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Popular baby names in Norway, 2024

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Flag of Norway

Last year, the Scandinavian country of Norway welcomed 54,013 babies — 26,129 girls and 27,884 boys.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Nora and Lucas.

Here are Norway’s top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2024:

Girl names

  1. Nora/Norah/Noora, 385 baby girls
  2. Emma, 379
  3. Olivia/Oliwia, 342
  4. Sofie/Sophie, 329
  5. Ella, 324
  6. Maja/Maya/Maia, 307 (tie)
  7. Sofia/Sophia, 307 (tie)
  8. Leah/Lea, 303
  9. Selma, 291
  10. Ellinor/Elinor, 280
  11. Hedda, 277
  12. Alma, 268
  13. Frida, 264
  14. Iben, 253
  15. Ingrid, 249
  16. Astrid/Astri, 248
  17. Emilie, 245
  18. Sara/Sarah/Zara, 242
  19. Mia, 239
  20. Ada, 238
  21. Lilly/Lily, 225
  22. Tiril/Tirill, 215
  23. Amalie, 205
  24. Aurora, 194
  25. Hedvig, 191 (tie)
  26. Jenny/Jennie, 191 (tie)
  27. Josefine/Josephine, 189
  28. Ellie/Elli/Elly, 185
  29. Eva, 179
  30. Hennie/Henny, 178
  31. Hanna/Hannah, 174
  32. Vilde, 170
  33. Mathilde/Matilde, 167
  34. Anna, 164
  35. Live, 158 (tie)
  36. Saga, 158 (tie)
  37. Tuva, 157
  38. Solveig/Solvei, 152
  39. Linnea/Linea, 151
  40. Ida, 147
  41. Sigrid, 144
  42. Amelia, 141
  43. Thea, 138
  44. Marie, 136
  45. Mille, 135
  46. Eline, 133
  47. Eira, 130 (tie)
  48. Signe, 130 (tie)
  49. Mie, 124
  50. Hermine, 121

Boy names

  1. Lucas/Lukas, 431 baby boys
  2. Noah/Noa, 402
  3. Oliver, 398
  4. Emil, 396
  5. Jakob/Jacob, 386
  6. William, 360
  7. Theodor/Teodor, 356
  8. Ludvig/Ludvik/Ludwig, 336
  9. Liam, 330
  10. Johannes, 322
  11. Elias, 319
  12. Isak/Isaac/Isac, 316
  13. Filip/Philip/Fillip/Phillip, 312
  14. Oskar/Oscar, 310
  15. Olav, 298
  16. Henrik, 292
  17. Aksel/Axel, 290
  18. Theo/Teo, 275
  19. Kasper/Casper/Kacper, 272
  20. Tobias, 267
  21. Magnus, 264
  22. Ulrik, 250
  23. Adam, 247
  24. Matheo, 246
  25. Gustav, 234 (tie)
  26. Muhammad/Mohammad/Mohammed/Mohamed/Muhammed/Mohamad, 234 (tie)
  27. Alfred, 228
  28. Herman/Hermann, 210
  29. Håkon/Haakon, 204
  30. Mathias/Matias/Mattias, 203
  31. Sander, 197 (tie)
  32. Sverre, 197 (tie)
  33. Even, 195 – looks like Evan, but actually comes from the Old Norse name Eyvindr
  34. Mikkel, 194
  35. Viktor/Victor/Wiktor, 193
  36. Leo, 187
  37. Felix, 184
  38. Vetle, 178
  39. Birk, 177
  40. Leon, 176
  41. Iver, 173
  42. Edvin/Edwin, 170 (tie)
  43. Odin, 170 (tie)
  44. Johan, 169
  45. Luca/Luka, 165
  46. Benjamin, 163
  47. Jens, 159
  48. Jonas, 158
  49. Alexander/Aleksander, 157
  50. Markus/Marcus, 146

Interestingly, “almost every fifth child” born in Norway last year received a double name. The most popular combination was Emma Sofie, which was given to 14 baby girls.

I didn’t post about Norway’s top baby names of 2023, but here are Norway’s 2022 rankings.

Sources: Statistikk om Navn – Statistics Norway, Sjekk listen over de mest populære navnene i 2024 – SSB, Births – Statistics Norway

Image: Adapted from Flag of Norway (public domain)

Popular baby names in Portugal, 2024

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In 2024, from January through September, the European country of Portugal welcomed approximately 62,000 babies.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Maria and Francisco (for the sixth year in a row) according to provisional data released in early December, 2024, by the Instituto dos Registos e do Notariado (IRN).

