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Popularity of the baby name Maria


Posts that mention the name Maria

Popular baby names in Warsaw (Poland), 2015

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According to data released by the City of Warsaw, the most popular baby names in Warsaw, Poland, in 2015 were Zofia and Jan.

Here are Warsaw’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2015:

Girl Names

  1. Zofia, 535 baby girls
  2. Zuzanna, 506
  3. Julia, 486
  4. Hanna, 441
  5. Alicja, 434
  6. Maria, 409
  7. Maja, 405
  8. Natalia, 401
  9. Aleksandra, 371
  10. Amelia, 336

Boy Names

  1. Jan, 677 baby boys
  2. Antoni, 558
  3. Jakub, 471
  4. Aleksander, 418
  5. Franciszek, 411
  6. Adam, 399
  7. Filip, 343
  8. Stanislaw, 334
  9. Szymon, 329
  10. Mikolaj, 320

Amelia replaced Lena in the girls’ top 10.

Szymon replaced Kacper in the boys’ top 10.

Source: Warszawiaków przybywa – City of Warsaw (via Popularity of names in Warsaw, Poland, 2015)

Image: Adapted from Flag of Poland (public domain)

Popular and unique baby names in Portugal, 2015

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According to data from the Instituto dos Registos e Notariado (IRN), the most popular baby names in Portugal in 2015 were Maria and João.

Here are Portugal’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2015:

Girl Names

  1. Maria, 5,324 baby girls
  2. Leonor, 1,999
  3. Matilde, 1,889
  4. Beatriz, 1,268
  5. Carolina, 1,228
  6. Mariana, 1,205
  7. Ana, 1,060
  8. Inês, 1,001 (Agnes)
  9. Margarida, 989
  10. Sofia, 950

Boy Names

  1. João, 1,932 baby boys
  2. Martim, 1,778
  3. Rodrigo, 1,666
  4. Santiago, 1,632
  5. Francisco, 1,593
  6. Afonso, 1,439
  7. Tomás, 1,409
  8. Miguel, 1,271
  9. Guilherme, 1,187
  10. Gabriel, 1,143

In the boys’ top ten, Gabriel replaced Duarte (a version of Edward).

The girls’ top ten includes the same ten names.

At the other end of the spectrum, some of the baby names used only once last year:

Unique Girl NamesUnique Boy Names
Billca, Djenyfer, Excel, Foricusa, Hadriela, Hedviges, Iok, Jannatul, Joelma, Krutgna, Leninha, Lwezzy, Moana, Muen, Nayuca, Otchali, Otchaly, Ruixiao, Suncar, Svenya, Tchawi, Tesla, Txissola, Uhenia, Urwa, Valcikleny, WilfaniaAnass, Bambo, Barack, Ben-Hur, Cleidir, Creation, Cheikh, Djassy, Djemo, Duarth, Eurilucio, Fredynilson, Gonzaga, Guto, Habacuque, Hetwik, Lukenny, Man, Mojo, Neculai, Otchali, Petko, Ruzgyar, Skyllen, Tcherstney, Tuttondele, Vanilson

Here are the 2014 rankings for Portugal.

Source: Borja-Santos, Romana. “No país da Maria e do João, a Luana e o Diego estão a ganhar terreno.” Público 5 Jan. 2016.

Image: Adapted from Flag of Portugal (public domain)

Popular baby names in Iceland, 2014

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According to Statistics Iceland, the most popular baby names in the country in 2014 were Margrét and Aron.

Here are Iceland’s top 3 girl names and top 3 boy names of 2014:

Girl NamesBoy Names
1. Margrét
2. Anna
3. Emma		1. Aron
2. Alexander
3. Viktor

And these were the top 3 middle names per gender that year:

Girl NamesBoy Names
1. María
2. Rós
3. Ósk		1. Þór
2. Hrafn
3. Freyr

Ósk means “wish,” Hrafn means “raven,” and Þór is a form of Thor.

Source: Aron and Margrét Most Popular Baby Names

Image: Adapted from Flag of Iceland (public domain)

Name news from Saudi Arabia

Three bits of name news out of Saudi Arabia…

First:

The most circulated [baby] names in the Kingdom include Mohammad, Fahd, Abdullah, Abdulrahman, Turki, Bandar, Omar, Ali, Fatima, Aisha, Nora, Hessa, Sheikha, and Maha.

Unfortunately the article didn’t specify exactly which year (or years) this list covers.

Second:

Unusual or rare [baby] names have been reduced due to the work of authorities across the Kingdom who have enacted regulations to curb exotic or strange names.

Some of the baby names no longer being used are…

  • Faziah, female name meaning “one who is afraid”
  • Mureibah, female name, “fearful”
  • Najar, male name
  • Rashash, male name, “a gun machine”
  • Zaqam, male name meaning “to do with the mouth” (…?)

Third:

Saudi society is facing a new phenomenon in which many young people are changing their names to be in tune with the latest name trends, Al-Hayat newspaper reported.

Several of the name changes mentioned in the article:

  • Fatimah to Hadeel (woman, 22 years old)
    • “I used the name Hadeel for my social media account before I changed it officially with the Civil Status Department.”
  • Salem to Faris (man, 27 years old)
  • Ethar to Maria (woman, 31 years old)
  • Nouf to Naifah (woman, age not mentioned)

Sources: