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May 12, 2023May 27, 2023

Popular baby names in the United States, 2022

The new rankings have arrived!

Earlier today, the SSA released the 2022 U.S. baby name data, revealing that the top names in the nation are Olivia and Liam yet again.

I have a number of analysis posts coming up, but let’s start with the basic rankings — first a quick top 10, then a full top 500.

Girl Names

Olivia, 16,573 baby girls
Emma, 14,435
Charlotte, 12,891
Amelia, 12,333
Sophia, 12,310
Isabella, 11,662
Ava, 11,039
Mia, 11,018
Evelyn, 9,289
Luna, 8,922

Boy Names

Liam, 20,456
Noah, 18,621
Oliver, 15,076
James, 12,028
Elijah, 11,979
William, 11,282
Henry, 11,221
Lucas, 10,909
Benjamin, 10,842
Theodore, 10,754

The boys’ top 10 includes the same 10 names as in 2021.

In the girls’ top 10, Luna replaced Harper.

And here are the top 500 baby names in the U.S., per gender, for 2022…

Rank	Girl Names	Boy Names
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 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Eleanor Emily Chloe Mila Violet Penelope Gianna Aria Abigail Ella Avery Hazel Nora Layla Lily Aurora Nova Ellie Madison Grace Isla Willow Zoe Riley Stella Eliana Ivy Victoria Emilia Zoey Naomi Hannah Lucy Elena Lillian Maya Leah Paisley Addison Natalie Valentina Everly Delilah Leilani Madelyn Kinsley Ruby Sophie Alice Genesis Claire Audrey Sadie Aaliyah Josephine Autumn Brooklyn Quinn Kennedy Cora Savannah Caroline Athena Natalia Hailey Aubrey Emery Anna Iris Bella Eloise Skylar Jade Gabriella Ariana Maria Adeline Lydia Sarah Nevaeh Serenity Liliana Ayla Everleigh Raelynn Allison Madeline Vivian Maeve Lyla Samantha Rylee Eva Melody Clara Hadley Julia Piper Juniper Parker Brielle Eden Remi Josie Rose Arya Eliza Charlie Peyton Daisy Lucia Millie Margaret Freya Melanie Elliana Adalynn Alina Emersyn Sienna Mary Isabelle Alaia Esther Sloane Mackenzie Amara Ximena Sage Cecilia Valeria Reagan Valerie Catalina River Magnolia Kehlani Summer Ashley Andrea Isabel Oakley Olive Oaklynn Ember Kaylee 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September 28, 2022May 6, 2023

Popular baby names in Spain, 2021

Last year, the country of Spain welcomed nearly 163,000 baby girls and almost 174,000 baby boys.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Lucia and Martin.

Here are Spain’s top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2021…

Girl Names

Lucia, 3,643 baby girls
Martina, 3,042
Sofia, 2,998
Maria, 2,696
Valeria, 2,390
Julia, 2,363
Paula, 2,050
Emma, 2,033
Daniela, 1,866
Carla, 1,811
Alma, 1,772
Olivia, 1,732
Sara, 1,708
Carmen, 1,696
Vega, 1,666
Mia, 1,663
Lara, 1,627
Alba, 1,561
Noa, 1,542
Lola, 1,533
Valentina, 1,434
Chloe, 1,415
Claudia, 1,380
Jimena, 1,375
Aitana, 1,246
Laia, 1,116
Vera, 1,069
Abril, 1,067
Alejandra, 1,060
Ana, 1,047
Triana, 1,043
Candela, 1,041
Adriana, 996
Manuela, 962
Elena, 959
Carlota, 931
Ines, 895
Blanca, 888
Marina, 868
Marta, 813
Lia, 790
Victoria, 782
Nora, 764
Zoe, 752
Rocio, 747
Alicia, 723
Clara, 718
Gala, 707
Luna, 685
Ariadna, 673

Vega, which ranked 15th, is the Spanish word for “meadow.” As a given name, it’s a reference to the Marian title La Virgen de la Vega. (The word is also featured in the name of the famous Nevada city of Las Vegas — “the meadows.”)

