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Popular baby names in Manitoba (Canada), 2018

According to Manitoba’s Vital Statistics Agency, the most popular baby names in the province last year were Olivia and Lucas/Luke.

Here are Manitoba’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2018:

Girl Names
1. Olivia, 65 baby girls
2. Emily, 62
3. Charlotte, 57
4. Amelia, 47
5. Sophia, 46
6. Chloe, 42
7. Isabella, 41
8. Abigail, 39
9. Emma, 37
10. Aria, 35

Boy Names
1. Lucas (and Luke), 78 baby boys
2. Liam, 71
3. Noah, 70
4. William, 50
5. Benjamin, 49
6. Logan, 48
7. Jacob, 46
8. Ethan, 45
9. Lincoln, 44 (tie)
10. Connor, 44 (tie)

In the girls’ top 10, Isabella and Aria replaced Ava and Mia.

In the boys’ top 10, Connor replaced Mason.

(These rankings are based on provisional data covering the year up to mid-December.)

In 2017, the top names were Olivia and Liam.

Sources: Annual Report – Manitoba Vital Statistics Agency – Province of Manitoba, Olivia, Lucas top 2018’s Manitoba baby names

Popular baby names in Austria, 2017

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According to Statistics Austria, the most popular baby names in the country in 2017 were Anna and Maximilian.

Here are Austria’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2017:

Girl Names
1. Anna, 949 baby girls
2. Emma, 825
3. Marie, 674
4. Lena, 665
5. Laura, 656
6. Sophia, 649
7. Emilia, 618
8. Mia, 574
9. Sophie, 560
10. Johanna, 553

Boy Names
1. Maximilian, 908 baby boys
2. Paul, 814
3. David, 798
4. Elias, 783 (tie)
4. Jakob, 783 (tie)
6. Lukas, 760
7. Felix, 747
8. Alexander, 742
9. Tobias, 741
10. Jonas, 726

In 2016, Austria’s top two names were Anna and David.

Austria also puts out a set of rankings that combines names with the same etymological roots. On that list, the top name groups were:

  • “Anna” (Ana, Ann, Anna, Anne, Annè, Chana, Channa, Haina, Hana, Hanah, Hanna, Hannah, Hanne, Hena, Iana, Jaana, Jana, Janah, Jannah, Yahna, Yana), and
  • “Lukas” (Luc, Luca, Lucas, Lúcás, Lucca, Luka, Lukas, Lukás, Lukáš, Lukasz, ?ukasz, Luke).

Source: Anna und Maximilian waren 2017 die beliebtesten Babynamen

Image: Adapted from Flag of Austria (public domain)

Popular baby names in Germany, 2017

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According to the Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache (Association for German Language), the most popular baby names in Germany in 2017 were Emma and Ben.

Here are the country’s top 10 girl names and boy names of 2017:

Girl Names
1. Emma
2. Sophia/Sofia
3. Hanna/Hannah
4. Emilia
5. Mia
6. Anna
7. Lina
8. Mila
9. Klara/Clara
10. Marie

Boy Names
1. Ben
2. Paul
3. Noah/Noa
4. Leon
5. Jonas
6. Felix
7. Elias
8. Louis/Luis
9. Luke/Lucas
10. Maximilian

In the girls’ top ten, Klara/Clara and Lina replaced Lea/Leah and Lena.

In the boys’ top ten, Felix replaced Finn.

According to name researcher Knud Bielefeld, fast-rising names in Germany include boy names Theo, Matteo and Henry and girl names Leni, Ella and Juna.

In 2016, the top baby names in Germany were Sophia/Sofia and Jonas.

Sources: Ausführliche Auswertung: Vornamen 2017, Ben and Emma most popular baby names in 2017

Image: Adapted from Flag of Germany (public domain)

Popular baby names in Newfoundland and Labrador (Canada), 2017

According to the Vital Statistics Division of Service NL, the most popular baby names in Newfoundland and Labrador in 2017 were Ava and Benjamin.

Here are the province’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2017:

Girl Names
1. Ava
2. Charlotte/Charlette
3. Olivia
4. Lilly/Lily/Lillei
5. Emma
6. Mia/Miya/Myah/Mya
7. Callie/Cali/Calleigh/Kallie/Kali
8. Amelia/Emilia
9. Emily
10. Avery/Averi

Boy Names
1. Benjamin/Benjamyn
2. Jack/Jak
3. Jackson/Jaxon/Jaxson/Jaxin
4. Connor/Conor/Conner
5. Grayson/Greyson/Greycen
6. William
7. Luke
8. Jacob/Jakob
9. Noah
10. Liam

The #1 name for girls, Ava, didn’t even feature in the top 10 in 2016.

Here are the 2017 baby name rankings for the rest of Atlantic Canada: New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia.

Source: Top 100 Baby Names – Open Data Newfoundland and Labrador