Popular baby names in Turkey, 2019

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According to Turkey’s General Directorate of Civil Registration and Citizenship, the most popular baby names in the country in 2019 were Zeynep and Yusuf.

Here are Turkey’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2019:

Girl Names

  1. Zeynep, 13,420 baby girls
  2. Elif, 8,586
  3. Defne, 6,886
  4. Asel
  5. Azra
  6. Eylül
  7. Ebrar
  8. Asya
  9. Öykü
  10. Ecrin

Boy Names

  1. Yusuf, 8,816 baby boys
  2. Eymen, 7,713
  3. Miraç, 6,857
  4. Ömer Asaf
  5. Ömer
  6. Mustafa
  7. Kerem
  8. Miran
  9. Hamza
  10. Emir

The last set of rankings I posted for Turkey was the 2015 rankings, which also had Zeynep and Yusuf at the top.

Sources: Nearly 1.2 million babies born in Turkey in 2019, Zeynep and Yusuf top list of popular baby names in Turkey for 2019

Image: Adapted from Flag of Turkey (public domain)

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