Boy Names

Martin, 3,459 baby boys
Hugo, 3,339
Mateo, 3,270
Leo, 2,837
Lucas, 2,810
Manuel, 2,587
Daniel, 2,520
Alejandro, 2,513
Pablo, 2,276
Enzo, 2,007
Alvaro, 1,941
Mario, 1,792
Adrian, 1,781
Diego, 1,598
Thiago, 1,567
Bruno, 1,485
Oliver, 1,452
David, 1,441
Alex, 1,438
Marco, 1,413
Gonzalo, 1,364
Marcos, 1,349
Nicolas, 1,315
Antonio, 1,303
Izan, 1,279
Miguel, 1,275
Javier, 1,267
Luca, 1,216
Liam, 1,198
Gael, 1,127
Marc, 1,095
Dylan, 1,044
Juan, 1,036
Angel, 1,035
Carlos, 992
Jose, 988
Gabriel, 960
Sergio, 907
Eric, 862
Jorge, 849
Dario, 832
Adam, 818
Samuel, 811
Hector, 784
Rodrigo, 762
Iker, 750
Pau, 735
Jesus, 723
Guillermo, 706
Jaime, 705

Home to more than 47 million people, Spain is divided into 17 autonomous communities (including two island groups) and two autonomous cities (both located on the northern coast of Africa).

Map of the 17 autonomous communities of Spain — Spain’s 17 autonomous communities

The top baby names within each of Spain’s 17 autonomous communities last year were…

	Girl Names	Boy Names
Andalusia (18.0% of the population)	1. Maria, 970 2. Lucia, 821 3. Martina, 667 4. Carmen, 623 5. Lola, 614	1. Manuel, 1,165 2. Hugo, 823 3. Martin, 801 4. Alejandro, 780 5. Pablo, 654
Catalonia (16.2% of pop.)	1. Julia, 469 2. Martina, 423 3. Mia, 403 4. Emma, 400 5. Lucia, 379	1. Marc, 439 2. Nil, 439 3. Pol, 438 4. Jan, 422 5. Leo, 420
Madrid (community) (14.3% of pop.)	1. Lucia, 712 2. Sofia, 576 3. Martina, 463 4. Olivia, 437 5. Paula, 394	1. Mateo, 654 2. Martin, 593 3. Lucas, 552 4. Alejandro, 530 5. Daniel, 500
Valencia (community) (10.7% of pop.)	1. Lucia, 378 2. Sofia, 368 3. Martina, 324 4. Maria, 270 5. Valeria, 265	1. Martin, 408 2. Mateo, 375 3. Marc, 354 4. Hugo, 336 (tie) 5. Lucas, 336 (tie)
Galicia (5.7% of pop.)	1. Sofia, 170 2. Noa, 162 3. Martina, 140 4. Lara, 137 5. Valeria, 129	1. Mateo, 276 2. Martin, 261 3. Hugo, 198 4. Leo, 176 5. Lucas, 168
Castile and León (5.0% of pop.)	1. Lucia, 171 2. Sofia, 139 3. Valeria, 126 4. Martina, 121 5. Daniela, 116	1. Martin, 187 (tie) 2. Mateo, 187 (tie) 3. Hugo, 157 4. Lucas, 147 5. Daniel, 146
Canary Islands (4.7% of pop.)	1. Martina, 131 2. Lucia, 113 3. Sofia, 109 4. Valeria, 86 5. Chloe, 83	1. Mateo, 152 2. Hugo, 124 3. Thiago, 114 4. Leo, 112 5. Lucas, 93
Basque Country (4.6% of pop.)	1. Ane, 149 2. Laia, 135 3. June, 121 4. Nahia, 113 5. Maddi/Malen, 97 (tie)	1. Markel, 155 2. Martin, 143 3. Julen, 141 4. Oihan, 131 5. Jon, 118
Castilla-La Mancha (4.3% of pop.)	1. Lucia, 206 2. Valeria, 172 3. Martina, 149 4. Sofia, 144 5. Maria, 143	1. Martin, 217 2. Hugo, 200 3. Mateo, 199 4. Lucas, 172 5. Daniel, 155
Murcia (3.2% of pop.)	1. Lucia, 173 2. Maria, 167 3. Sofia, 143 4. Valeria, 133 5. Martina, 122	1. Hugo, 177 2. Pablo, 152 3. Alejandro, 129 4. Martin, 125 5. Leo, 122
Aragon (2.8% of pop.)	1. Lucia, 125 2. Martina, 80 (tie) 3. Valeria, 80 (tie) 4. Vega, 78 5. Sofia, 74	1. Martin, 112 (tie) 2. Mateo, 112 (tie) 3. Hugo, 108 4. Lucas, 93 5. Leo, 88
Balearic Islands (2.6% of pop.)	1. Martina, 93 2. Julia, 90 3. Emma, 75 4. Maria, 66 5. Lucia, 64	1. Marc, 146 2. Pau, 95 3. Hugo, 90 4. Lucas, 63 5. Marti, 62
Extremadura (2.2% of pop.)	1. Lucia, 114 2. Martina, 101 3. Maria, 83 (tie) 4. Valeria, 83 (tie) 5. Paula, 81	1. Manuel, 129 2. Martin, 104 3. Alvaro, 94 4. Hugo, 92 5. Daniel, 84
Asturias (2.1% of pop.)	1. Lucia, 62 2. Valeria, 57 3. Martina, 53 4. Lara, 46 5. Sofia, 44	1. Martin, 83 2. Mateo, 68 3. Lucas, 64 4. Hugo, 57 5. Marco, 50
Navarre (1.4% of pop.)	1. Nahia, 37 2. Ane, 36 (tie) 3. Irati, 36 (tie) 4. Lucia, 35 5. Martina, 34	1. Martin, 48 2. Mateo, 46 3. Julen, 37 4. Hugo, 36 (tie) 5. Leo, 36 (tie)
Cantabria (1.2% of pop.)	1. Lucia, 48 2. Sofia, 41 3. Martina, 40 4. Vega, 36 5. Valeria, 35	1. Mateo, 60 2. Martin, 53 3. Hugo, 47 4. Leo, 46 5. Lucas, 44
La Rioja (0.7% of pop.)	1. Lucia, 28 2. Sofia, 26 3. Martina, 21 4. Julia, 19 5. Carmen/Maria/Valeria, 16 (tie)	1. Martin, 33 (tie) 2. Mateo, 33 (tie) 3. Daniel, 26 (tie) 4. Hugo, 26 (tie) 5. Pablo, 22

