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Popular baby names in Germany, 2013

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Two unofficial lists of the top baby names in Germany are now out.

According to Knud Bielefeld of the blog Beliebte Vornamen, the most popular baby names last year were Mia and Ben.

According to the Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache (Association for German Language), though, the most popular baby names last year were Sophie/Sofie and Maximilian.

Here are Bielefeld’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2013:

Girl NamesBoy Names
1. Mia
2. Emma
3. Hanna/Hannah
4. Sophia/Sofia
5. Anna
6. Lea
7. Emilia
8. Marie
9. Lena
10. Leonie		1. Ben
2. Luca/Luka
3. Paul
4. Jonas
5. Finn/Fynn
6. Leon
7. Luis/Louis
8. Lucas/Lukas
9. Maximilian
10. Felix

And here are the GfdS’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2013:

Girl NamesBoy Names
1. Sophie/Sofie
2. Marie
3. Sophia/Sofia
4. Maria
5. Mia
6. Emma
7. Hannah/Hanna
8. Anna
9. Emilia
10. Johanna		1. Maximilian
2. Alexander
3. Paul
4. Luca/Luka
5. Ben
6. Luis/Louis
7. Elias
8. Leon
9. Lukas/Lucas
10. Noah

So what’s the difference between these lists? Bielefeld focused on first names only, while the GfdS included all given names (firsts + middles) on the same list.

That said…this year, for the first time, the GfdS issued a two extra mini-lists. One is first names only, the other is middle names only.

Here are their most popular first names (nearly identical to Bielefeld’s list):

Girl NamesBoy Names
1. Mia
2. Emma
3. Hanna/Hannah		1. Ben
2. Paul
3. Luca/Luka

And here are their most popular middle names:

Girl NamesBoy Names
1. Sophie/Sofie
2. Marie
3. Maria		1. Alexander
2. Maximilian
3. Elias

If you’d like to see the 2012 lists, here they are: GfdS, Bielefeld.

Sources: Ben and Mia – Germany’s top baby names, Die beliebtesten Vornamen 2013

Image: Adapted from Flag of Germany (public domain)

Popular baby names in Germany, 2012

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Flag of Germany

The most popular baby names in Germany were announced quite a while ago, but I never noticed the news release. Oops.

According to Germany’s Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache (Association for German Language), the country’s top names are Luca/Luka for boys and Sophie/Sofie for girls.

Here are the top 10 boy names and top 10 girl names of 2012:

Boy NamesGirl Names
1. Luca/Luka (1.69% of boys)
2. Maximilian (1.67%)
3. Alexander (1.56%)
4. Paul (1.55%)
5. Ben (1.29%)
6. Leon/Léon (1.29%)
7. Lukas/Lucas (1.26%)
8. Elias (1.25%)
9. Luis/Louis (1.20%)
10. Jonas (1.08%)		1. Sophie/Sofie (3.28% of girls)
2. Marie (3.22%)
3. Maria (1.58%)
4. Sophia/Sofia (1.50%)
5. Mia (1.48%)
6. Emma (1.39%)
7. Hannah/Hanna (1.27%)
8. Anna (1.23%)
9. Johanna (1.12%)
10. Luisa/Louisa (1.08%)

So, 17.2% of the baby girls and 13.8% of the baby boys born in Germany last year got a name in the top ten.

Some of the unusual names accepted by the government in 2012 were Fallion, Kirono, Meus, Katte, Ruster and Semea.

Source: GfdS

Image: Adapted from Flag of Germany (public domain)

The fastest-falling baby names of 2010

I’m seeing a lot of discussion today about the fastest-rising baby names of 2010. There’s Maci and Bentley (thanks to a reality TV show about pregnant teens), Tiana (thanks to Disney), Kellan (thanks to Twilight), Knox (thanks to Brangelina), and more.

But let’s look at the flip side. Which names fell in 2010? Which were some of the biggest losers?

I’ll give you a hint: Many were once the fast-risers. They became trendy for a little while, thanks to pop culture (e.g. a singer, a band, a movie, a book). But when that influence began to fade, the names began to fall.

  • Ciara, down 79 spots (singer Ciara)
  • Jonas, down 80 spots (musicians Jonas Brothers)
  • Marley, down 85 spots (movie Marley & Me)
  • Kimora, down 90 spots (model Kimora Lee Simmons)
  • Rihanna, down 198 spots (singer Rihanna)
  • Analia, down 472 spots (telenovela El Rostro de Analía)

This group even includes the names of the president’s daughters, Sasha (down 84 spots) and Malia (down 111 spots), whose names have not been in the news as much since 2008 and 2009.

Sources: SSA’s Change in Name Popularity page, “Maci” and “Bentley” soar in baby name game

Popular baby names in Germany, 2010

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According to the Association for German Language (GfdS), the most popular baby names in Germany in 2010 were Sophie/Sofie and Maximilian:

Girl Names

  1. Sophie/Sofie
  2. Marie
  3. Maria
  4. Sophia/Sofia
  5. Mia
  6. Anna
  7. Lena
  8. Emma
  9. Hannah/Hanna
  10. Johanna

Boy Names

  1. Maximilian
  2. Alexander
  3. Paul
  4. Leon
  5. Lukas/Lucas
  6. Luca/Luka
  7. Elias
  8. Louis/Luis
  9. Jonas
  10. Felix

(These rankings don’t account for all German births last year, but they do account for over 50% of them.)

The GfdS also offered examples of the unusual baby names parents wanted to bestow in 2010. Some were accepted by the government, others were rejected.

Accepted:Rejected:
Belana
Kantorka
Kix
Laperla
Lelibeth
Loana
Lovelle
Miransah
Monel
Napoleon
Noredien
Nox
Quidan
Segesta		Cheraldine
Gihanna
Idjen (rather than Etienne)
Junge (“boy”)
Laslo (for a girl)
Leuis
Menez
Partizan
Pfefferminza (pfefferminze is “peppermint”)
Puppe (“doll”)

Finally, my source claims German law “stat[es] that middle names, like nicknames, can be modified at will.” I wasn’t aware of this. Can anyone out there confirm/deny?

Source: ‘Maximilian’ and ‘Sophie’ most popular baby names of 2010

Image: Adapted from Flag of Germany (public domain)