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The European micro-state of Monaco lies on the French Riviera. Though it shares a border with only France, it’s just a few miles away from France’s border with Italy.
Last year, Monaco welcomed 862 babies — 427 baby girls and 435 baby boys.
What were the most popular names among these babies? Emma and Leonardo.
Here are Monaco’s top 5 girl names and top 5 boy names of 2022:
Girl Names
Emma
Victoria
Alice
Chloé
Stella
Boy Names
Leonardo
Gabriel
Raphaël
Aaron
Louis
(Leonardo has also been the #1 boy name in Italy lately.)
What other names have topped the rankings within the last few years? Here are Monaco’s most popular baby names of 2021, 2020, and 2019:
2021
In 2021, a total of 976 babies (478 girls and 498 boys) were born in Monaco.
Top girl names, 2021
Top boy names, 2021
1. Victoria 2. Louise 3. Léna 4. Léa 5. Anna
1. Gabriel 2. Matteo 3. Léo 4. Louis 5. Raphaël
2020
In 2020, Monaco welcomed a total of 911 babies (432 girls and 479 boys).
Top girl names, 2020
Top boy names, 2020
1. Victoria 2. Alice 3. Mia 4. Chloé 5. Théa
1. Léo 2. Gabriel 3. Ethan 4. Andrea 5. Théo
2019
In 2019, a total of 939 babies (445 girls and 494 boys) were born in Monaco.
Girl names, 2019
Boy names, 2019
1. Charlotte 2. Valentina 3. Jade 4. Victoria 5. Mila
1. Léo 2. Gabriel 3. Raphaël 4. Mattéo 5. Louis
My source for the 2019 rankings suggested that Charlotte was the #1 girl name because of Charlotte Casiraghi — the daughter of Monaco’s Princess Caroline, who is in turn the daughter of Grace Kelly. Charlotte was making headlines in mid-2019: She married film producer Dimitri Rassam civilly in Monaco in early June, then religiously in France later the same month.
New York City, located in southeastern New York state, is the most populous city in the United States.
In 2021, New York City welcomed 99,262 babies — 48,648 girls and 50,614 boys.
What were the most popular names among these babies? Emma and Liam.
Here are New York City’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2021:
Girl Names
Emma, 434 baby girls
Olivia
Mia
Sophia
Leah
Ava
Isabella
Amelia
Luna
Sofia
Boy Names
Liam, 703 baby boys
Noah
Ethan
Lucas
Jacob
Joseph
David
Daniel
Aiden
Benjamin
In the girls’ top 10, Luna and Sofia replaced Sarah and Chloe.
In the boys’ top 10, Benjamin replaced Alexander.
Names in the top 100 included: Grace, Lily, Violet, Aurora, Angel, Ruby, Rose, Harper, Axel, Melody, Summer, Serenity, Iris, Autumn, Jade, Chase, August, Angelina, Ivy, Eden, Goldy, Daisy, Journey, and Faith. (Genders weren’t specified, but most of these look like girl names to me.)
Did you know that France is the most-visited tourist destination in the world?
Last year, the country welcomed about 738,000 babies. The most popular names among these babies were Jade (pronounced zhahd) and Gabriel.
Here are France’s top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2021:
Girl Names
Jade, 3,802 baby girls
Louise, 3,768
Emma, 3,202
Ambre, 3,017
Alice, 2,769
Rose, 2,703
Anna, 2,515
Alba, 2,504
Romy, 2,446
Mia, 2,430
Lina, 2,366
Lou, 2,222
Julia, 2,212
Chloé, 2,210
Léna, 2,093
Léa, 2,039
Agathe, 2,020
Iris, 2,006
Nina, 1,896
Juliette, 1,870
Inaya, 1,867 – an Urdu name derived from the Arabic word inayah, meaning “care, concern.”
