How popular is the baby name Emre in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Find out using the graph below! Plus, check out all the blog posts that mention the name Emre.
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Turkey is transcontinental: most of the country is located in Western Asia, but a portion is located in Southeastern Europe. Turkey shares land borders with Greece and Bulgaria on the European side, and six other countries (including Armenia and Azerbaijan) on the Asian side.
In 2021, Turkey welcomed 1,079,842 babies — 48.7% were girls, 51.3% were boys.
What were the most popular names among these babies? Zeynep and Yusuf.
Here are Turkey’s top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2021:
Girl Names
Zeynep
Elif
Asel
Asya
Defne
Nehir – means “river” in Turkish.
Azra
Zümra – based on the Turkish word zümrüt, meaning “emerald.”
Eylül – means “September” in Turkish.
Ecrin
Meryem
Lina
Eslem
Masal – means “fairy tale” in Turkish.
Ebrar
Elisa
Ela
Alya
Zehra
Miray
Duru
Hiranur
Buglem
Ada
Yagmur – means “rain” in Turkish.
Esila
Ikra
Öykü – means “story” in Turkish.
Gökçe (pronounced gok-cheh) – based on the Turkish word gök, meaning “sky” or “blue.”
Melek
Günes (pronounced goo-NESH) – means “sun” in Turkish.
Arya
Melisa
Erva
Ipek – means “silk” in Turkish.
Ayse
Nisa
Kumsal – means “beach” in Turkish.
Aysima
Derin
Mira
Fatma
Sare
Ahsen
Eliz
Deniz
Beren
Hümeyra
Ikranur
Yüsra
Boy Names
Yusuf
Alparslan
Miraç
Ömer Asaf
Eymen
Göktug – like Gökçe, based on the Turkish word gök (“sky,” “blue”).
Ömer
Mustafa
Aras
Ali Asaf
Ahmet
Ali
Kerem
Poyraz – means “north wind” in Turkish; ultimately based upon the ancient Greek word boreas.
Hamza
Muhammed
Çinar
Mehmet
Metehan
Muhammed Ali
Ayaz
Emir
Yigit
Mert
Umut
Yunus Emre
Ibrahim
Alperen
Kuzey – means “north” in Turkish.
Miran
Deniz
Berat
Doruk – means “peak” or “mountaintop” in Turkish.
Furkan
Emirhan
Hasan
Hüseyin
Ege
Yagiz
Aybars
Enes
Atlas
Rüzgar – means “wind” in Turkish.
Burak
Abdullah
Muhammed Emin
Ertugrul
Ismail
Ömer Faruk
Eren
The girls’ top 100 included Hazal (55th), Ece (80th), Meva (94th), and Simay (98th).
The boys’ top 100 included Efe (65th), Bugra (75th), Demir (87th), and Cihangir (90th).
Here’s another “biggest changes” analysis, but this one is for the England and Wales boy names. (We looked at the girl names yesterday.)
The tables below include two versions of each list. On the left are the top raw-number differences, taking all names into account. On the right are the top ranking differences, taking only the top 1,000 names (roughly) into account.
Biggest Increases in Popularity
Raw Numbers (all names)
Rankings (top 1,000)
Oscar, +1,222 babies
Muhammad, +338
Henry, +320
Joey, +288
Oliver, +280
Teddy, +276
Arthur, +249
Archie, +203
Edward, +185
Theodore, +167
Greyson, +1388 spots
Harvey-Lee, +898
Salahuddin, +759
Bernard, +715
Camden, +686
Kayson, +583
Raife, +531
Buster and Abubakr [tie], +517
Jeffrey and Brax [tie], +499
Emre, +492
I think the rise of Oscar can be attributed, at least in part, to Oscar Pistorius. Can you think of explanations for any of the other names? (I’d especially like to know what gave Buster a boost.)
Biggest Decreases in Popularity
Raw Numbers (all names)
Rankings (top 1,000)
Riley, -1,703 babies
Harry, -1,280
Tyler, -1,104
Alfie, -705
Ethan, -649
Charlie, -532
Joshua, -471
Callum, -467
Ryan, -441
Dylan, -407
Rylan, -577 spots
Ray, -339
Rylie, -277
Jeevan, -276
Darren, -255
Codey, -252
Chace, -242
Dorian, -239
Kaelan, -231
Riley-Jay, -228
A lot of Ry- and Ri- names took hits last year. Is the sound falling out of the favor? What do you think?
Top Debut Name
Gurfateh.
Fewer than 3 baby boys got the name in 2012, but 12 baby boys were named Gurfateh in 2013. (But keep in mind that I only have the full England and Wales baby name lists going back to 2007.)
Looking for a set of baby names with something in common? If so, here are some 4-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 “race,” “care,” and “acre” 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 Gary, grandson Gray).
Below are hundreds of four-letter names (collected from the SSA’s huge database of U.S. baby names) that happen to be anagrams of other names.
Four-letter anagram names
Adir, Adri, Ardi, Dair, Dari, Diar, Dira, Dria, Riad, Rida
P.S. If you’d like to see popularity graphs for any of the names above, just check the long list of tags below. Each tag is a name, so find a name you’re interested in and click through. The graph will take a moment to load — it’s grabbing a lot of data — but it will allow you to see at a glance the name’s current and historical U.S. usage.
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