The top baby names within each of Spain’s two autonomous cities (in Africa) were…

	Girl Names	Boy Names
Melilla (0.2% of the population)	1. Amira, 15 2. Nour, 9 3. Noha, 8 4. Malak/Maryam/Tasnim, 7 (tie)	1. Amir, 20 2. Adam, 15 3. Mohamed, 14 4. Imran, 13 5. Maher, 12
Ceuta (0.2% of pop.)	1. Amira, 10 2. Jimena, 6 (tie) 3. Zaira, 6 (tie) 4. Martina/Noor/Suyud, 5 (tie)	1. Mohamed, 17 2. Amir, 13 3. Akram, 9 4. Maher, 8 (tie) 5. Omar, 8 (tie)

Finally, here’s a link to Spain’s 2020 rankings, if you’d like to compare last year to the year before.

Sources: Apellidos y nombres más frecuentes – INEbase, Population of Spain in 2022, by autonomous community – Statista, Spain – Wikipedia
Map: Adapted from Autonomous communities of Spain no names by Habbit under CC BY-SA 3.0.

August 31, 2022May 6, 2023

Popular baby names in Belgium, 2021

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

Here are Belgium’s top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2021:

Girl Names

Olivia, 580 baby girls
Emma, 500
Louise, 455
Mila, 435
Alice, 416
Camille, 403
Lina, 394
Sofia, 359
Ella, 352
Juliette, 346
Nora, 342
Mia, 325
Marie, 317
Lucie, 314
Anna, 303
Jade, 296
Elena, 281
Eva, 280
Julia, 279
Noor, 263
Nina, 256
Léa, 252
Victoria, 249
Chloé, 244
Alix, 235
Lou, 232
Elise, 220
Zoé, 215
Giulia, 212
Ellie, 210 (tie)
Luna, 210 (tie)
Liv, 209
Renée, 207
Amélie, 204
Inaya, 202
Rose, 194
Charlotte, 191
Jeanne, 188 (tie)
Lily, 188 (tie)
Lena, 187
Sara, 176
Manon, 171
Julie, 170
Mona, 160
Alba, 159
Livia, 155
Billie, 154 (tie)
Sophia, 154 (tie)
Amira, 146
Clara, 144 (tie)
Stella, 144 (tie)

Boy Names

Noah, 627 baby boys
Arthur, 584
Louis, 558
Liam, 537
Jules, 526
Adam, 474
Lucas, 426
Gabriel, 422
Victor, 416
Oscar, 336
Leon, 310
Mathis, 294 (tie)
Mohamed, 294 (tie)
Finn, 289
Léon, 275
Matteo, 264
Lewis, 251
Hugo, 245
Nathan, 238
Luca, 234
Elias, 225
Raphaël, 223
Théo, 221
Amir, 217 (tie)
Eden, 217 (tie)
Rayan, 209
Lou, 208
Milo, 205
Yanis, 204
Achille, 201
Otis, 194
Sacha, 191 (tie)
Vic, 191 (tie)
Felix, 190
Marcel, 187
Basile, 185
Aaron, 179
Léo, 178
Maurice, 174
Alexander, 173
Maël, 171
Emiel, 168 (tie)
Georges, 168 (tie)
Jack, 167 (tie)
William, 167 (tie)
Emile, 163 (tie)
Vince, 163 (tie)
Samuel, 161
Gaston, 159
Oliver, 158

If Leon and Léon had been counted as a single name, their combined total (585) would have been enough to edge Arthur (584) out of second place on the boys’ list.

