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Popular baby names in Puerto Rico, 2019

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Flag of Puerto Rico

According to the Social Security Administration, the most popular baby names in Puerto Rico in 2019 were (again) Valentina and Sebastian.

Here are Puerto Rico’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2019:

Girl Names

  1. Valentina, 198 baby girls
  2. Victoria, 186
  3. Emma, 134
  4. Mia, 133
  5. Amaia, 115
  6. Isabella, 107
  7. Mikaela, 100
  8. Ainhoa, 99
  9. Amanda, 95
  10. Luna, 91

Boy Names

  1. Sebastian, 282 baby boys
  2. Liam, 226
  3. Ian, 203
  4. Dylan, 200
  5. Mateo, 196
  6. Thiago, 181
  7. Lucas, 173
  8. Adrian, 160
  9. Noah, 128
  10. Matias, 114

In the girls’ top 10, Ainhoa and Luna replaced Camila and Kamila.

In the boys’ top 10, Noah replaced Jayden.

The most popular baby names in all other U.S. territories (Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa) combined in 2019 were Olivia and Liam.

Sources: Popular names for births in Puerto Rico, Popular names for births in other territories

Image: Adapted from Flag of Puerto Rico (public domain)

Popular boy names in the United States, 2019

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Flag of the United States

Yesterday we looked at some of the latest girl name data, so today let’s check in on the 2019 boy names…

Here are the most popular boy names overall:

  1. Liam, 20,502 baby boys
  2. Noah, 19,048
  3. Oliver, 13,891
  4. William, 13,542
  5. Elijah, 13,300
  6. James, 13,087
  7. Benjamin, 12,942
  8. Lucas, 12,412
  9. Mason, 11,408
  10. Ethan, 11,241

Ethan kicked Logan out of the top 10 last year. (Logan is now ranked 16th.)

The boy names that saw the largest increases in usage in terms of absolute numbers of babies were…

  1. Brooks, increased by 1,114 babies
  2. Miles, 860
  3. Legend, 832
  4. Luca, 797
  5. Theodore, 775
  6. Mateo, 757
  7. Leo, 702
  8. Maverick, 701
  9. Noah, 698
  10. Luka, 652

The boy names that saw the largest increases in usage in terms of relative numbers of babies were…

  1. Ermias, increased by 3360%
  2. Sekani, 1992%
  3. Amenadiel, 500%
  4. Kross, 481%
  5. Alexios, 429%
  6. Taz, 340%
  7. Ezran, 333%
  8. Andoni, 309%
  9. Kaleel, 300%
  10. Taysom, 295%

Some explanations…

  • Ermias was the legal first name of rapper Nipsey Hussle (who died on March 31, 2019).
  • Sekani was the name of a young character in the film The Hate U Give (2018).
  • Amenadiel is a character on the TV series Lucifer.
  • Ezran is the name of a character on the Netflix series The Dragon Prince. (Ezran debuted in the data in 2018, the year the show started airing.)
  • Taysom Hill is a professional football player with the New Orleans Saints.

Here are the boy names that debuted most impressively in the 2019 data:

  1. Armias, debuted with 54 baby boys
  2. Izhaan, 50
  3. Jsan, 33
  4. Jaiari, 29
  5. Ripp, 26
  6. Sakani, 21
  7. Jardani, 19
  8. Iskender, 17
  9. Kamiri, 17
  10. Siar, 14
  • Armias and Sakani are spelling variants of Ermias and Sekani (above).
  • Izhaan is a celebrity baby: Izhaan Mirza Malik was born in October of 2018 to Indian tennis player Sania Mirza and Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik.
  • Jardani could be from Jardani Jovonovich, the “real” name of popular movie character John Wick…?

The boy names that saw the largest decreases in usage in terms of absolute numbers of babies were…

  1. Logan, decreased by 1,911 babies
  2. Michael, -1,174
  3. Jacob, -1,159
  4. Dylan, -1,076
  5. Mason, -1,065
  6. William, -1,048
  7. Connor, -932
  8. David, -871
  9. Ryan, -837
  10. Joshua, -836

The boy names that saw the largest decreases in usage in terms of relative numbers of babies were Nomar and Gianlucas (tied at -73%), and the boy name that saw the steepest drop off the list was Stephano (from 21 babies in 2018 to fewer than 5 in 2019).

If you can explain any of these rises (or drops), please leave a comment!

Source: SSA

Image: Adapted from Flag of the United States (public domain)

Popular baby names in Croatia, 2019

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According to Croatia’s Ministry of Public Administration, the most popular baby names in the country in 2019 were Mia and Luka.

Here are Croatia’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2019:

Girl Names

  1. Mia, 563 baby girls
  2. Ema, 409
  3. Lucija, 375
  4. Sara, 374
  5. Nika, 344
  6. Marta, 337
  7. Petra, 322
  8. Ana, 321
  9. Rita, 318
  10. Iva, 292

Boy Names

  1. Luka, 894 baby boys
  2. David, 568
  3. Jakov, 500
  4. Ivan, 482
  5. Petar, 431
  6. Matej, 360
  7. Karlo, 359
  8. Mateo, 355
  9. Roko (the Croatian form of Rocco), 352
  10. Borna (derived from a Slavic element meaning “fight, battle”), 347

I’ve never posted the Croatian rankings before, but one of my sources mentioned that the top two names (Mia and Luka) were the same in 2018.

Sources: The most popular baby names in Croatia in 2019, Most popular baby names in Croatia in 2019 revealed, Borna – Behind the Name

Image: Adapted from Civil ensign of Croatia (public domain)

Popular baby names in Houston (Texas), 2019

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Flag of Texas

According to Houston’s Health Department, the most popular baby names in the city last year were (again) Emma and Liam.

Here are Houston’s top 5 girl names and top 5 boy names of 2019:

Girl Names

  1. Emma
  2. Olivia
  3. Mia
  4. Camila
  5. Sophia

Boy Names

  1. Liam
  2. Noah
  3. Mateo
  4. Matthew
  5. Jacob

Source: 10 Names Houstonians Just Can’t Stop Giving Their Babies

Image: Adapted from Flag of Texas (public domain)