How popular is the baby name Nathan in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Nathan.
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Last year, the European country of France welcomed about 663,000 babies.
What were the most popular names among these babies? Louise and Gabriel.
Here are France’s top 50 girl names and top 50+ boy names of 2024:
Girl names
Louise, 3,125 baby girls (approx.)
Jade, 3,055
Ambre, 2,815
Alba, 2,660
Emma, 2,520
Alma, 2,380
Romy, 2,260
Rose, 2,220
Alice, 2,200
Anna, 2,110
Lou, 2,070
Inaya, 1,990
Mia, 1,945
Adèle, 1,940
Lina, 1,935
Julia, 1,870
Iris, 1,855
Agathe, 1,845
Giulia, 1,740
Charlie, 1,725
Eva, 1,680
Jeanne, 1,635
Olivia, 1,620
Léna, 1,560
Nour, 1,535
Victoire, 1,535
Juliette, 1,510
Luna, 1,490
Léonie, 1,445
Zoé, 1,365
Chloé, 1,360
Nina, 1,345
Sofia, 1,335
Léa, 1,300
Alya, 1,220
Charlotte, 1,190
Romane, 1,185
Victoria, 1,180
Elena, 1,080
Ava, 1,060
Esmée, 1,035
Alix, 1,020
Lucie, 1,015
Lola, 980
Lya, 965
Albane, 925
Margot, 905
Mila, 905
Lyna, 880
Gabrielle, 875
Boy names
Gabriel, 4,550 baby boys (approx.)
Raphaël, 3,470
Louis, 3,335
Léo, 3,325
Noah, 3,260
Arthur, 3,085
Adam, 3,045
Jules, 3,030
Maël, 2,830
Léon, 2,570
Liam, 2,500
Isaac, 2,480
Eden, 2,460
Sacha, 2,420
Marceau, 2,290
Lucas, 2,165
Noé, 2125
Gabin, 2,,025
Mohamed, 1,995
Aaron, 1,975
Ayden, 1,845
Malo, 1,830
Paul, 1,800
Hugo, 1,710
Elio, 1,700
Ethan, 1,660
Ibrahim, 1,600
Marius, 1,595
Nathan, 1,430
Naël, 1,425
Victor, 1,410
Eliott, 1,390
Imran, 1,370
Martin, 1,355
Théo, 1,345
Tom, 1,300
Gaspard, 1,245
Mathis, 1,235
Côme, 1,215
Léandre, 1,185
Amir, 1,175
Augustin, 1,145
Lyam, 1,145
Aylan, 1,120
Nino, 1,120
Ezio, 1,110
Antoine, 1,090
Milo, 1,065
Robin, 1,060
Andrea, 1,045
Valentin, 1,045
Zayn, 1,045
Interestingly, France did not reveal precisely how many babies were given each name this time around. Instead, totals were “rounded to the nearest multiple of 5” and ties were listed in alphabetical order.
The girls’ top 100 included Emy (57th), Ella (69th), Jannah (77th), and Judith (94th).
The boys’ top 100 included Timéo (55th), Pablo (75th), Anas (85th), and Lenny (97th).
Finally, here are France’s 2023 rankings, if you’d like to compare last year to the year before.
Back in 1997, the western U.S. state of Colorado welcomed 56,505 babies.
What were the most popular names among these babies? Hannah and Jacob, according to data from the Health Statistics Section of Colorado’s Department of Public Health and Environment.
The state also revealed the top names within each of its three largest racial/ethnic groups, which it defined as “White/non-Hispanic,” “White/Hispanic,” and “Black.”
Number of babies
Top girl name
Top boy name
White/non-Hispanic
38,729 (69%)
Hannah
Jacob
White/Hispanic
12,951 (23%)
Jessica
Jose
Black
2,582 (5%)
Jasmine
Isaiah
Here are Colorado’s top 50 girl names (overall) and top 50 boy names (overall) of 1997:
Girl names
Hannah
Emily
Jessica
Sarah
Madison
Samantha
Taylor
Alexandra
Ashley
Megan
Elizabeth
Rachel
Alyssa
Alexis
Lauren
Emma
Kayla
Morgan
Amanda
Brianna
Jennifer
Jordan
Abigail
Victoria
Nicole
Brittany
Rebecca
Danielle
Katherine
Sierra
Anna
Mariah
Olivia
Amber
Sydney
Stephanie
Jasmine
Brooke
Haley
Maria
Kaitlyn
Gabrielle
Savannah
Allison
Marissa
Bailey
Courtney
Sara
Erin
Mackenzie
Boy names
Jacob
Michael
Matthew
Joshua
Austin
Tyler
Andrew
Christopher
Nicholas
Brandon
Daniel
Ryan
Joseph
Zachary
David
Alexander
Anthony
John
James
Benjamin
Kyle
Samuel
William
Justin
Jonathan
Dylan
Christian
Jordan
Cody
Robert
Nathan
Aaron
Thomas
Eric
Connor
Cameron
Jose
Noah
Adam
Logan
Isaiah
Sean
Gabriel
Caleb
Jack
Cole
Kevin
Trevor
Ethan
Ian
How do these rankings stack up against the U.S. Social Security Administration’s 1997 rankings for Colorado?
The boy names look similar, but there are two significant discrepancies among the girl names: Alexandra ranked 11 spots lower (19th vs. 8th) and Gabrielle ranked 33 spots lower (75th vs. 42nd) on the federal government’s list.
Other names bestowed in Colorado in 1997 included “Elway, Jamaica, and Mars for baby boys, and October, November, Paradise, and Rejoice for baby girls.”
Elway was no doubt inspired by John Elway, the longtime Denver Broncos quarterback who was about to lead the team to its first Super Bowl victory (in January of 1998).
Speaking of Colorado baby names with historical significance…here are posts about Denver (b. 1859), Colorado (b. 1859), Salida (b. 1881), and Silver Dollar (b. 1889).
Did you know that you can find old vital statistics reports for the City of Philadelphia on the city’s website? And that most of these reports include baby name rankings?
I don’t want you to have to comb through a bunch of PDFs to find Philly’s historical top-ten lists, though, so — just as with New York City and Austin — I gathered all of them into a single blog post.
I was able to track down eleven sets of rankings — six covering 2005 to 2010, five covering 2012 to 2016. Eight of them also happen to include total numbers of babies.
2016
The most popular baby names in Philadelphia in 2016.
Finally, because Philadelphia and New York City are relatively close to one another, I thought I’d compare/contrast the rankings above with the NYC rankings for the same years (2005 to 2016, excluding 2011).
Parents in both cities often liked the same names, but not always at the same time, or to the same degree. During the years that Kayla ranked #1 in Philly, for instance, it was already on the decline in NYC.
Here are all the names that reached the top 10 at least twice in one city, but zero times in the other city:
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