And the gender-neutral name Lou managed to pop up on both lists in nearly the same spot: 26th for girls, 27th for boys.

Map of the three regions of Belgium — Belgium’s three regions

The top baby names within each of Belgium’s three regions were…

	Girl Names	Boy Names
Flanders (57.6% of the population) Language: Dutch	1. Olivia, 328 2. Ella, 303 3. Marie, 275 4. Mila, 266 5. Nora, 261	1. Noah, 399 2. Arthur, 321 3. Jules, 311 4. Leon, 288 5. Louis, 284
Wallonia (31.8% of pop.) Language: French/German	1. Emma, 204 2. Olivia, 203 3. Louise, 190 4. Alice, 188 (tie) 5. Lucie, 188 (tie)	1. Gabriel, 266 2. Louis, 235 3. Liam, 233 4. Arthur, 208 5. Jules, 191
Brussels-Capital (10.6% of pop.) Languages: Dutch/French	1. Lina, 89 2. Sofia, 83 3. Emma, 60 (tie) 4. Nour, 60 (tie) 5. Olivia, 49	1. Mohamed, 118 2. Adam, 112 3. Gabriel, 82 4. Amir, 70 5. Noah, 62

And here’s a selection of names from the other end of the spectrum — names that were given to just 5 babies each in Belgium last year:

Rare Girl Names	Rare Boy Names
Anabia, Believe, Caro, Dea, Elaïa, Fallone, Gaby, Heike, Iluna, Jennifer, Kessy, Lyssia, Mahsa, Nihal, Otice, Puck, Queen, Ramla, Siloé, Toos, Vlera, Wassila, Yseult, Zuri	Aloys, Brandon, Celle, Doruk, Erion, Fedde, Gustav, Hazar, Ilyass, Jip, Karsten, Lothar, Maksim, Nellis, Obi, Paulin, Qays, Riff, Silvio, Tille, Vidar, Wiebe, Yavuz, Zjef

(I’m a little surprised that as many as 5 baby girls in Belgium got the English word “believe” as their first name. I wonder if something specific was influencing that usage…?)

This time around, Belgium also highlighted the girl and boy names that saw the largest increases and decreases in usage over the last decade (2011-2021). The top 5 in each category were…

Girl names
- Largest increases: Alba, Ellie, Ellis, Alya, Cilou
- Largest decreases: Lisa, Laura, Julie, Lotte, Anaïs

Boy names
- Largest increases: Georges, Lio, Gaston, Otis, Lyam
- Largest decreases: Maxime, Thomas, Simon, Wout, Nathan

Finally, here’s a link to Belgium’s 2020 rankings, if you’d like to compare.

Sources: First names for boys and girls | STATBEL, Demographics of Belgium – Wikipedia

Map: Adapted from Regions of Belgium by Ssolbergj under CC BY 3.0.

October 13, 2020May 6, 2023

Popular baby names in Spain, 2019

According to Spain’s Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, the most popular baby names in the country in 2019 were (again) Lucia and Hugo.

Here are Spain’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2019:

Girl Names

Lucia, 3,621 baby girls
Sofia, 3,505
Martina, 3,172
Maria, 3,165
Julia, 2,600
Paula, 2,498
Emma, 2,362
Daniela, 2,315
Valeria, 2,248
Alba, 2,097

Boy Names

Hugo, 3,536 baby boys
Martin, 3,256
Lucas, 3,185
Mateo, 3,160
Leo, 2,960
Daniel, 2,958
Alejandro, 2,937
Pablo, 2,868
Manuel, 2,460
Alvaro, 2,279

Both top 10 lists include the same 10 names as the year before, but in a different order.

The top names in the Basque Country specifically were Ane and Markel. (Ane is a form of Anna, whereas Markel comes from the Roman name Martialis.)

And did you know that Spain has two autonomous cities on the coast of Africa? They’re Melilla and Ceuta. The top names in Melilla were Amira/Nour (tie) and Mohamed, while the top names in Ceuta were Yasmin and Amir/Mohamed (tie).

Sources: First name of newborns – INEbase, Markel – Behind the Name

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