The most popular baby names in Germany were announced quite a while ago, but I never noticed the press release. Oops.
According to Germany’s Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache (Association for German Language), the country’s top names are Luca/Luka for boys and Sophie/Sofie for girls.
Here are the top 10 boy names and top 10 girl names of 2012:
Boy Names | Girl Names |
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1. Luca/Luka (1.69% of boys) 2. Maximilian (1.67%) 3. Alexander (1.56%) 4. Paul (1.55%) 5. Ben (1.29%) 6. Leon/Léon (1.29%) 7. Lukas/Lucas (1.26%) 8. Elias (1.25%) 9. Luis/Louis (1.20%) 10. Jonas (1.08%) | 1. Sophie/Sofie (3.28% of girls) 2. Marie (3.22%) 3. Maria (1.58%) 4. Sophia/Sofia (1.50%) 5. Mia (1.48%) 6. Emma (1.39%) 7. Hannah/Hanna (1.27%) 8. Anna (1.23%) 9. Johanna (1.12%) 10. Luisa/Louisa (1.08%) |
So, 17.2% of the baby girls and 13.8% of the baby boys born in Germany last year got a name in the top ten.
Some of the unusual names accepted by the government in 2012 were Fallion, Kirono, Meus, Katte, Ruster and Semea.
Source: GfdS
Image: Adapted from Flag of Germany (public domain)