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Popularity of the baby name Gabriel


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Popular baby names in Paris, 2016

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According to Open Data Paris, the most popular baby names in Paris, France, in 2016 were Louise and Gabriel.

Here are the city’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2016:

Girl Names
1. Louise, 291 baby girls
2. Emma, 209
3. Alice, 208
4. Chloé, 179
5. Jeanne, 177
6. Inès, 166
7. Sarah, 163
8. Léa, 157
9. Charlotte, 145
10. Anna, 141

Boy Names
1. Gabriel, 370 baby boys
2. Adam, 353
3. Raphaël, 340
4. Louis, 275
5. Arthur, 247
6. Paul, 203
7. Alexandre, 197 (tie)
8. Victor, 197 (tie)
9. Mohamed, 184
10. Joseph, 175

The #1 names in 2015 were also Louise and Gabriel (…and Adam, tied with Gabriel).

In the girls’ top 10, Léa and Charlotte replaced Adèle and Juliette.

In the boys’ top 10, Joseph replaced Jules.

Source: Open Data Paris (via Maybe it is Daijirou)

Image: Adapted from Flag of France (public domain)

Popular baby names in Belgium, 2015

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According to data from Statistics Belgium, the country’s most popular baby names last year were Emma and Louis.

Here are Belgium’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2015:

Girl Names

  1. Emma, 645 baby girls
  2. Louise, 596
  3. Olivia, 538
  4. Elise, 437
  5. Alice, 428
  6. Juliette, 404
  7. Mila, 400
  8. Lucie, 389
  9. Marie, 383
  10. Camille, 366

Boy Names

  1. Louis, 613 baby boys
  2. Arthur, 606
  3. Noah, 586
  4. Lucas, 572
  5. Liam, 561
  6. Adam, 543
  7. Victor, 487
  8. Jules, 468
  9. Mohamed, 461
  10. Nathan, 450

In the girls’ top 10, Mila and Camille replaced Lina and Ella.

In the boys’ top 10, Victor replaced Mathis.

Emma and Louis were also the top names in 2014.

Here are the top names within each of the three regions:

RegionGirl NamesBoy Names
Flanders
(58% of Belgians)
Language: Dutch		1. Louise
2. Emma
3. Marie
4. Elise
5. Ella		1. Lucas
2. Liam
3. Arthur
4. Louis
5. Noah
Wallonia
(32% of Belgians)
Language: mostly French		1. Léa
2. Lucie
3. Alice
4. Emma
5. Chloé		1. Louis
2. Hugo
3. Nathan
4. Noah
5. Gabriel
Brussels
(10% of Belgians)
Languages: Dutch/French		1. Nour
2. Lina
3. Sofia
4. Sara
5. Yasmine		1. Adam
2. Mohamed
3. Gabriel
4. Rayan
5. David

I find it interesting that Olivia, the 3rd-most-popular baby girl name in the country overall, didn’t hit the top 5 in any of the three regions. It came in 6th in both Flanders and Wallonia and 11th in Brussels.

Source: Voornamen van meisjes en jongens – Statbel

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Popular baby names in Switzerland, 2015

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According to data from the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), the country’s most popular baby names last year were Mia and Noah.

Here are Switzerland’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2015:

Girl NamesBoy Names
1. Mia
2. Emma
3. Lara
4. Lena
5. Sofia
6. Mila
7. Anna
8. Elena
9. Laura
10. Lina		1. Noah
2. Liam
3. Luca
4. Gabriel
5. Leon
6. David
7. Matteo
8. Elias
9. Louis
10. Levin

In 2014, the top names were Emma and Noah.

And here are the top names within each of the main language groups:

Language GroupGirl NamesBoy Names
German speakers
(64% of Switzerland)		1. Mia
2. Emma
3. Lena		1. Leon
2. Noah
3. Luca
French speakers
(23%)		1. Emma
2. Alice
3. Eva		1. Gabriel
2. Liam
3. Noah
Italian speakers
(8%)		1. Sofia
2. Emma
3. Noemi		1. Leonardo
2. Alessandro
3. Liam
Romansh speakers
(less than 1%)		1. Alessia1. Laurin

Sources: Vornamen der Neugeborenen – Bundesamt für Statistik, Most popular Swiss baby names in 2015 (via Clare’s Name News)

Image: Adapted from Flag of Switzerland (public domain)

Popular baby names in Paris, 2015

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According to Open Data Paris, the most popular baby names in Paris, France, in 2015 were Louise and Adam/Gabriel (tie).

Here are the city’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2015:

Girl Names

  1. Louise, 293 baby girls
  2. Alice, 244
  3. Chloé, 206
  4. Emma, 178
  5. Inès, 175
  6. Sarah, 174
  7. Jeanne, 173
  8. Anna, 160
  9. Adèle, 155
  10. Juliette, 149

Boy Names

  1. Adam, 355 baby boys (tie)
  2. Gabriel, 355 (tie)
  3. Raphaël, 320
  4. Paul, 260
  5. Louis, 256
  6. Arthur, 245
  7. Alexandre, 226
  8. Victor, 208
  9. Jules, 205
  10. Mohamed, 185

In the girls’ top 10, Anna and Juliette replaced Camille and Lina.

In the boys’ top 10, Jules replaced Maxime.

The prénom mixte (unisex name) Charlie saw a dual-gender decline in 2015, “probably due to the association with the attacks in Charlie Hebdo in January.”

  • 2015: 29 girls and 6 boys named Charlie in Paris
  • 2014: 71 girls and 35 boys named Charlie in Paris
  • 2013: 75 girls and 37 boys named Charlie in Paris

Like the SSA data, the Paris data includes names used as seldom as 5 times per year. Here are some of the names from the bottom of the Paris rankings:

Uncommon Girl NamesUncommon Boy Names
Cléa, Clothilde, Dyna, Isée, Jane, Mélisande, Ornella, Romaïssa, Tasnime, WendyDemba, Ezio, Foucauld, Harold, Idrissa, Massyl, Sixte, Tidiane, Vianney, Yaya

Slightly higher up on the girls’ side I spotted Armance, used 6 times. It’s both a river in France and a romance novel by French writer Stendhal (born Marie-Henri Beyle).

Sources: Liste des prénoms – Paris Data, Les prénoms les plus donnés à Paris en 2015

Image: Adapted from Flag of France (public domain)