Here are Portugal’s projected top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2024:

Girl names

  1. Maria, 4,295 baby girls
  2. Alice, 992
  3. Benedita, 973
  4. Matilde, 942
  5. Leonor, 913
  6. Carolina, 709
  7. Aurora, 697
  8. Camila, 598
  9. Margarida, 586
  10. Beatriz, 551

Boy names

  1. Francisco, 1,270 baby boys
  2. Lourenço, 1,040
  3. Vicente, 1,036 (tie)
  4. Tomás, 1,036 (tie)
  5. João, 1,027
  6. Duarte, 1,012
  7. Afonso, 978
  8. Gabriel, 851
  9. Miguel, 839
  10. Santiago, 782

The name that stood out to Filipa of the Portuguese baby name blog Nomes e mais Nomes was Aurora, “which entered the top 10 strongly, occupying 7th position, even surpassing Camila, which was the craze of recent years!” Here’s her actual sentence (apologies for my clunky translation):

Mas, este ano, o destaque tem de ir inteiramente para Aurora, que entrou em força no top 10, ocupando a 7.ª posição, chegando a ultrapassar Camila, que era a coqueluche dos últimos anos!

I didn’t post about Portugal’s top baby names of 2023, but here are Portugal’s 2022 rankings.

Sources:

Image: Adapted from Flag of Portugal (public domain)

Popular baby names in Italy, 2023

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Flag of Italy

In 2023, the Southern European country of Italy welcomed 379,890 babies — 184,514 girls and 195,376 boys.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Sofia and Leonardo, yet again.

Here are Italy’s top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2023:

Girl names

  1. Sofia, 4,971 baby girls
  2. Aurora, 4,648
  3. Ginevra, 4,274
  4. Vittoria, 4,194
  5. Giulia, 3,732
  6. Beatrice, 3,425 – pronounced beh-a-TREE-cheh
  7. Ludovica, 3,157
  8. Alice, 3,014 – pronounced a-LEE-cheh
  9. Emma, 2,529
  10. Matilde, 2,465
  11. Anna, 2,128
  12. Camilla, 2,091
  13. Bianca, 1,992
  14. Azzurra, 1,922
  15. Chiara, 1,914 – pronounced KYAH-rah
  16. Nicole, 1,792
  17. Giorgia, 1,780
  18. Isabel, 1,667
  19. Greta, 1,635
  20. Noemi, 1,439
  21. Martina, 1,392
  22. Arianna, 1,389
  23. Gaia, 1,370
  24. Sara, 1,368
  25. Rebecca, 1,328
  26. Viola, 1,325
  27. Elena, 1,270
  28. Ambra, 1,257
  29. Chloe, 1,196 (tie)
  30. Diana, 1,196 (tie)
  31. Adele, 1,194
  32. Mia, 1,192
  33. Margherita, 1,095
  34. Sole, 1,088 – pronounced SOH-leh
  35. Francesca, 1,082
  36. Cecilia, 1,060
  37. Gioia, 1,018
  38. Emily, 1,017
  39. Marta, 964
  40. Elisa, 953
  41. Nina, 929
  42. Lavinia, 912
  43. Anita, 875
  44. Amelia, 870
  45. Eleonora, 853
  46. Carlotta, 833
  47. Maria, 803
  48. Celeste, 788
  49. Eva, 751
  50. Giada, 735

Boy names

  1. Leonardo, 7,096 baby boys
  2. Edoardo, 5,603
  3. Tommaso, 4,687
  4. Francesco, 4,534
  5. Alessandro, 4,383
  6. Mattia, 4,349
  7. Lorenzo, 4,006
  8. Gabriele, 3,954
  9. Riccardo, 3,600
  10. Andrea, 3,333
  11. Diego, 2,722
  12. Giuseppe, 2,661
  13. Matteo, 2,648
  14. Enea, 2,564
  15. Nicolò, 2,444
  16. Antonio, 2,424
  17. Federico, 2,313
  18. Giovanni, 2,093
  19. Filippo, 2,046
  20. Samuele, 2,041
  21. Pietro, 1,993
  22. Giulio, 1,749
  23. Gioele, 1,641 – pronounced jo-EH-leh
  24. Davide, 1,597
  25. Michele, 1,590
  26. Christian, 1,541
  27. Elia, 1,522
  28. Gabriel, 1,497
  29. Noah, 1,386
  30. Marco, 1,353
  31. Salvatore, 1,324
  32. Liam, 1,236
  33. Luca, 1,230
  34. Vincenzo, 1,211
  35. Thomas, 1,146
  36. Emanuele, 1,100
  37. Alessio, 1,056
  38. Nathan, 1,007
  39. Giorgio, 1,006
  40. Samuel, 1,005
  41. Jacopo, 1,002
  42. Giacomo, 1,000
  43. Ettore, 970
  44. Raffael, 900
  45. Daniele, 899
  46. Simone, 892
  47. Luigi, 886
  48. Damiano, 830
  49. Domenico, 818
  50. Santiago, 798

The girls’ top 100 included Anastasia (57th), Sveva (75th), Mariasole (83rd), and Letizia (97th).

