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Preliminary 2025 baby name rankings for five U.S. states

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We won’t have access to the federal government’s next batch of baby name data until May, but five U.S. states — Arizona, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, and Rhode Island — have released preliminary rankings for 2025. Let’s check them out, starting in the east and moving westward…

Rhode Island

According to the Rhode Island Department of Health, these were the state’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names in 2025.

Top girl names, RITop boy names, RI
1. Charlotte
2. Olivia
3. Amelia
4. Isabella
5. Sophia
6. Aurora
7. Ava
8. Maeve
9. Nora
10. Isla		1. Noah
2. Liam
3. Oliver
4. Theodore
5. Benjamin
6. Luca
7. Lucas
8. Henry
9. John
10. Jack

Mississippi

According to the Mississippi State Department of Health, these were the state’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names in 2025.

Top girl names, MSTop boy names, MS
1. Amelia
2. Charlotte
3. Olivia
4. Ava
5. Elizabeth
6. Mary
7. Ivy
8. Nova
9. Emma & Lainey (tie)
10. Ellie		1. James
2. William
3. John
4. Noah
5. Elijah
6. Liam
7. Waylon
8. Hudson
9. Henry
10. Levi

Louisiana

According to the Louisiana Department of Health, these were the state’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names in 2025.

Top girl names, LATop boy names, LA
1. Amelia
2. Charlotte
3. Olivia
4. Emma
5. Eleanor
6. Harper
7. Sophia
8. Evelyn
9. Ellie
10. Nova		1. Noah
2. Liam
3. James
4. John
5. Elijah
6. Oliver
7. William
8. Hudson
9. Joseph
10. Henry

New Mexico

According to the New Mexico Department of Health, these were the state’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names in 2025.

Top girl names, NMTop boy names, NM
1. Olivia
2. Mia
3. Sophia
4. Sofia
5. Camila
6. Eliana
7. Amelia
8. Isabella
9. Aurora
10. Aria		1. Noah
2. Liam
3. Mateo
4. Elijah
5. Santiago
6. Sebastian
7. Ezra
8. Elias
9. Levi
10. Ezekiel

Arizona

According to the Arizona Department of Health Services, these were the state’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names in 2025.

Top girl names, AZTop boy names, AZ
1. Olivia
2. Sophia
3. Mia
4. Isabella
5. Emma
6. Amelia
7. Charlotte
8. Eliana
9. Camila
10. Sofia		1. Noah
2. Liam
3. Mateo
4. Santiago
5. Oliver
6. Elias
7. Elijah
8. Theodore
9. Sebastian
10. Ezra

See anything interesting/unexpected so far?

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Image: Adapted from A trompe l’œil with a young nun peeking out through a shutter (public domain)

Popular baby names in Australia, 2024

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Flag of Australia

In 2024, the country of Australia welcomed 292,318 babies: 142,019 girls and 150,299 boys.

What were the most popular names among Australia’s newborns that year?

We don’t know for sure, because Australia doesn’t release baby name rankings that cover the entire country. But we can look at eight sets of regional Australian rankings — representing Australia’s six states and two most populous territories — and then make a guess about the country’s top names overall.

Here are the rankings, ordered by total number of births per region (highest to lowest):

New South Wales

In 2024, New South Wales welcomed 86,978 (29.8%) of Australia’s babies.

Top girl names (NSW, 2024)Top boy names (NSW, 2024)
1. Charlotte, 409
2. Amelia, 395
3. Olivia, 336
4. Mia, 326
5. Isla, 320
6. Chloe, 292
7. Harper, 287
8. Hazel, 283
9. Sophia, 282
10. Evelyn, 277		1. Noah, 556
2. Oliver, 493
3. Theodore, 442
4. Luca, 400
5. Henry, 375
6. Leo, 359
7. Hudson, 349
8. Charlie, 330
9. Lucas, 322
10. Elijah, 314

Victoria

In 2024, Victoria welcomed 82,328 (28.2%) of Australia’s babies.

Top girl names (Victoria, 2024)Top boy names (Victoria, 2024)
1. Isla, 389
2. Charlotte, 382
3. Amelia, 380
4. Mia, 327
5. Hazel, 316
6. Olivia, 309
7. Matilda, 279
8. Grace, 268
9. Ella, 264
10. Lily, 259		1. Oliver, 570
2. Noah, 462
3. Henry, 359
4. Leo, 348 (tie)
5. Theodore, 348 (tie)
6. Luca, 346
7. Charlie, 341
8. Jack, 334
9. Archie, 292
10. Levi, 289

Queensland

In 2024, Queensland welcomed 58,986 (20.2%) of Australia’s babies.

Top girl names (Queensland, 2024)Top boy names (Queensland, 2024)
1. Charlotte, 319
2. Isla, 260
3. Olivia, 259
4. Amelia, 248
5. Harper, 206 (tie)
6. Matilda, 206 (tie)
7. Mia, 201
8. Hazel, 196
9. Willow, 194
10. Grace, 192		1. Oliver, 445
2. Theodore, 344
3. Noah, 341
4. Henry, 328
5. Hudson, 316
6. Luca, 268
7. Leo, 253
8. William, 251
9. Charlie, 235
10. Jack, 233

Western Australia

In 2024, Western Australia welcomed 30,516 (10.4%) of Australia’s babies.

Top girl names (WA, 2024)Top boy names (WA, 2024)
1. Charlotte, 136 (tie)
2. Isla, 136 (tie)
3. Amelia, 135
4. Olivia, 128
5. Harper, 119
6. Mia, 117
7. Violet, 98
8. Ella, 94 (tie)
9. Matilda, 94 (tie)
10. Ava, 88		1. Noah, 195 (tie)
2. Oliver, 195 (tie)
3. Leo, 146
4. Theodore, 144
5. Henry, 123
6. Hudson, 122
7. Jack, 120
8. Luca, 119
9. Charlie, 118
10. Thomas, 114

South Australia

In 2024, South Australia welcomed 18,516 (6.3%) of Australia’s babies.

Top girl names (SA, 2024)Top boy names (SA, 2024)
1. Charlotte, 108
2. Olivia, 89
3. Isla, 86
4. Amelia, 70
5. Mia, 67
6. Lily, 64
7. Hazel, 63
8. Ivy, 62
9. Grace, 61 (tie)
10. Matilda, 61 (tie)		1. Oliver, 131
2. Henry, 125
3. Noah, 105
4. Charlie, 101
5. Theodore, 98
6. Leo, 92
7. Levi, 91
8. William, 80
9. Jack, 78
10. Luca, 75

Australian Capital Territory

In 2024, the ACT (Canberra) welcomed 6,017 (2.1%) of Australia’s babies.

Top girl names (ACT, 2024)Top boy names (ACT, 2024)
1. Amelia
2. Isla
3. Ava (tie)
4. Charlotte (tie)
5. Evelyn
6. Grace
7. Harper (tie)
8. Olivia (tie)
9. Mia
10. Chloe		1. Noah
2. Theodore
3. Henry (2-way tie)
4. Oliver (2-way tie)
5. Thomas (2-way tie)
6. William (2-way tie)
7. Leo
8. Arthur
9. George/Hudson/Muhammad/Oscar (4-way tie)

Tasmania

In 2024, Tasmania welcomed 5,483 (1.9%) of Australia’s babies.

Top girl names (Tasmania, 2024)Top boy names (Tasmania, 2024)
1. Hazel
2. Charlotte
3. Isla
4. Harper
5. Ivy
6. Grace
7. Matilda
8. Willow
9. Elsie
10. Violet		1. Oliver
2. Henry
3. Charlie
4. Archie
5. Thomas
6. Noah
7. George
8. Oscar
9. William
10. Theodore

Northern Territory

In 2024, Northern Territory welcomed 3,484 (1.2%) of Australia’s babies.

[Unfortunately, NT’s 2024 rankings haven’t been released yet. As soon as they are, though, I’ll add them to the post!]

Map of Australia

Australia overall

Using the data above, let’s make a guess about Australia’s top baby names overall.