Zoé, 1,840
Jeanne, 1,727
Léonie, 1,726
Charlie, 1,725
Eva, 1,709
Mila, 1,706
Luna, 1,686
Adèle, 1,661
Victoire, 1,648
Inès, 1,594
Olivia, 1,594
Lola, 1,547
Victoria, 1,537
Lucie, 1,493
Margaux, 1,472
Romane, 1,458
Giulia, 1,454
Camille, 1,428
Sofia, 1,381
Charlotte, 1,352
Alix, 1,349
Nour, 1,274
Lyana, 1,237
Margot, 1,225
Sarah, 1,214
Louna, 1,209 – likely based on Luna (#28).
Mya, 1,182
Manon, 1,177
Lya, 1,158
Boy Names
Gabriel, 4,974 baby boys
Léo, 4,358
Raphaël, 3,957
Louis, 3,715
Arthur, 3,598
Jules, 3,594
Maël, 3,438
Noah, 3,384
Adam, 3,148
Lucas, 3,054
Hugo, 2,905
Gabin, 2,719 – based on the Latin name Gabinus, which might have referred to the ancient city of Gabii (located in what is now central Italy).
Liam, 2,672
Sacha, 2,628
Aaron, 2,496
Léon, 2,362
Isaac, 2,322
Paul, 2,291
Nathan, 2,286
Noé, 2,276
Eden, 2,260
Mohamed, 2,183
Ethan, 2,104
Tom, 1,995
Malo, 1,935 – a Breton name probably derived from the Old Breton elements mach, meaning “pledge, hostage,” and lou, meaning “luminous; beautiful.”
Naël, 1,919
Théo, 1,902
Marius, 1,868
Nino, 1,838
Marceau, 1,834
Mathis, 1,801
Victor, 1,768
Ayden, 1,753
Milo, 1,723
Martin, 1,712
Tiago, 1,658
Robin, 1,657
Axel, 1,571
Timéo, 1,541
Eliott, 1,538 (tie)
Lyam, 1,538 (tie)
Enzo, 1,503
Antoine, 1,445
Nolan, 1,439
Augustin, 1,430
Gaspard, 1,379
Valentin, 1,362
Amir, 1,309
Samuel, 1,301
Côme, 1,300 – (pronounced kohm, as in the brand name Lancôme) the French form of Cosmas, ultimately derived from the ancient Greek word kosmos, meaning “order.”
The girls’ top 100 included Capucine (52nd), Apolline (65th), Thaïs (82nd), and Garance (98th).
The boys’ top 100 included Sohan (55th), Kaïs (58th), Soan (66th), and Livio (81st).
Soan, a variant spelling of Sohan, has been popularized recently by French singer/songwriter Soan (born Julien Decroix).
Also on the boys’ list, Charly (#78) pulled ahead of Charlie (#90) after the names saw nearly identical levels of usage in 2020. I wonder if this means that Charly is emerging as the preferred male spelling of the name…?
Gabriel also topped the rankings for the capital city of Paris last year. Jade, on the other hand, didn’t even make the top 10 — it was way down in 32nd place.
Finally, here are France’s 2020 rankings, if you’d like to compare last year to the year before.
A few days ago, I stumbled upon a set of baby name data for Austin, Texas, for the year 2017. While it isn’t current, it does seem to be complete — so it includes hundreds of rare and single-use names (which are always fascinating!).
The data accounts for nearly 19,900 births (9,733 girls and 10,163 boys), and features nearly 6,100 names (3,431 given to girls, 2,656 given to boys).
According to this data, which comes from the City of Austin’s Open Data Portal, the top baby names in the capital of Texas five years ago were Emma and James.
