How popular is the baby name Julian in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Julian.
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Yesterday we came up with some girl names that were either particularly Canadian or particularly American. So today let’s do the same thing for boy names.
Again, here are the two different methods:
First, we’ll look at the most popular names that appeared in only one set of data (either Canada or the U.S.) in 2022.
Second, we’ll look at the names that appeared in both sets of data, focusing on how proportionally popular each name was in each place. For the boy names below, I calculated the proportions by dividing each name’s U.S. usage by the total number of boys born in the U.S. last year (1,863,582) and each name’s Canadian usage by the total number of boys born Canada last year (180,763).
Top Canada-only boy names
The 2022 Canadian data included 261 boy names that were not in the U.S. data. Below are the 10 most popular Canada-only boy names.
Number of boys (Can.)
Rank (Can.)
1. Edouard
492
49th
2. Arnaud
352
85th
3. Florent
73
394th
4. Laurier
60
460th
5. Loik
57
485th
6. Ludovick
45
588th
7. Renaud
42
627th
8. Gregoire
30
831st
9. Charles-Edouard
27 (tie)
902nd (tie)
10. Gurniwaz
27 (tie)
902nd (tie)
Nine out of ten are French names used primarily in Quebec:
Edouard: 482 of 492 born in Quebec
Arnaud: 349 of 352
Florent: 71 of 73
Laurier: 60 of 60 (all)
Loik: 47 of 57
Ludovick: 45 of 45 (all)
Renaud: 40 of 42
Gregoire: 30 of 30 (all)
Charles-Edouard: 25 of 27
The Sikh name Gurniwaz, however, was not used in Quebec at all.
Boy names particularly popular in Canada
Now let’s look at the more than 2,950 boy names that appeared in both sets of data. Of the boy names used more frequently in Canada than in the U.S., the 10 below had the largest pro-Canada differentials. (I added the rankings for both countries as well.)
Differential (Pro-Can.)
Rank (Can.)
Rank (U.S.)
1. Leo
0.3578%
4th
22nd
2. Adam
0.3460%
16th
97th
3. Felix
0.3408%
23rd
192nd
4. Theo
0.3217%
17th
99th
5. Thomas
0.3197%
8th
45th
6. Arthur
0.3030%
22nd
140th
7. Nathan
0.2830%
13th
57th
8. Muhammad
0.2675%
35th
297th
9. Louis
0.2576%
34th
246th
10. Emile
0.2473%
60th
2,076th
Top U.S.-only boy names
The 2022 U.S. data included 11,297 boy names that were not in the Canadian data. Below are the 10 most popular U.S.-only boy names.
Many of these are used primarily by Spanish speakers.
Boy names particularly popular in the U.S.
Now, back to the names that both countries had in common. Of the boy names used more frequently in the U.S. than in Canada, the 10 below had the largest pro-U.S. differentials.
Mountainous, landlocked Switzerland is located in the middle of Europe and surrounded by five other countries: Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, Italy, and France.
Last year, Switzerland welcomed 82,371 babies. What were the most popular names among these babies? Emma and Noah.
Here are Switzerland’s top 50+ girl names and top 50+ boy names of 2022:
Girl Names
Emma, 361 baby girls
Mia, 356
Sofia, 318
Emilia, 292
Lina, 289
Elena, 280
Mila, 267
Nora, 258
Malea, 249
Lia, 230 (tie)
Olivia, 230 (tie)
Ella, 222
Anna, 219 (tie)
Giulia, 219 (tie)
Alice, 218 (tie)
Lea, 218 (tie)
Alina, 212 (tie)
Lena, 212 (tie)
Nina, 210
Chiara, 208 (tie)
Lara, 208 (tie)
Luna, 195
Leonie, 194
Elina, 193
Sophia, 192
Yara, 186
Julia, 185
Laura, 182
Elin, 178
Valentina, 176
Sara, 175
Emily, 170
Aurora, 168
Amelia, 167
Luana, 166
Sophie, 165
Livia, 151
Elisa, 143
Eva, 141 (tie)
Juna, 141 (tie)
Zoé, 138
Mara, 133
Victoria, 131
Jana, 129
Ronja, 128
Lou, 127 (tie)
Maria, 127 (tie)
Ava, 126
Charlotte, 124
Alma, 123 (tie)
Malia, 123 (tie)
Boy Names
Noah, 540 boy names
Liam, 428
Matteo, 353
Leon, 293
Luca, 291
Gabriel, 286
Elias, 281
Leo, 256
Louis, 251
Leano, 242
Lio, 233
Leonardo, 224
Lian, 210
Nino, 208
Elio, 205
Julian, 201
Aaron, 199
Nico, 197
Elia, 196 (tie)
Levi, 196 (tie)
Samuel, 191
Finn, 184
Malik, 177
Luan, 176
David, 174 (tie)
Leandro, 174 (tie)
Mattia, 169
Diego, 168 (tie)
Milo, 168 (tie)
Adam, 157
Ben, 156
Levin, 155
Dario, 152 (tie)
Nael, 152 (tie)
Arthur, 151 (tie)
Noé, 151 (tie)
Jonas, 150 (tie)
Lenny, 150 (tie)
Mateo, 149
Livio, 148
Lucas, 145
Robin, 144
Enea, 138
Nathan, 137
Kian, 136
Nelio, 134
Mael, 128
Tim, 127
Theo, 126
Enzo, 123 (tie)
Laurin, 123 (tie)
The name Malea has risen significantly (among German-speakers almost exclusively) over the last twenty years. Malea debuted in the Swiss data in 2003, vaulted from outside the girls’ top 1,000 all the way to 261st in 2009, rose to the top 100 a few years later, and finally entered the top 10 in 2022. No doubt this rise was fueled by the trendiness of Mia, Emilia, and Mila. (Mia has ranked either #1 or #2 in Switzerland ever since 2011.)
