The most popular baby names in Malta were released back in May.
According to the National Statistics Office, the country’s top names (or name groups, actually) were Matthew/Matthias/Matteo for boys and Eliza/Lisa/Elsie/Elyse/Bettina for girls.
Here are Malta’s top 20 girl names and top 20 boy names of 2012:
Girl Names
- Eliza/Lisa/Elsie/Elyse/Bettina, 98 baby girls
- Elena/Elenia/Helena/Ella, 91
- Julia/Yulia/Julianne, 67
- Emma/Emmanuela/Ema, 54
- Maya/Mia/Myah, 47
- Lea/Leah/Leia, 46
- Christina/Christa/Christabel/Krystle, 45
- Mikela/Makaila/Michelle, 44
- Chloe/Khloe, Maria/Marija/Mariah/Marie, 39 each [2-way tie]
- Amy/Aimee, 37
- Kailey/Kai/Kaleigh, 34
- Martina/Martine, 32
- Catherine/Katrina/Kate/Katya, 30
- Jade/Giada, 28
- Anna/Hannah/Ann, 27
- Amber/Amberley, Sophia/Sophie, 24 each [2-way tie]
- Jasmine/Yasmine/Yasmeen, Chanel/Shanelle, 23 each [2-way tie]
- Emilia/Emily/Emelie, 21
- Hailey/Hailee/Hayleigh, Alison/Alice/Alicia/Alyssa/Aly, Faith, 19 each [3-way tie]
- Aaliyah/Alaya, 18
Boy Names
- Matthew/Matthias/Matteo, 101 baby boys
- Jacob/Jake, 98
- Luke/Luca/Lucas, 87
- Zachary/Zak/Zack, 58
- Kaiden/Kayden/Kai, 56
- John/Jean/Jonathan/Juan/Gan, 50
- Aiden/Ayden, 47
- Nathan/Nathaniel, 45
- Isaac/Izaak, Liam/William, 43 each [2-way tie]
- Alexander/Alessandro/Alec, 42
- Benjamin/Ben, 40
- Michael/Miguel/Mikhail, 39
- Nicholas/Nick/Nicolai, 36
- Jaden/Jayden/Jadon, Joseph/Beppe/Giuseppe/Josef, 35 each [2-way tie]
- Daniel/Dan/Danil, 30
- Yannick/Yan, Jack/Jackson/Jacques, Thomas/Tommas/Tommy, 29 each [3-way tie]
- Mason/Maison, Kyle/Kail, Andrew/Andreas/Andre/Andy, 28 each [3-way tie]
- James/Jamie/Jayme, 26
- Gabriel/Gabrijel/Gabryl, 24
- Julian/Julien/Guiliano, Denzel/Danzel/Denzilee, 22 each [2-way tie]
The 98 baby girls of the Eliza/Lisa/Elsie/Elyse/Bettina group represent 4.8% of all baby girls born in Malta in 2012, and the 101 baby boys of the Matthew/Matthias/Matteo group represent 4.6% of all baby boys.
I have three earlier Malta lists (2006, 2007, 2009) here at NBN, but there are even more (2002 through 2012, inclusive) at the NSO website — use the link below.
Source: Naming Babies: 2012 (NSO)
Image: Adapted from Flag of Malta (public domain)