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Popular and unique baby names in Austria, 2024

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Flag of Austria

Last year, the European country of Austria welcomed 77,238 babies — 37,463 girls and 39,775 boys.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Emilia and Elias.

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

Girl names

  1. Emilia, 534 baby girls
  2. Emma, 523
  3. Marie, 518
  4. Anna, 516
  5. Sophia, 488
  6. Mia, 462
  7. Lena, 433
  8. Valentina, 422
  9. Lea, 398
  10. Laura, 397
  11. Hannah, 395
  12. Lina, 390
  13. Sophie, 380
  14. Johanna, 370
  15. Leonie, 364
  16. Nora, 332
  17. Luisa, 328
  18. Olivia, 325
  19. Lara, 315
  20. Elena, 305
  21. Ella, 297
  22. Amelie, 278
  23. Mila, 257
  24. Antonia, 256
  25. Helena, 253
  26. Magdalena, 251
  27. Valerie, 239
  28. Lia, 228
  29. Hanna, 225
  30. Miriam, 218
  31. Livia, 211
  32. Elisa, 210
  33. Isabella, 209
  34. Sara, 201
  35. Theresa, 200
  36. Alina, 197
  37. Julia, 196
  38. Elina, 187 (tie)
  39. Paulina, 187 (tie)
  40. Ida, 183 (tie)
  41. Leni, 183 (tie)
  42. Paula, 182 (tie)
  43. Sofia, 182 (tie)
  44. Sarah, 180
  45. Klara, 174
  46. Rosa, 173
  47. Flora, 171
  48. Aurelia, 170 (3-way tie)
  49. Emily, 170 (3-way tie)
  50. Katharina, 170 (3-way tie)

Boy names

  1. Elias, 671 baby boys
  2. Paul, 659
  3. Noah, 621
  4. Jakob, 620
  5. Maximilian, 599
  6. Felix, 584
  7. Leon, 561
  8. David, 500
  9. Jonas, 499
  10. Leo, 489
  11. Lukas, 453
  12. Tobias, 430
  13. Valentin, 424
  14. Moritz, 422
  15. Matteo, 394
  16. Theo, 366
  17. Anton, 363
  18. Fabian, 351
  19. Alexander, 349
  20. Julian, 338
  21. Liam, 332
  22. Simon, 329
  23. Samuel, 321
  24. Emil, 316
  25. Luca, 304
  26. Matthias, 282
  27. Luis, 280
  28. Raphael, 272
  29. Adam, 260
  30. Florian, 259
  31. Johannes, 252
  32. Gabriel, 248 (tie)
  33. Lorenz, 248 (tie)
  34. Emilio, 247
  35. Theodor, 233
  36. Finn, 231
  37. Oskar, 224
  38. Niklas, 222
  39. Leopold, 214
  40. Oliver, 212
  41. Benjamin, 202 (tie)
  42. Jonathan, 202 (tie)
  43. Sebastian, 196
  44. Ben, 192 (tie)
  45. Fabio, 192 (tie)
  46. Michael, 190
  47. Mateo, 185
  48. Kilian, 181
  49. Luka, 180
  50. Josef, 174

According to Statistics Austria, “12.5% of all newborn girls and 14.6% of all newborn boys were given one of the 10 most popular first names” in 2024.

At the other end of the spectrum are the thousands of names that were given to a single baby each last year. Here’s a selection:

Unique girl namesUnique boy names
Aorta, Beppa, Chisimdi, Desdina, Ekklesia, Febronia, Gustava, Hibat, Ikonija, Jolongi, Krinka, Lhanzey, Mrittika, Notburga, Ofri, Pinia, Rimpy, Songül, Tsvetelina, Uerda, Vanadis, Wranga, Yangtso, ZorjanaAerzu, Benneth, Cvijetin, Daphnis, Encho, Flavio, Gervin, Hanrui, Ireneus, Jandost, Kalsang, Linneo, Menippos, Nikolozi, Osimhen, Peyami, Reie, Shkelzen, Takuto, Utku, Veton, Wenz, Yetkin, Zhihmond

I don’t think I’ve ever seen Aorta — the word for the largest artery in the human body — used as a personal name before.

