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Popularity of the baby name Jacob


Posts that mention the name Jacob

Popular baby names in Northern Canada, 2015

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A few years ago, CBC News used data from the vital statistics offices of Nunavut, Northwest Territories, and Yukon to determine that the most popular baby names in northern Canada in 2015 were Sophia and Liam.

The top 5 girl names and top 5 boy names in the 3 regions (combined) in 2015 were…

Girl Names
1. Sophia, 7 baby girls
2. Abigail, 7
3. Amelia, 7
4. Avery, 6
5. Autumn, 6

Boy Names
1. Liam, 13 baby boys
2. Jacob, 7
3. Elijah, 7
4. James, 6
5. William, 5

And the #1 names in each territory specifically were…

  • Nunavut (898 births total): Anna, Samantha and Sarah (3-way tie) and Liam, Mason and Sandy (3-way tie)
  • Northwest Territories (687 births total): Abigail and Liam
  • Yukon (443 births total): Sophia and Jack

I don’t have any earlier data for Nunavut or NWT, but I do have a post about the top names in the Yukon from 1991 to 2015.

Source: Liam and Sophia most popular baby names in 2015 in the territories

Popular baby names in Northern Territory (Australia), 2017

According to the government of Northern Territory, Australia, the most popular baby names in NT in 2017 were Charlotte and Jack.

Here are Northern Territory’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2017:

Girl Names
1. Charlotte, 24 baby girls
2. Olivia, 18
3. Ava, 15
4. Isabella, 15
5. Grace, 14
6. Amelia, 13
7. Mia, 13
8. Ruby, 13
9. Lily, 12
10. Sophie, 12

Boy Names
1. Jack, 27 baby boys
2. Mason, 21
3. Oliver, 20
4. Noah, 18
5. James, 17
6. William, 16
7. Logan, 15
8. Lucas, 15
9. Thomas, 15
10. Elijah, 14

In the girls’ top 10, Mia, Ruby and Lily replaced Emily, Scarlett and Ella.

In the boys’ top 10, Mason, Logan, Lucas, Thomas and Elijah replaced Charlie, Jacob, Eli, Nathan and Max.

In 2016, the top two names were the same.

Source: Popular baby names – NT.GOV.AU

Popular baby names in Norway, 2017

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According to Statistics Norway, the most popular baby names in Norway in 2017 were Sofie/Sophie and Jakob/Jacob.

Here are Norway’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2017:

Girl Names
1. Sofie/Sophie, 412 baby girls
2. Nora/Norah, 405
3. Emma, 380
4. Sara/Sahra/Sarah/Zara, 346
5. Ella, 319
6. Olivia, 316
7. Maja/Maia/Maya, 312
8. Emilie, 285
9. Sofia/Sophia, 272
10. Ingrid/Ingerid/Ingri, 272

Boy Names
1. Jakob/Jacob, 424 baby boys
2. Lucas/Lukas, 404
3. Emil, 397
4. Oskar/Oscar, 393
5. Oliver, 390
6. William, 383
7. Filip/Fillip/Philip/Phillip, 382
8. Noah/Noa, 368
9. Elias, 349
10. Isak/Isaac/Isac, 330

The girls’ top 10 is the same, but the names are in a different order.

In the boys’ top 10, Elias and Isak replaced Mathias and Aksel.

In the capital city of Oslo, the top names were Mohammad and Sofia. Statistics Norway said that it doesn’t have a “good explanation” for why Sofia-with-an-A is #1 in the capital while Sofie-with-an-E is #1 in the country.

In 2016, the top names were Nora/Norah/Noora and William.

Sources: Navn – SSB, These are Norway’s most popular kids’ names, Most popular names in 2017

Image: Adapted from Flag of Norway (public domain)

Popular baby names in Manitoba (Canada), 2017

According to Manitoba’s Vital Statistics Agency, the most popular baby names in the province last year were Olivia and Liam.

Here are Manitoba’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2017:

Girl names

  1. Olivia, 94 baby girls
  2. Emily, 66
  3. Ava, 60
  4. Emma, 58
  5. Sophia, 56
  6. Abigail, 48
  7. Chloe, 47 (tie)
  8. Charlotte, 47 (tie)
  9. Amelia, 41
  10. Mia, 40

Boy names

  1. Liam, 86 baby boys
  2. Noah, 79
  3. Lucas, 75
  4. Ethan, 65
  5. Benjamin, 61
  6. Lincoln, 59 (tie)
  7. Logan, 59 (tie)
  8. Jacob, 53 (tie)
  9. Mason, 53 (tie)
  10. William, 52

In the girls’ top 10, Mia replaced Hannah.

In the boys’ top 10, Lincoln and Jacob replaced Alexander, Carter, and James. (Two replace three because there was a tie for 10th place the previous year.)

In 2016, the top two names were the same.

These rankings are based on provisional data covering the year up to December 18.

Source: Manitoba’s most popular baby names haven’t changed