Here’s what I came up with:

Possible top girl names (Australia, 2024)Possible top boy names (Australia, 2024)
1. Charlotte
2. Amelia
3. Isla		1. Oliver
2. Noah
3. Theodore

What are your thoughts on these? (Which names would you have put at the top?)

P.S. I guessed that Isla and Oliver were the #1 names in the country in 2023…

Sources:

Image: Adapted from Flag of Australia (public domain)
Map: Adapted from Australia location map by NordNordWest under CC BY-SA 3.0.

Popular and unique baby names in Alberta (Canada), 2024

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Flag of Alberta

Last year, the Canadian province of Alberta welcomed more than 50,000 babies.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Olivia and Noah, for the sixth year in a row.

Here are Alberta’s top 50+ girl names and top 50+ boy names of 2024:

Girl names

  1. Olivia, 184 baby girls
  2. Charlotte, 164
  3. Amelia, 150
  4. Sophia, 146
  5. Emma, 145
  6. Ava, 120
  7. Harper, 115 (tie)
  8. Isla, 115 (tie)
  9. Hazel, 104 (tie)
  10. Sophie, 104 (tie)
  11. Ellie, 102 (3-way tie)
  12. Evelyn, 102 (3-way tie)
  13. Lily, 102 (3-way tie)
  14. Abigail, 98 (tie)
  15. Aurora, 98 (tie)
  16. Nora, 96
  17. Mia, 95
  18. Isabella, 90
  19. Ella, 88 (tie)
  20. Violet, 88 (tie)
  21. Elizabeth, 86
  22. Sofia, 85
  23. Chloe, 83 (tie)
  24. Scarlett, 83 (tie)
  25. Aria, 80 (tie)
  26. Emily, 80 (tie)
  27. Eleanor, 79
  28. Hannah, 76
  29. Hailey, 75 (tie)
  30. Ivy, 75 (tie)
  31. Mila, 73
  32. Grace, 72
  33. Luna, 70
  34. Maya, 69
  35. Georgia, 68 (tie)
  36. Maeve, 68 (tie)
  37. Lainey, 67
  38. Anna, 66 (tie)
  39. Eliana, 66 (tie)
  40. Emilia, 65
  41. Lucy, 64
  42. Audrey, 61 (tie)
  43. Naomi, 61 (tie)
  44. Avery, 58
  45. Rehmat, 56 (tie)
  46. Willow, 56 (tie)
  47. Adeline, 55 (tie)
  48. Zoey, 55 (tie)
  49. Sadie, 54 (tie)
  50. Stella, 54 (tie)
  51. Ayla, 53 (tie)
  52. Claire, 53 (tie)

Boy names

  1. Noah, 248 baby boys
  2. Oliver, 203
  3. Liam, 196
  4. Theodore, 187
  5. Henry, 160
  6. William, 148
  7. Ethan, 141 (tie)
  8. Leo, 141 (tie)
  9. Jack, 140
  10. Lucas, 139
  11. Levi, 138
  12. Benjamin, 133 (tie)
  13. James, 133 (tie)
  14. Adam, 126
  15. Wyatt, 119
  16. Daniel, 117
  17. Luca, 111
  18. Nathan, 108
  19. Hudson, 107 (tie)
  20. Owen, 107 (tie)
  21. Bennett, 105
  22. Elijah, 104
  23. Thomas, 103
  24. Logan, 102 (tie)
  25. Muhammad, 102 (tie)
  26. Luke, 96
  27. Beau, 95
  28. Maverick, 94
  29. Samuel, 88
  30. Arthur, 84
  31. Jacob, 83
  32. Asher, 81
  33. Cooper, 80 (tie)
  34. Jackson, 80 (tie)
  35. Caleb, 79 (3-way tie)
  36. Elias, 79 (3-way tie)
  37. Ezra, 79 (3-way tie)
  38. Gabriel, 78
  39. Alexander, 77
  40. David, 76
  41. Lincoln, 75
  42. Aiden, 74 (tie)
  43. Wesley, 74 (tie)
  44. Zorawar, 73
  45. Isaac, 71 (tie)
  46. Miles, 71 (tie)
  47. Theo, 70
  48. Carter, 68
  49. Grayson, 65 (5-way tie)
  50. John, 65 (5-way tie)
  51. Mason, 65 (5-way tie)
  52. Matthew, 65 (5-way tie)
  53. Ryan, 65 (5-way tie)

Lainey (ranked 37th) was one of Canada’s fastest-rising girl names, and Zorawar (ranked 44th) was one of Canada’s fastest-rising boy names.

