Baby Name: Chinenye

Malta’s top baby names of 2013 came out a few weeks ago.

According to data from the National Statistics Office, the most popular name-groups last year were Elena/Elenia/Helena/Ella and Luke/Luca/Lucas.

Here are Malta’s top 20 girl name-groups and top 20 boy name-groups of 2013:

Girl Names

1. Elena/Elenia/Helena/Ella, 106 baby girls (5.5% of all girls)
2. Eliza/Elisa/Elizabeth/Elise, 78
3. Julia/Yulia/Julianne, 69
4. Emma/Emmanuela/Ema, 51
5. Maya/Mia/Myah, 47
6. Maria/Marija/Mariah/Marie, 42
7. Lea/Leah/Leia, 37
8. Martina/Martine, 36
9. Christina/Christa/Christabel/Krystle, 35
10. Kailey/Kai/Kaleigh, 34 (3-way tie)
    • Catherine/Katrina/Kate/Katya, 34 (3-way tie)
    • Emilia/Emily/Emelie, 34 (3-way tie)
11. Amy/Aimee, 32
12. Anna/Hannah/Ann, 31
13. Mikela/Makaila/Michelle, 27 (tie)
    • Alison/Alice/Alicia/Alyssa/Aly, 27 (tie)
14. Sophia/Sophie, 26
15. Jade/Giada, 22 (tie)
    • Alexandra/Alessia/Alexia/Lexi, 22 (tie)
16. Aaliyah/Alaya, 21
17. Chloe/Khloe, 20 (3-way tie)
    • Amber/Amberley, 20 (3-way tie)
    • Karla/Carla/Carly, 20 (3-way tie)
18. Jasmine/Yasmine/Yasmeen, 17 (3-way tie)
    • Nina, 17 (3-way tie)
    • Faith, 17 (3-way tie)
19. Hailey/Hailee/Hayleigh, 16
20. Nicole/Nicola/Nicky, 14 (4-way tie)
    • Rachel/Raquel, 14 (4-way tie)
    • Keira/Kyra, 14 (4-way tie)
    • Claire/Clara/Clarisse, 14 (4-way tie)

Boy Names

1. Luke/Luca/Lucas, 106 baby boys (5% of all boys)
2. Matthew/Matthias/Matteo, 93
3. Jacob/Jake, 70
4. Zachary/Zak/Zack, 56
5. John/Jean/Jonathan/Juan/Gan, 53 (tie)
   • Michael/Miguel/Mikhail, 53 (tie)
6. Andrew/Andreas/Andre/Andy, 46
7. Kaiden/Kayden/Kai, 45 (tie)
   • Alexander/Alessandro/Alec, 45 (tie)
8. Aiden/Ayden, 43
9. Liam/William, 42
10. Nicholas/Nick/Nicolai, 41
11. Benjamin/Ben, 40
12. Daniel/Dan/Danil, 33
13. Isaac/Izaak, 32 (tie)
    • Mason/Maison, 32 (tie)
14. Jack/Jackson/Jacques, 30
15. Jaden/Jayden/Jadon, 29 (tie)
    • Thomas/Tommas/Tommy, 29 (tie)
16. Nathan/Nathaniel, 28
17. Julian/Julien/Guiliano, 27
18. Gabriel/Gabrijel/Gabryl, 24 (tie)
    • Adam, 24 (tie)
19. Joseph/Beppe/Giuseppe/Josef, 23 (tie)
    • Noah, 23 (tie)
20. James/Jamie/Jayme, 22 (3-way tie)
    • Samuel/Sam, 22 (3-way tie)
    • Keiran/Kyran, 22 (3-way tie)

Some of the unusual names registered in Malta last year were Aizley, Amporn, Breeze, Chinenye, Coco, Delson, Diyas, Enonima, Freedom, Gundula, Jaceyrhaer, Kobbun, Limoni, Love, Netsrik, Summer, Symphony, Zarkareia and Zveyrone.

Malta’s 2012 list was topped by Eliza/Lisa/Elsie/Elyse/Bettina and Matthew/Matthias/Matteo.

Sources: NSO – Naming Babies: 2013, Quality and Amporn top the list of unusual names

Image: Adapted from Flag of Malta (public domain)