According to Turkey’s Interior Ministry, the most popular baby names in the country in 2020 were (again) Zeynep and Yusuf.
Here are Turkey’s top 9 girl names and top 9 boy names of 2020:
Girl Names
- Zeynep, 11,179 baby girls
- Elif, 7,316
- Defne, 6,335
- Asel
- Azra
- Eylül
- Nehir
- Eslem
- Asya
Boy Names
- Yusuf, 7,540 baby boys
- Miraç, 6,236
- Eymen, 6,222
- Ömer Asaf
- Kerem
- Alparslan
- Mustafa
- Hamza
- Ali Asaf
In the girls’ top 9, Nehir and Eslem replaced Ebrar and Öykü.
In the boys’ top 9, Alparslan and Ali Asaf replaced Ömer and Miran.
Source: Names Zeynep, Yusuf in most popular baby names list of 2020
Image: Adapted from Flag of Turkey (public domain)
