazil
(2009)[102] | Maria | Ana | Júlia | Yasmin | Lara | Mariana | Vitória | Letícia | NA | NA | Canada
(2008, unofficial list, Baby Center, combined spellings[87] | Emma | Mikayla | Sarah | Sophia | Maya | Danica | Emily | Ava | Isabella | Lily | Alberta, Canada
(2008)[88] | Ava, Olivia | Emma | Emily | Sarah | Isabella | Sophia | Madison | Hannah | Chloe | Grace | British Columbia, Canada
(2008)[103] | Ava | Chloe | Emma | Emily | Hannah | Olivia | Ella | Sophie | Abigail | Isabella | Manitoba, Canada (2008)
[91] | Emily | Hannah | Emma | Ava | Madison | Olivia | Abigail | Hailey | Taylor | Brooke | Nova Scotia, Canada (2007)
[92] | Emma | Emily | Ava | Olivia | Madison | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | Québec, Canada
(2008)[90] | Léa | Florence | Rosalie | Laurence | Emma | Jade | Juliette | Gabrielle | Sarah | Maika | Saskatchewan, Canada
(2008)[93] | Ava | Emma | Hannah | Emily | Taylor | Olivia | Hailey | Madison | Abigail | Brooklyn | Chile
(2006)[94] | Constanza | Martina | Catalina | Valentina | Sofía | Javiera | Antonia | María | Isidora | Francisca | Mexico
(2008)[95] | María Fernanda | Valeria | Ximena | María Guadalupe | Daniela | Camila | Mariana | Andréa | María José | Sofía | United States
(2008)[96] | Emma | Isabella | Emily | Madison | Ava | Olivia | Sophia | Abigail | Elizabeth | Chloe | United States
(Combined spellings, 2007)[97] | Sophia | Emily | Isabella | Madison | Olivia | Emma | Ava | Hailey | Abigail | Kaitlyn | United States
(Baby Center members, 2008)[98] | Emma | Sophia | Madison | Isabella | Olivia | Ava | Madeline | Addison | Hailey | Lily | United States
(New York City, black girls, 2008)[99] | Madison | Kayla | Makayla | Nevaeh | Jada | Brianna | Chloe | Destiny | Alyssa | Gabrielle, Imani | United States
(New York City, Asian and Pacific Islander girls, 2008)[99] | Sophia | Chloe | Emily | Tiffany | Fiona | Isabella | Olivia | Sarah | Angela, Vivian | Nicole, Rachel | United States
(New York City, Hispanic girls, 2008)[99] | Ashley | Isabella | Emily | Brianna | Mia | Samantha | Sophia | Melanie | Genesis | Kimberly | United States
(New York City, white girls, 2008)[99] | Olivia | Esther | Sarah | Sophia | Rachel | Emma | Chaya | Ava | Leah | Miriam | United States
(Top 10 Hispanic names, 2008)[100] | Sofía | Camila | Valentina | Isabella | Valeria | Daniela | Mariana | Sara | Victoria | Gabriela | United States
(Most common names, total population, 1990 census)[104] | Mary | Patricia | Linda | Barbara | Elizabeth | Jennifer | Maria | Susan | Margaret | Dorothy | Uruguay
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