How popular is the baby name Eliza in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Eliza.
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A total of 4,143 babies were born in Malta in 2009. (In 2006, the number was 3,885.) These were the most popular baby names last year:
Girl Names
Maria/Mariah/Marie, 82 baby girls
Elena/Ylenia/Ella, 79
Christina/Kristina/Krista, 63
Eliza/Elizabeth/Lisa, 52
Amy/Aimee, 49
Julia/Gulia, 45
Maya/Maia, 39 [tie]
Emma, 39 [tie]
Martina, 33
Rihanna/Rhiana, 32
Jasmine/Yasmine 31
Keira, 29
Mikela/Michaela, 28
Jade 27
Hannah/Anna/Ann, 26
Nicole, 25 [3-way tie]
Mireille, 25 [3-way tie]
Hailey/Hayley, 25 [3-way tie]
Sarah/Sara, 24
Emilia, 22 [tie]
Lea, 22 [tie]
Thea, 20
Shania, 18 [4-way tie]
Katrina/Kate, 18 [4-way tie]
Amber, 18 [4-way tie]
Kailey/Kayleigh, 18 [4-way tie]
Faith, 17 [tie]
Laura, 17 [tie]
Boy Names
Luke/Luca, 92 baby boys
Matthew/Matthias/Matteo, 84
Jake, 59
Aiden, 53
Jaden/Jayden, 51
John/Giovanni/Jean, 48
Kaiden/Kayden, 47
Michael/Miguel/Mikele, 46
Nicholas/Nick, 42
Isaac/Izaak, 39
Nathan, 38
Liam/William, 36 [tie]
Gabriel, 36 [tie]
Benjamin/Ben, 35
Alexander/Alessandro/Alejandro, 34 [tie]
Zachary/Zak, 34 [tie]
James, 33 [tie]
Daniel, 33 [tie]
Denzel/Danzil, 31
Keiran, 29
Andre/Andrew/Andrea, 26 [tie]
Sven, 26 [tie]
Julian, 25
Kyle, 24 [tie]
Joseph/Giuseppe/Beppe, 24 [tie]
You’ll notice that Malta still lumps variants together. (They even lump non-variants like Elena and Ella together.) I’m not a big fan of this method because when groupings change from year to year, comparisons become impossible.
Malta also seems to have some issues with spelling. Aidan and Kieran became Aiden and Keiran between 2006 and 2009, for instance. And I wonder if “Gulia” wasn’t supposed to be spelled “Giulia.” (Though I do like the fact that there’s a “Julia/Gulia” grouping. Very Wedding Singer-esque.)
But it’s interesting stuff nonetheless. I’m especially intrigued by all the -ayden names on the boys’ list. (Worldwide phenomenon, anyone?)
If you want to see more from Malta, the top baby names of 2008, 2007, 2004/2005, 2003 and 2002 are available for download.
Looking for a set of baby names with something in common? If so, here are some 5-letter anagram names for you to check out!
Anagrams are words that contain the same set of letters, but not in the same sequence. For instance, the words “alter,” “alert,” and “later” are all anagrams of one another.
Anagram names can be a neat option for siblings — particularly multiples (like twins and triplets). They’re also a clever way to connect a baby name to the name of an older relative (e.g., grandpa Klaus, grandson Lukas).
Below are hundreds of five-letter names (collected from the SSA’s huge database of U.S. baby names) that happen to be anagrams of other names.
A reader named Paula sent me an interesting question not too long ago:
My sister-in-law found ‘Capitola’ as a first name in her family’s history. We know it comes from E.D.E.N. Southworth’s “The Hidden Hand” but we cannot discover its meaning or derivation. Can you help us?
I tried, but I wasn’t able to find out exactly what inspired Southworth to choose the name “Capitola” for her tomboyish character Capitola Le Noir (a.k.a. Cap Black).
She did have a lot of fun with the gender-neutral nickname “Cap,” though. Different parts of the story have titles like “Cap in Captivity,” “Capitola Caps the Climax,” “Capitola a Capitalist,” and “Capitola the Madcap.” I think it’s entirely possible that Southworth chose the nickname first, then lengthened it to something more fanciful/formal.
Regardless of how/why she chose the name, it does bear a strong resemblance to the word “capitol,” which comes from the Latin word capitolium, which referred to the Temple of Jupiter in ancient Rome.
The Hidden Hand was first published in 1859 in the newspapers. It was serialized twice more before being published as a book in 1888. The book ended up selling millions of copies. It went on to be adapted for the stage dozens of times.
Capitola encounters many adventures and withstands much danger, starring in sensational plots that some critics worried were too stimulating for delicate female readers. The mass public loved Capitola, however, and one California town still bears her name.
The book and its sequel, Capitola’s Peril, inspired expectant parents across the U.S. to name their baby girls Capitola. From the mid-1800s until the mid-1900s, hundreds of babies got the name. A handful even got the first-middle combination “Capitola Lenoir.”
Usage of the baby name Capitola
P.S. Wondering what “E.D.E.N.” stands for? The author’s full name was Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth.
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