Baby Name: Mask

According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the most popular baby names in the country in 2020 were Althea and Jacob.

Here are the Philippines’ top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2020:

Girl Names

1. Althea, 2,268 baby girls
2. Angel, 1,436
3. Samantha, 1,430
4. Princess, 1,193
5. Nathalie, 1,144
6. Sofia, 1,130
7. Sophia, 1,122
8. Jasmine, 1,102
9. Andrea, 1,063
10. Angela, 1,048

Boy Names

1. Jacob, 2,164 baby boys
2. Nathaniel, 2,014
3. Gabriel, 1,895
4. Nathan, 1.613
5. Ethan, 1,548
6. Ezekiel, 1,418
7. Angelo, 1,395
8. James, 1,318
9. Joshua, 1,170 (tie)
10. Kyle, 1,170 (tie)

The most fascinating part of the publication, though, was the “pandemic-related names” section. It highlighted the following names:

• Covid: 355 Filipino babies got “Covid” as part of their name in 2020
  • I’ve previously blogged about Covid Bryant, Covid Rose, Covid Lorraine, John Covid, and Covid Marie.
• Corona: 31 got “Corona” as part of their name
• Quarantine: 6 got “Quarantine” as part of their name
• Astra/Aztra
• Zeneca/Seneca
• Lockdown
• Mask
• Pandemica
  • This one reminds me of Quarantino…
• Vaccine

In 2019 (and in 2018), the top two names in the Philippines were Althea and Nathaniel.

Source: The Philippines’ Most Common Baby Names of 2020 (PDF)

Top image: Adapted from Flag of the Philippines (public domain)