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Most popular names

Most popular personal names in different cultures :

Contents
1 Austria
2 Denmark
3 England and Wales
4 Finland
5 France
6 Germany
7 Iceland
8 Ireland
9 Japan
10 Northern Ireland
11 Norway
12 Poland
13 Scotland
14 Spain
15 Sweden
16 United States
17 See also
18 External links

Austria

Most popular baby names in 2003
Source: http://www.statistik.at/fachbereich_03/bevoelkerung_vornamen.shtml

Rank Boys Percent Total number

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Lukas
Florian
Tobias
David
Alexander
Fabian
Michael
Julian
Daniel
Simon

4.3
2.8
2.5
2.3
2.1
2.1
2.1
2.0
2.0
2.0

1.488
968
875
817
741
737
735
708
707
701

Rank Girls Percent Total number

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Sarah
Anna
Julia
Laura
Lena
Hannah
Lisa
Katharina
Leonie
Vanessa

2.9
2.8
2.5
2.3
2.3
2.1
2.1
2.0
2.0
1.7

965
923
809
745
745
677
674
666
661
551

Denmark

Note: the data covers the first half of 2003
Source: © Danmarks Statistik http://www.dst.dk/

girls boys
  1. Emma
  2. Julie
  3. Mathilde
  4. Sofia
  5. Laura
  6. Caroline
  7. Cecilie
  8. Ida
  9. Sarah
  10. Freja
  1. Mikkel
  2. Frederik
  3. Mathias
  4. Mads
  5. Rasmus
  6. Emil
  7. Oliver
  8. Christian
  9. Magnus
  10. Lucas

England and Wales

Most popular baby names in 2003
Source: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=184

boys girls
  1. Jack
  2. Joshua
  3. Thomas
  4. James
  5. Daniel
  6. Oliver
  7. Benjamin
  8. Samuel
  9. William
  10. Joseph
  1. Emily
  2. Ellie
  3. Chloe
  4. Jessica
  5. Sophie
  6. Megan
  7. Lucy
  8. Olivia
  9. Charlotte
  10. Hannah

Finland

Most popular baby names in 2003 among the Finnish-speaking population
Source: http://www.vaestorekisterikeskus.fi

All given names:

girls boys
  1. Maria
  2. Emilia
  3. Sofia
  4. Katariina
  5. Johanna
  6. Julia
  7. Olivia
  8. Eveliina
  9. Elina
  10. Anna
  1. Mikael
  2. Juhani
  3. Johannes
  4. Matias
  5. Oskari
  6. Valtteri
  7. Kristian
  8. Olavi
  9. Aleksi
  10. Elias

First names:

girls boys
  1. Ella
  2. Emma
  3. Anni
  4. Siiri
  5. Sara
  6. Venla
  7. Iida
  8. Viivi
  9. Nea
  10. Veera
  1. Niko
  2. Eetu
  3. Juho
  4. Veeti
  5. Lauri
  6. Leevi
  7. Joona
  8. Aleksi
  9. Arttu
  10. Ville


France

Most popular baby names in 2001
Source: http://www.prenoms.com/

girls boys
  1. Léa
  2. Manon
  3. Chloé
  4. Camille
  5. Emma
  6. Océane
  7. Sarah
  8. Marie
  9. Laura
  10. Julie
  1. Thomas
  2. Lucas
  3. Théo
  4. Hugo
  5. Maxime
  6. Antoine
  7. Quentin
  8. Clément
  9. Alexandre
  10. Nicolas

Germany

Most popular baby names in 2002
Source: http://www.gfds.de/namen.html

boys girls
  1. Alexander
  2. Maximilian
  3. Paul
  4. Leon
  5. Lukas
  6. Jonas
  7. Tim
  8. David
  9. Niklas
  10. Luca
  1. Marie
  2. Sophie
  3. Maria
  4. Anna, Anne
  5. Laura
  6. Lea
  7. Katharina
  8. Sarah
  9. Julia
  10. Lena

Other: Hildegard

Iceland

Most popular baby names in 2001
Source: http://www.hagstofa.is/

girls% boys%
  1. Guðrún
  2. Sigríður
  3. Kristín
  4. Margrét
  5. Ingibjörg
  6. Sigrún
  7. Helga
  8. Jóhanna
  9. Anna
  10. Ragnheiður
1.62

1.39
1.23
1.17
1.02
0.99
0.92
0.63
0.60
0.54

  1. Sigurður
  2. Guðmundur
  3. Jón
  4. Gunnar
  5. Ólafur
  6. Magnús
  7. Einar
  8. Kristján
  9. Björn
  10. Bjarni

1,27
1,22
0,94
0,89
0,79
0,77
0,66
0,65
0,58
0,54

Ireland

Most popular baby names in 2003
Source: http://www.cso.ie/publications/demog/babynames.pdf

boys girls
  1. Sean
  2. Jack
  3. Adam
  4. Conor
  5. James
  6. Daniel
  7. Michael
  8. Cian
  9. David
  10. Dylan
  1. Emma
  2. Sarah
  3. Aoife
  4. Ciara
  5. Katie
  6. Sophie
  7. Rachel
  8. Chloe
  9. Amy
  10. Leah