Notburga was the name of a medieval Austrian saint, and Osimhen may have been inspired by Nigerian soccer player Victor Osimhen.

Finally, here’s a link to Austria’s 2023 rankings, if you’d like to compare.

Sources: First names of newborns – Statistics Austria (in German), Emilia and Elias favourite baby names in 2024 – Statistics Austria (pdf), Atlas der Vornamen – Statistics Austria, Demographic characteristics of newborns – Statistics Austria

Image: Adapted from Flag of Austria (public domain)


Popular baby names in Chile, 2022-2024

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Flag of Chile

For the last three years, the top baby names in the South American country of Chile have been Emma and Mateo.

In 2024, Chile welcomed 154,441 babies. The most popular names among these babies were…

Girl names, 2024

  1. Emma, 2,043 baby girls
  2. Isabella, 2,038
  3. Sofía, 1,837
  4. Emilia, 1,679
  5. Julieta, 1,610
  6. Mia, 1,444
  7. Isidora, 1,244
  8. Aurora, 1,239
  9. Trinidad, 1,237
  10. Antonella, 1,170

Boy names, 2024

  1. Mateo, 2,676 baby boys
  2. Liam, 2,112
  3. Lucas, 1,713
  4. Santiago, 1,543
  5. Gaspar, 1,476
  6. Facundo, 1,356
  7. Thiago, 1,320
  8. Benjamín, 1,293
  9. Vicente, 1,187
  10. Gael, 1,147

One year earlier, Chile welcomed 174,067 babies. The most popular names among these 2023 babies were…

Girl names, 2023

  1. Emma, 2,319 baby girls
  2. Isabella, 2,112
  3. Sofía, 2,015
  4. Emilia, 1,791
  5. Julieta, 1,741
  6. Trinidad, 1,524
  7. Isidora, 1,432
  8. Amanda, 1,283
  9. Antonella, 1,272
  10. Mia, 1,257

Boy names, 2023

  1. Mateo, 2,834 baby boys
  2. Gaspar, 2,115
  3. Liam, 1,998
  4. Lucas, 1,909
  5. Santiago, 1,777
  6. Benjamín, 1,501
  7. Vicente, 1,412
  8. Agustín, 1,351
  9. Maximiliano, 1,290
  10. Máximo, 1,282

And a year before that, Chile welcomed 189,303 babies. The most popular names among these 2022 babies were…

Girl names, 2022

  1. Emma, 2,590 baby girls
  2. Isabella, 2,366
  3. Sofía, 2,212
  4. Emilia, 1,948
  5. Julieta, 1,869
  6. Trinidad, 1,740
  7. Isidora, 1,711
  8. Agustina, 1,477
  9. Josefa, 1,450
  10. Mia, 1,398

Boy names, 2022

  1. Mateo, 3,273 baby boys
  2. Gaspar, 2,365
  3. Santiago, 2,021
  4. Lucas, 1,998
  5. Benjamín, 1,802
  6. Liam, 1,767
  7. Agustín, 1,674
  8. Vicente, 1,563
  9. Maximiliano, 1,558
  10. Tomás, 1,464

In 2021, the top names in Chile were Sofía and Mateo.

Sources:

Image: Adapted from Flag of Chile (public domain)

Popular baby names in Liechtenstein, 2024

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Flag of Liechtenstein

Last year, the tiny European country of Liechtenstein welcomed 341 babies — 166 girls and 175 boys.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Sophia for girls and Leon and Noah/Noa (tie) for boys.

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

Girl names

  1. Sophia, 5 baby girls
  2. Leyla and Livia, 4 each (tie)
  3. Alina, Chiara, Leonie, Lia, and Paula, 3 each (5-way tie)
  4. Ajla/Ayla, Amelie, Elisa, Emilia, Fiona, Freya, Hanna/Hannah, Ida, Ilenia, Laura, Lina, Lou, Luisa, Maya, Melina, Nelia, Noelia, Nora, Olivia, Romina, Timea, and Valea, 2 each (22-way tie)