The girls’ top 100 included Yuna (59th), Dua (66th), Melissa (84th), and Ida (97th).
The boys’ top 100 included Nevio (55th), Fabio (71st), Romeo (85th), and Timo (94th).
Switzerland, which is home to about 8.7 million people, has four national languages: German, French, Italian, and Romansh. Here are the top baby names among the speakers of each of these languages:
Maluna may have been inspired by a German children’s book series featuring a fairy character named Maluna Mondschein. (Her first name is an elaboration of luna, Latin for “moon,” while her last name is German for “moonshine.”) The six books, written by Andrea Schütze, were published from 2014 to 2019.
Finally, here’s a link to Switzerland’s 2021 rankings, if you’d like to compare last year to the year before.
The U.S. territory of Puerto Rico is located in the Caribbean Sea, about 1,000 miles southeast of Miami, and has about 3.2 million residents.
What were the most popular baby names in Puerto Rico last year? Valentina and Liam.
Here are Puerto Rico’s top 50+ girl names and top 50+ boy names of 2022:
Girl Names
Valentina, 202 baby girls
Emma, 138
Victoria, 121
Luna, 117
Aurora, 116
Amaia, 104
Catalina, 101
Mia, 99
Milena, 95
Gianna, 89
Isabella, 88
Mikaela, 82
Camila, 77
Sofia, 67
Amalia, 66
Amanda, 59
Amelia, 58
Sophia, 57
Amira, 55
Alaia, 52 (3-way tie)
Leah, 52 (3-way tie)
Paula, 52 (3-way tie)
Ainhoa, 49 (tie)
Elena, 49 (tie)
Ainara, 45 (tie)
Antonella, 45 (tie)
Gia, 44
Alanna, 43
Valeria, 41
Kamila, 39 (tie)
Stella, 39 (tie)
Alana, 36
Gabriela, 35
Andrea, 34 (tie)
Brianna, 34 (tie)
Nahiara, 33
Mariana, 32
Ana, 29 (tie)
Lia, 29 (tie)
Marina, 28 (3-way tie)
Mila, 28 (3-way tie)
Paulette, 28 (3-way tie)
Kailani, 27
Adriana, 25 (tie)
Amahia, 25 (tie)
Anahia, 24
Amaya, 23 (3-way tie)
Cataleya, 23 (3-way tie)
Katalina, 23 (3-way tie)
Ariana, 22 (7-way tie)
Chloe, 22 (7-way tie)
Liah, 22 (7-way tie)
Nahia, 22 (7-way tie)
Nayla, 22 (7-way tie)
Paulina, 22 (7-way tie)
Samara, 22 (7-way tie)
Boy Names
Liam, 269 baby boys
Thiago, 254
Noah, 253
Mateo, 186
Sebastian, 184
Lucas, 152
Dylan, 145
Ian, 128
Nicolas, 103
Ethan, 98
Jayden, 94
Adrian, 91
Jacob, 82 (tie)
Matias, 82 (tie)
Angel, 77
Fabian, 69
Elias, 68
Diego, 65
Gael, 64
Matteo, 63
Eithan, 62 (tie)
Elian, 62 (tie)
Mauro, 57 (tie)
Milan, 57 (tie)
Isaac, 56 (tie)
Luis, 56 (tie)
Aaron, 53
Gian, 48
Daniel, 47
Alan, 45 (tie)
Julian, 45 (tie)
Damian, 43
Gabriel, 41 (tie)
Jose, 41 (tie)
Isaias, 40
Matthew, 40
Leonardo, 39
Alejandro, 38 (3-way tie)
Carlos, 38 (3-way tie)
Evan, 38 (3-way tie)
Caleb, 37
Eliam, 36 (tie)
Nathan, 36 (tie)
Enzo, 33 (3-way tie)
Keyden, 33 (3-way tie)
Zabdiel, 33 (3-way tie)
Juan, 32 (3-way tie)
Kaleb, 32 (3-way tie)
Ryan, 32 (3-way tie)
Andres, 30 (tie)
Kayden, 30 (tie)
In 2021, the top names in Puerto Rico were also Valentina and Liam.
And what were the most popular baby names in all the other U.S. territories (American Samoa, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Northern Mariana Islands) combined last year? Luna and Jayden.
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