What about the names at the other end of the spectrum? Here’s a selection of the baby names that were bestowed just once in Alberta last year:

Unique girl namesUnique boy names
Aapistsisskitsi, Brevity, Cleofe, Datura, Edrielle, Frishta, Guidance, Hivirikee, Ilunga, Jinanshi, Katawasisin, Luladay, Milto, Nocturna, Olithea, Persimmyn, Quindy, Rhodalyn, Sora, Tezlie, Urenna, Viridis, Waseskwan, Xaeia, Yarrow, ZanessraAalto, Behxhet, Cedar-Sage, Delaneaux, Entz, Fomo, Gloriliel, Haoqi, Invictus, Joonharu, Kamharida, Luigi, Miekkonen, Nîmihitow, Okimâw, Piyêsiw, Qyler, Ryunosuke, Shinichi, Tobit, Urvil, Valo, Woodland, Xevreau, Yipei, Zildjian

Some explanations for a few of the above:

  • Aapistsisskitsi means “flower blossom” in Blackfoot.
  • Invictus means “unconquered” in Latin.
  • Katawasisin means “it is beautiful” in Cree.
  • Meikkonen means “little man” in Finnish. (The word mies means “man.”)
  • Nîmihitow means “he/she dances” in Cree.
  • Okimâw means “chief, leader” in Cree.
  • Piyêsiw means “thunderbird” in Cree.
  • Viridis means “green, youthful” in Latin.
  • Waseskwan means “the sky is clear” in Cree.
  • Zildjian is a musical instrument maker specializing in cymbals.
    • The company was founded in the 1620s by Avedis, an Armenian metalsmith based in Constantinople. In 1623, the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Mustafa I, granted Avedis the family name Zildjian, meaning “son of [the] cymbal maker.”

Finally, here’s a link to Alberta’s 2023 rankings, if you’d like to compare last year to the year before.

Sources:

Image: Adapted from Flag of Alberta (public domain)

Popular baby names in Switzerland, 2024

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Flag of Switzerland

Last year, the European country of Switzerland welcomed 78,256 babies.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Emma and Noah.

Here are Switzerland’s top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2024:

Girl names

  1. Emma, 377 baby girls
  2. Mia, 367
  3. Sofia, 321
  4. Emilia, 271
  5. Lina, 255
  6. Elena, 253
  7. Mila, 252
  8. Olivia, 245
  9. Nora, 241
  10. Lia, 223
  11. Luna, 207
  12. Lea, 203
  13. Elina, 199
  14. Alina, 197
  15. Malea, 194
  16. Amelia, 189
  17. Nina, 186
  18. Sophia, 185
  19. Anna, 183
  20. Aurora, 181
  21. Chiara, 179 (tie)
  22. Leonie, 179 (tie)
  23. Ella, 178
  24. Yara, 170
  25. Lena, 167
  26. Lara, 165
  27. Eva, 162
  28. Alice, 160
  29. Giulia, 155
  30. Laura, 149
  31. Luana, 147
  32. Valentina, 146
  33. Maria, 144
  34. Elin, 142
  35. Julia, 141
  36. Malia, 137
  37. Alea, 136
  38. Juna, 135
  39. Aria, 133
  40. Ava, 132
  41. Livia, 130
  42. Dua, 129 (tie)
  43. Inaya, 129 (tie)
  44. Sara, 127
  45. Ayla, 119 (tie)
  46. Liana, 119 (tie)
  47. Alma, 118 (tie)
  48. Emily, 118 (tie)
  49. Sophie, 117 (tie)
  50. Victoria, 117 (tie)