Boy names

  1. Leon and Noah/Noa, 5 baby boys each (tie)
  2. Elias, Julian, Laurin, Leano, Levi, Linus, Lio, Lionel, Luca, Matteo/Matheo, Theo, and Valentin, 3 each (12-way tie)
  3. Alexander, Ben, Elia, Emil, Gino, Jonas, Kian, Lenny, Leyan, Lorenzo, Marlo, Nelio, Noe, Noel, and Vincent, 2 each (15-way tie)

The rest of the names were bestowed just once:

Unique girl names (94)Unique boy names (99)
Adriana, Alba, Alessia, Amara, Amaya, Amberly, Amelia, Amina, Amra, Anna, Asel, Asena, Aurelia, Aylin, Belinda, Carla, Celia, Charlotte, Chloé, Delia, Eflin, Elena, Elenor, Elina, Elisabeth, Ella, Elsa, Emily, Emma, Flavia, Frieda, Gabriella, Giada, Hale, Ivie, Jana, Julia, Juna, Kalea, Kate, Katharina, Klara, Kori, Lania, Larissa, Lea, Letizia, Lillian, Linn, Liuna, Liv, Lola, Lorine, Lua, Luna, Malea, Malia, Mara, Maria, Marie, Martina, Mayla, Melissa, Mia, Michaela, Mila, Milena, Morena, Naira, Nayla, Neea, Nilya, Noemi, Nuray, Peyang, Rital, Rosa, Ruby, Run, Samara, Sienna, Sophie, Sumaya, Sunniva, Thalia, Valentina, Valeria, Valérie, Viktoria, Viola, Vivienne, Yara, Yasmin, YunaAdni, Afonso, Albert, Amelio, Andrin, Anis, Anton, Aran, Aras, Arel, Aren, Arian, Arno, Arthur, Aurelio, Benjamin, Bernardo, Bryan, Charles, Ciro, Colin, Constantin, Daadir, Dani, Danial, David, Demir, Dijar, Ege, Eli, Elouan, Enzo, Erik, Erin, Fabian, Finn, Florian, Gabriel, Hayden, Henrik, Ilario, Ilyas, Jack, Jakob, Jayden, Johann, Jonathan, Jordan, Kenny, Konstantin, Leo, Leonardo, Leonidas, Leron, Levin, Levio, Liam, Lineo, Lino, Lou, Luan, Luciano, Mads, Magnus, Mailo, Maksim, Marco, Matej, Mats, Mattia, Matvii, Max, Maximilian, Miko, Naél, Near, Nevio, Nico, Nicolas, Paolo, Paul, Poyraz, Qingyang, Quentin, Raphael, Rayan, Rodrigo, Rui, Salvador, Samuel, Simon, Tino, Tobias, Valerio, Yaro, Yaroslav, Yuri, Yusuf, Zeyd

I didn’t post about Liechtenstein’s top baby names of 2023 or 2022, but here are Liechtenstein’s 2021 rankings.

Source: Neugeborenennamen – Liechtensteinische Landesverwaltung Statistikportal

Image: Adapted from Flag of Liechtenstein (public domain)

Baby born in Wyoming, named Wyoming

Wyoming B. Paris (1906-2001)
Wyoming B. Paris (circa 1920)

In the early 1900s, dozens of Jewish families living in crowded cities in the eastern U.S. attempted to resettle on the high plains of eastern Wyoming.

Among the first of the homesteaders were Ukrainian immigrants Samuel and Rachel Paris, who left Pittsburgh with their six children to establish a sheep ranch outside of Torrington, Wyoming, in 1906.

Later the same year, the Parises welcomed their seventh child — a baby boy. He was the first Jewish baby born in the state of Wyoming, which had been admitted to the union in 1890.

What was he named?

Wyoming Benjamin Paris.

Wyoming-the-baby didn’t live in Wyoming-the-state for very long, though, because the Paris family returned to Pittsburgh in the 1910s. (Most of the other Jewish settlers eventually gave up and moved elsewhere as well.)

But Wyoming “Wy” Paris did go on to become a star semi-pro basketball player in the 1920s and ’30s. In fact, he was inducted into the Western Pennsylvania Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1990.

Sources:

Image: Adapted from Enoch Rauh Club 1919-20 (public domain) via Historic Pittsburgh