Japan

Most popular baby names in 2002

boys girls
  1. Shun
  2. Takumi
  3. Shou
  4. Ren
  5. Shouta
  6. Souta
  7. Kaito
  8. Kenta
  9. Daiki
  10. Yuu
  1. Misaki
  2. Aoi
  3. Nanami
  4. Miu
  5. Riko
  6. Miyu
  7. Moe
  8. Mitsuki
  9. Yuuka
  10. Rin
  11. Ai

See also: Japanese name

Northern Ireland

Most popular baby names in 2003
Source: http://www.nisra.gov.uk/uploads/publications/FirstNamesBulletin2003.doc

boys girls
  1. Jack
  2. Matthew
  3. Adam
  4. James
  5. Ryan
  6. Joshua
  7. Conor
  8. Ben
  9. Daniel
  10. Dylan
  1. Emma
  2. Katie
  3. Chloe
  4. Caitlin
  5. Amy
  6. Ellie
  7. Rachel
  8. Sarah
  9. Megan
  10. Hannah

Norway

Most popular baby names in 2003
Source: Statistisk Sentralbyrå girls boys

girls boys
  1. Emma
  2. Ida
  3. Thea
  4. Sara
  5. Julia
  6. Nora
  7. Emilie
  8. Maria
  9. Ingrid
  10. Hanna
  1. Mathias
  2. Tobias
  3. Andreas
  4. Martin
  5. Kristian
  6. Jonas
  7. Markus
  8. Sander
  9. Kristoffer
  10. Daniel

Poland

Most popular names in whole population, May 2003

girlsnumber boys number
  1. Anna
  2. Maria
  3. Katarzyna
  4. Małgorzata
  5. Agnieszka
  6. Krystyna
  7. Barbara
  8. Ewa
  9. Elżbieta
  10. Zofia

1.093.056
727.092
595.795
574.777
552.932
542.921
534.555
492.040
472.069
448.776

  1. Piotr
  2. Jan
  3. Andrzej
  4. Krzysztof
  5. Stanisław
  6. Tomasz
  7. Paweł
  8. Józef
  9. Marcin
  10. Marek

666.901
663.761
661.191
656.695
611.988
512.005
485.531
430.510
434.630
419.737

See also: Polish names

Scotland

Most popular baby names in 2002
Source: http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/grosweb/grosweb.nsf/pages/02name

boys girls
  1. Jack
  2. Lewis
  3. Cameron
  4. Ryan
  5. James
  6. Jamie
  7. Liam
  8. Matthew
  9. Ross
  10. Callum
  1. Chloe
  2. Sophie
  3. Emma
  4. Amy
  5. Erin
  6. Ellie
  7. Rachel
  8. Lauren
  9. Megan
  10. Hannah

Spain

Most popular baby names in 2003
Source: http://www.ine.es

Rank Boys Total number

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

Alejandro
Daniel
Pablo
David
Javier
Adrián
Álvaro
Sergio
Carlos
Hugo
Mario
Jorge
Diego
Iván
Raúl

7.543
6.015
5.973
5.595
4.708
4.665
4.394
3.642
3.468
3.083
2.964
2.882
2.873
2.853
2.793

Rank Girls Total number

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

Lucía
María
Paula
Laura
Marta
Andrea
Alba
Sara
Claudia
Ana
Nerea
Carla
Elena
Cristina
Ainhoa

9.035
8.709
7.003
5.451
4.608
4.487
4.321
3.314
3.285
3.157
3.102
2.592
2.407
2.390
2.218

Sweden

Most popular baby names in 2004
Source: http://www.scb.se/templates/Product____30895.asp?pageid=36795&parentid=36784

boys girls
  1. William
  2. Filip
  3. Oscar
  4. Lucas
  5. Erik
  6. Emil
  7. Isak
  8. Alexander
  9. Viktor
  10. Anton
  1. Emma
  2. Maja
  3. Ida
  4. Elin
  5. Julia
  6. Linnéa
  7. Hanna
  8. Alva
  9. Wilma
  10. Klara

United States

Every year in the United States the Social Security's Office of the Chief Actuary publishes a list of the top 10 names given at birth for both males and females in the United States. Here are all of those lists from 1880-2003.

1880s - 1890s - 1900s - 1910s - 1920s - 1930s - 1940s - 1950s - 1960s - 1970s - 1980s - 1990s - 2000s

See also

External links

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