According to the news site Malta Daily, the Mediterranean island nation of Malta welcomed 4,164 babies last year.
Malta’s top baby names of 2021 were…
Girls Names
- Emma
- Mia
- Ella
- Valentina
- Emily
Boy Names
- Matteo
- Luca
- Noah
- Adam
- Jake
My source wasn’t explicit about the rankings, so I’ve ordered them here the way they were ordered in the article. I’m guessing that Emma and Matteo were the top choices.
Malta’s government finally began registering Maltese names in late 2020, thanks to a software upgrade that included Maltese font, so the 2021 rankings are the first to take Maltese orthography into account. The four most popular Maltese names last year were…
(These are the Maltese equivalents of John, Joseph, Elizabeth, and Lucia.)
Back in 2018, the top two names in Malta were Emma and Noah.
Sources: What were the most popular names for Maltese babies in 2021?, Ganni becomes first baby named using Maltese fonts after IT system change
Image: Adapted from Flag of Malta (public domain)
