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Popularity of the baby name Emma


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Popular baby names in San Diego (California), 2023

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Two years ago, the California county of San Diego welcomed 35,713 babies — 17,289 girls and 18,424 boys.

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

Here are San Diego’s top 10+ girl names and top 10 boy names of 2023:

Girl names

  1. Emma, 199 baby girls
  2. Mia, 184
  3. Olivia, 170
  4. Camila, 151
  5. Sophia, 147
  6. Sofia, 144
  7. Isabella, 138
  8. Luna, 125
  9. Amelia, 124
  10. Charlotte, 95 (tie)
  11. Penelope, 95 (tie)

Boy names

  1. Noah, 224 baby boys
  2. Liam, 198
  3. Mateo, 195
  4. Sebastian, 165
  5. Oliver, 154
  6. Elijah, 134
  7. Luca, 127
  8. Julian, 124
  9. Benjamin, 122 (tie)
  10. Santiago, 122 (tie)

A year earlier, in 2022, the top names were Olivia and Mateo.

P.S. I’ve also posted 2023 rankings for the California county of Sonoma.

Source: Data on Children – SanDiegoCounty.gov

Image: Adapted from Flag of California (public domain)

Popular baby names in Buenos Aires, 2024

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Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, is home to over 3.1 million people.

Last year, the most popular baby names in the city were Olivia and Mateo, according to data from the Buenos Aires Civil Registry.

Here are the city’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2024:

Girl names

  1. Olivia, 544 baby girls
  2. Sofía, 420
  3. Emma, 400
  4. Emilia, 382
  5. Isabella, 322
  6. Catalina, 321
  7. Martina, 295
  8. Delfina, 281
  9. Mía, 262
  10. Valentina, 258

Boy names

  1. Mateo, 524 baby boys
  2. Felipe, 445
  3. Enzo, 426
  4. Bautista, 383
  5. Benjamín, 374
  6. Valentino, 307
  7. Bruno, 306
  8. Liam, 299
  9. Noah, 291
  10. Joaquín, 275

The city’s news release also mentioned several of the baby names that were bestowed fewer than 100 times each last year…

  • Girl names: Antonia, Cielo, Elena, Eva, Luz
  • Boy names: Amadeo, Beltrán, Franco, Nicolás

I’ve never posted rankings for Buenos Aires before, but here are the most recent rankings for Argentina (2023), if you’d like to compare this list to that one.

Sources:

Image: Adapted from Flag of Argentina (public domain)

Popular baby names in Argentina, 2023

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Two years ago, the South American country of Argentina welcomed 552,664 babies — 269,614 (48.8%) girls and 283,050 (51.2%) boys.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Olivia and Felipe, according to data from Argentina’s Registro Nacional de las Personas (RENAPER).

Here are Argentina’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2023:

Girl names

  1. Olivia, 2,432 baby girls
  2. Emilia, 2,298
  3. Isabella, 1,838
  4. Catalina, 1,764
  5. Emma, 1,560
  6. Martina, 1,545
  7. Sofía, 1,395
  8. Delfina, 1,275
  9. Valentina, 1,118
  10. Renata, 892

Boy names

  1. Felipe, 1,862 baby boys
  2. Mateo, 1,747
  3. Benjamín, 1,685
  4. Valentino, 1,456
  5. Bautista, 1,364
  6. Julián, 1,300
  7. Benicio, 1,194
  8. Lorenzo, 1,147
  9. Joaquín, 1,119
  10. Tomás, 1,074

My source article noted that Julián leapt into the boys’ top 10 after being ranked 25th in 2022, 38th in 2021, and 36th in 2020.

Source: Giambartolomei, Mauricio. “¿Cómo se llaman tus hijos? Estos son los diez nombres más elegidos en la Argentina.” La Nacion 18 Mar. 2024.

Image: Adapted from Flag of Argentina (public domain)

Popular baby names in Finland, 2024

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Last year, the Nordic country of Finland welcomed 43,720 babies.

What were the most popular names among these babies?

Well, it depends — Finland publishes three sets of baby name rankings: names used by Finnish speakers (84.1% of the population), names used by Swedish speakers (5.1%), and names used by speakers of any other language (such as Russian, Arabic, or Sami).

Finnish speakers

The most popular baby names among Finnish-speakers in Finland last year were Olivia and Oliver.