Here are Austin’s top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2017:
Girl Names
Emma, 98 baby girls
Isabella, 88
Olivia, 84
Mia, 81
Evelyn, 77
Sophia, 75
Ava, 73
Abigail, 59 (tie)
Charlotte, 59 (tie)
Emily, 58
Camila, 56 (tie)
Elizabeth, 56 (tie)
Harper, 53
Amelia, 52
Penelope, 51 (tie)
Sofia, 51 (tie)
Scarlett, 46
Ella, 45
Avery, 43 (tie)
Zoe, 43 (tie)
Lillian, 41
Layla, 40 (tie)
Madison, 40 (tie)
Eleanor, 39
Victoria, 38
Allison, 37
Claire, 36 (3-way tie)
Elena, 36 (3-way tie)
Luna, 36 (3-way tie)
Aria, 35 (tie)
Chloe, 35 (tie)
Ellie, 34 (tie)
Katherine, 34 (tie)
Samantha, 33
Hannah, 30 (4-way tie)
Hazel, 30 (4-way tie)
Mila, 30 (4-way tie)
Stella, 30 (4-way tie)
Leah, 29
Cora, 28 (5-way tie)
Genesis, 28 (5-way tie)
Grace, 28 (5-way tie)
Natalie, 28 (5-way tie)
Ximena, 28 (5-way tie)
Clara, 27 (3-way tie)
Eliana, 27 (3-way tie)
Ruby, 27 (3-way tie)
Audrey, 26 (tie)
Sarah, 26 (tie)
Alexa, 25 (3-way tie)
Everly, 25 (3-way tie)
Lily, 25 (3-way tie)
Boy Names
James, 104 baby boys
Noah, 85
Daniel, 83
Benjamin, 82
William, 80
Oliver, 75
Liam, 74
Alexander, 73
Sebastian, 70
Henry, 67
Elijah, 66 (tie)
Mateo, 66 (tie)
Ethan, 65
Jackson, 63
Anthony, 61
Jacob, 60
Aiden, 59 (tie)
Luke, 59 (tie)
David, 58 (tie)
Samuel, 58 (tie)
John, 56
Isaac, 55 (tie)
Julian, 55 (tie)
Michael, 54
Charles, 53 (3-way tie)
Jack, 53 (3-way tie)
Matthew, 53 (3-way tie)
Jose, 52 (tie)
Joshua, 52 (tie)
Wyatt, 50
Aaron, 49 (4-way tie)
Grayson, 49 (4-way tie)
Joseph, 49 (4-way tie)
Levi, 49 (4-way tie)
Dylan, 48
Hudson, 47
Josiah, 46 (3-way tie)
Logan, 46 (3-way tie)
Santiago, 46 (3-way tie)
Jayden, 45
Nathan, 44
Christopher, 43 (tie)
Thomas, 43 (tie)
Andrew, 42 (4-way tie)
Gabriel, 42 (4-way tie)
Luis, 42 (4-way tie)
Owen, 42 (4-way tie)
Lucas, 41
Adrian, 40 (3-way tie)
Axel, 40 (3-way tie)
Christian, 40 (3-way tie)
On the girls’ list, Allison caught my eye. It ranked 26th in Austin in 2017, but 61st nationally the same year. Interesting.
Further down on the boys’ list was Austin itself, in 95th place — vs. 75th nationally — with 21 baby boys. Much further down was Texas, with 2 baby boys.
And now it’s time for the unique names!
One-of-a-kind names were given to 24% of the baby girls and 17% of the baby boys born in Austin in 2017. Here’s a sampling of the names that were bestowed just once:
Some possible explanations/associations for a few of the above:
Cadeau is the French word for “present, gift.”
Ceiba is a type of tree.
Tsumugi Shirogane is a character from the 2017 video game Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony.
Ynafets is “Stefany” spelled backwards.
Bruges is the capital of West Flanders (a province of Belgium).
Mistral is a strong late-winter wind in southern France.
The Rigveda is a sacred Hindu text.
I’ve never posted rankings for Austin before, but I have posted rankings recently for two nearby Texas cities: Houston (which is more than twice the size of Austin, population-wise) and College Station (which is about an eighth of the size of Austin).
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