According to Statistics Austria, the most popular baby names in the country in 2017 were Anna and Maximilian.
Here are Austria’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2017:
Girl Names
1. Anna, 949 baby girls
2. Emma, 825
3. Marie, 674
4. Lena, 665
5. Laura, 656
6. Sophia, 649
7. Emilia, 618
8. Mia, 574
9. Sophie, 560
10. Johanna, 553
Boy Names
1. Maximilian, 908 baby boys
2. Paul, 814
3. David, 798
4. Elias, 783 (tie)
4. Jakob, 783 (tie)
6. Lukas, 760
7. Felix, 747
8. Alexander, 742
9. Tobias, 741
10. Jonas, 726
In 2016, Austria’s top two names were Anna and David.
Austria also puts out a set of rankings that combines names with the same etymological roots. On that list, the top name groups were:
- “Anna” (Ana, Ann, Anna, Anne, Annè, Chana, Channa, Haina, Hana, Hanah, Hanna, Hannah, Hanne, Hena, Iana, Jaana, Jana, Janah, Jannah, Yahna, Yana), and
- “Lukas” (Luc, Luca, Lucas, Lúcás, Lucca, Luka, Lukas, Lukás, Lukáš, Lukasz, ?ukasz, Luke).
Source: Anna und Maximilian waren 2017 die beliebtesten Babynamen
Image: Adapted from Flag of Austria (public domain)