Boy names

  1. Noah, 511 baby boys
  2. Liam, 395
  3. Matteo, 326
  4. Gabriel, 285
  5. Luca, 280
  6. Leo, 243
  7. Louis, 239
  8. Elio, 237
  9. Leon, 234
  10. Leano, 233
  11. Elias, 227
  12. Levi, 208
  13. Lio, 194
  14. Aaron, 191 (tie)
  15. Elia, 191 (tie)
  16. Theo, 187
  17. Leonardo, 185 (tie)
  18. Luan, 185 (tie)
  19. Nino, 181
  20. Noé, 180
  21. Malik, 176
  22. Enea, 174
  23. David, 168
  24. Livio, 167 (tie)
  25. Nico, 167 (tie)
  26. Finn, 163
  27. Samuel, 162
  28. Mateo, 161
  29. Adam, 158
  30. Lian, 157
  31. Arthur, 155
  32. Leandro, 147 (tie)
  33. Mattia, 147 (tie)
  34. Emilio, 145 (tie)
  35. Nael, 145 (tie)
  36. Mael, 144
  37. Henry, 142
  38. Emil, 141 (tie)
  39. Julian, 141 (tie)
  40. Diego, 140
  41. Kian, 139
  42. Ben, 137
  43. Laurin, 136
  44. Oliver, 132
  45. Levin, 129
  46. Lino, 128
  47. Dario, 124
  48. Robin, 120
  49. Jonas, 113 (tie)
  50. Nathan, 113 (tie)

Two of the fastest-rising names were Liora (for girls) and Clément (for boys).

Switzerland, which is home to over 9 million people, has four national languages: German, French, Italian, and Romansh. Here are the top names among the speakers of each of these languages:

Girl namesBoy names
German speakers
(62.3% of the population)		1. Mia, 275
2. Emilia, 241
3. Emma, 234		1. Noah, 365
2. Liam, 257
3. Matteo, 252
French speakers
(22.8% of pop.)		1. Emma, 124
2. Olivia, 103
3. Eva, 80		1. Gabriel, 130
2. Noah, 129
3. Liam, 117
Italian speakers
(8.0% of pop.)		1. Aurora, 27
2. Sofia, 22
3. Ginevra, 21		1. Leonardo, 31
2. Enea, 26 (tie)
3. Tommaso, 26 (tie)
Romansh speakers
(0.5% of pop.)		1. Alina, 41. David, 3 (tie)
2. Gino, 3 (tie)

And here’s a selection of the uncommon names that were given to just two babies each in Switzerland in 2024:

Rare girl names Rare boy names
Audélia, Berina, Cassia, Dasel, Etna, Fadrina, Galina, Hasti, Ioli, Joaquina, Kokob, Liridona, Maurane, Nilde, Ona, Pelda, Ruena, Sira, Thémis, Verica, Waimea, Xara, Yangtso, ZeenaAtari, Boaz, Célien, Deran, Enoa, Fanuel, Gaspar, Harald, Icaro, Jonte, Keylam, Lisi, Mayeul, Niculin, Onno, Pepe, Rodion, Shukri, Tsering, Urs, Vidar, Wilhelm, Yafiet, Zana

Possible explanations/associations for several of the above:

  • Etna is the name of Europe’s most active volcano, Mount Etna, which is located on the island of Sicily.
  • Fadrina is the feminine form of Fadri, a Romansh name related to Frederick.
  • Liridona is based on the Albanian word liri, meaning “freedom, liberty.”
  • Niculin is a Romansh name related to Nicholas.
  • Waimea is a Hawaiian place-name meaning “reddish water.” (I remember seeing a single baby named Waimea in the 2021 Sonoma rankings, but I didn’t expect to find two babies named Waimea in Switzerland!)

Other Romansh names I noticed in the rankings were the girl name Bigna (given to 12 babies) and the boy names Corsin (10) and Curdin (5).

Finally, here are Switzerland’s 2023 rankings, if you’d like to compare last year to the year before.

Sources: First names of newborns – Federal Statistical Office, Births and deaths – Federal Statistical Office, Languages of Switzerland – Wikipedia, Behind the Name, Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian Language Dictionaries

Image: Adapted from Flag of Switzerland (public domain)