Baby Name: Eliise

According to data from Estonia’s Ministry of the Interior the most popular baby names in the country in 2014 were Sofia and Rasmus.

Here are Estonia’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2014:

Girl Names

1. Sofia, 102 baby girls
2. Eliise, 74
3. Maria, 73
4. Mia, 71
5. Lisandra, 60
6. Mirtel, 59
7. Sandra, 58
8. Emma, 55 (tie)
9. Laura, 55 (tie)
10. Darja, 50

Boy Names

1. Rasmus, 91 baby boys
2. Artjom, 89
3. Robin, 83
4. Martin, 80
5. Oliver, 74
6. Romet, 71
7. Sebastian, 70
8. Robert, 68
9. Artur, 64
10. Maksim, 63

In the boys’ top 10, Robert, Artur and Maksim replaced Markus, Nikita and Sander.

In the girls’ top 10, Eliise, Sandra, Emma and Darja replaced Anna, Milana, Viktoria and Liisa.

Eliise has “undergone a great rise,” according to my source, thanks to the song “Für Elise” — not the one by Beethoven, but the one by Estonian band Traffic. Here’s the video:

Here are the 2013 rankings for Estonia.

Source: Most popular baby names of 2014

Image: Adapted from Flag of Estonia (public domain)