Here are the top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names:

Girl names (Finnish speakers)

  1. Olivia, 249 baby girls
  2. Aino, 231
  3. Linnea, 230
  4. Sofia, 227
  5. Isla, 219 (tie)
  6. Ellen, 219 (tie)
  7. Lilja, 218
  8. Eevi, 204
  9. Aava, 202 (tie)
  10. Helmi, 202 (tie)
  11. Viola, 193
  12. Hilla, 191
  13. Aada, 185
  14. Venla, 182
  15. Ella, 167
  16. Emma, 159
  17. Elli, 156
  18. Pihla, 151
  19. Emilia, 138
  20. Seela, 137
  21. Enni, 132
  22. Kerttu, 130
  23. Livia, 129
  24. Matilda, 128
  25. Alma, 121
  26. Elsi, 119
  27. Aurora, 116
  28. Hilda, 115 (tie)
  29. Elsa, 115 (tie)
  30. Minea, 114
  31. Ilona, 112
  32. Hilma, 111
  33. Frida, 110
  34. Alva, 105
  35. Mette, 102
  36. Amanda, 100 (tie)
  37. Selma, 100 (tie)
  38. Alisa, 99
  39. Vivian, 98
  40. Bea, 95
  41. Oona, 92
  42. Lumi, 90
  43. Nella, 88 (tie)
  44. Amelia, 88 (tie)
  45. Vilma, 86 (3-way tie)
  46. Alina, 86 (3-way tie)
  47. Ronja, 86 (3-way tie)
  48. Luna, 85
  49. Elea, 83 (tie)
  50. Lotta, 83 (tie)

Boy names (Finnish speakers)

  1. Oliver, 337 baby boys
  2. Eino, 303
  3. Väinö, 292
  4. Leo, 285
  5. Elias, 277
  6. Onni, 259
  7. Toivo, 225
  8. Oiva, 219
  9. Emil, 209 (tie)
  10. Vilho, 209 (tie)
  11. Hugo, 203 (tie)
  12. Aatos, 203 (tie) – means “thought” in Finnish
  13. Eeli, 202
  14. Leevi, 190
  15. Eemil, 185
  16. Noel, 184
  17. Alvar, 176
  18. Nooa, 173
  19. Aarni, 142
  20. Daniel, 139
  21. Edvin, 138
  22. Otso, 133 – means “bear” in Finnish
  23. Lenni, 131
  24. Joel, 130
  25. Leon, 129
  26. Milo, 128 (tie)
  27. Luka, 128 (tie)
  28. Viljami, 126
  29. Anton, 125
  30. Aaron, 122 (4-way tie)
  31. Max, 122 (4-way tie)
  32. Lukas, 122 (4-way tie)
  33. Eemi, 122 (4-way tie)
  34. Eelis, 120
  35. Mikael, 118
  36. Julius, 116
  37. Kasper, 112
  38. Samuel, 111
  39. Urho, 109 (3-way tie)
  40. Aapo, 109 (3-way tie)
  41. Eetu, 109 (3-way tie)
  42. Matias, 108
  43. Jooa, 106
  44. Olavi, 105
  45. Niilo, 104 (tie)
  46. Luukas, 104 (tie)
  47. Eliel, 101
  48. Mauno, 100 (tie)
  49. Viljo, 100 (tie)
  50. Lucas, 99

Swedish speakers

The most popular baby names among Swedish-speakers in Finland last year were Olivia and Edvin.

Here are the top 5+ girl names and top 5 boy names:

Girl names (Swedish speakers)Boy names (Swedish speakers)
1. Olivia, 30
2. Saga, 28
3. Ellen, 26
4. Alva, 24
5. Ebba, 23 (tie)
6. Ines, 23 (tie)
1. Edvin, 33
2. Emil, 29
3. Oliver, 25
4. Felix, 24
5. Leon, 23

Other languages

The most popular baby names among the speakers of other languages in Finland last year were Sofia and Muhammad.

Here are the top 5 girl names and top 5 boy names:

Girl names (other languages)Boy names (other languages)
1. Sofia, 48
2. Emilia, 29
3. Olivia, 28
4. Emma, 23
5. Milana, 22
1. Muhammad, 48
2. Elias, 41
3. Daniel, 36
4. Mark, 35
5. Adam, 32

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

Sources:

Image: Adapted from Flag of Finland (public domain)