According to data from the Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache (the Association for German Language), the most popular baby names in Germany in 2016 were Sophia/Sofia and Jonas.
Here are the country’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2016:
Girl Names
1. Sophia/Sofia (was 4th)
2. Emma (was 2nd)
3. Hanna/Hannah (same rank)
4. Mia (was 1st)
5. Emilia (was 6th)
6. Anna (was 5th)
7. Mila (same)
8. Lea/Leah (was 8th)
9. Lena (was 10th)
10. Marie (was 11th)
Boy Names
1. Jonas (same rank)
2. Elias (was 8th)
3. Ben (same rank)
4. Leon/Léon (was 5th)
5. Luca/Luka (was 4th)
6. Noah/Noa (was 10th)
7. Paul (was 11th)
8. Louis/Luis (was 6th)
9. Luke/Lucas (was 7th)
10. Finn/Fynn (was 13th)
On the girls’ side, Marie replaced Lina.
On the boys’ side, Paul and Finn/Fynn replaced Felix and Maximilian (which dropped from 2nd to 11th).
Here are the Germany’s 2015 rankings, if you’d like to compare.
Source: Ausführliche Auswertung: Die beliebtesten Vornamen 2016
Image: Adapted from Flag of Germany (public domain)