The boys’ top 100 included Ludovico (56th), Niccolò (66th), Brando (73rd), and Ciro (94th).

The girl name Azzurra (which is associated with Italy’s national soccer team gli Azzurri, “the Blues”) ranked 20th in both 2022 and 2021 before jumping to 12th place last year.

Speaking of soccer…I recently learned that Italian soccer star Francesco Totti (who played for AS Roma from 1993 to 2017) influenced baby names in Italy via the names of his three children:

  • The usage of Cristian rose after his son Cristian was born in November of 2005:
    • 2006: 3,028 boys named Cristian (rank: 25th)
    • 2005: 1,619 boys named Cristian (rank: 39th)
    • 2004: 1,616 boys named Cristian (rank: 38th)
  • The usage of Chanel rose after his daughter Chanel was born in May of 2007:
    • 2008: 158 girls named Chanel (rank: 189th)
    • 2007: 63 girls named Chanel (rank: 314th)
    • 2006: fewer than five girls named Chanel
  • The usage of Isabel rose after his daughter Isabel was born in March of 2016:
    • 2017: 1,218 girls named Isabel (rank: 36th)
    • 2016: 910 girls named Isabel (rank: 50th)
    • 2015: 570 girls named Isabel (rank: 69th)

Sources: Contanomi – Quante bambine e quanti bambini si chiamano…? – Istat, Leonardo e Sofia “tengono”, risale Francesco – Istat (Jan. 2024), IstatData

Image: Adapted from Flag of Italy (public domain)

Popular baby names in Italy, 2022

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Flag of Italy

The country of Italy — which includes not only the boot-shaped Italian peninsula, but also various Mediterranean islands (including the two largest, Sicily and Sardinia) — shares land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, and Slovenia.

In 2022, Italy welcomed 393,333 babies — 190,493 girls and 202,840 boys.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Sofia and Leonardo, for the fifth year in a row.

Here are Italy’s top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2022:

Girl Names

  1. Sofia, 5,465 baby girls
  2. Aurora, 4,900
  3. Giulia, 4,198
  4. Ginevra, 3,846
  5. Vittoria, 3,814
  6. Beatrice, 3,333 – pronounced beh-a-TREE-cheh
  7. Alice, 3,154 – pronounced a-LEE-cheh
  8. Ludovica, 3,103
  9. Emma, 2,800
  10. Matilde, 2,621
  11. Anna, 2,284
  12. Camilla, 2,253
  13. Chiara, 2,120 – pronounced KYAH-rah
  14. Giorgia, 2,089
  15. Bianca, 2,042
  16. Nicole, 2,001
  17. Greta, 1,929
  18. Gaia, 1,736
  19. Martina, 1,729
  20. Azzurra, 1,717
  21. Arianna, 1,560
  22. Sara, 1,542
  23. Noemi, 1,528
  24. Isabel, 1,420
  25. Rebecca, 1,394
  26. Chloe, 1,359
  27. Adele, 1,356
  28. Mia, 1,329
  29. Elena, 1,277
  30. Diana, 1,207
  31. Francesca, 1,145
  32. Ambra, 1,130
  33. Gioia, 1,123
  34. Cecilia, 1,119
  35. Viola, 1,100
  36. Elisa, 1,030
  37. Marta, 1,023
  38. Emily, 1,022
  39. Carlotta, 954
  40. Margherita, 918
  41. Sole, 916 – pronounced SOH-leh
  42. Anita, 879
  43. Maria, 876
  44. Eleonora, 866
  45. Amelia, 861
  46. Alessia, 851
  47. Nina, 831
  48. Luna, 828
  49. Giada, 818
  50. Sophie, 789

Boy Names

  1. Leonardo, 7,888 baby boys
  2. Francesco, 4,823
  3. Tommaso, 4,795
  4. Edoardo, 4,748
  5. Alessandro, 4,729
  6. Lorenzo, 4,493
  7. Mattia, 4,374
  8. Gabriele, 4,062
  9. Riccardo, 3,753
  10. Andrea, 3,604
  11. Diego, 2,824
  12. Nicolò, 2,747
  13. Matteo, 2,744
  14. Giuseppe, 2,735
  15. Federico, 2,563
  16. Antonio, 2,562
  17. Enea, 2,314
  18. Samuele, 2,230
  19. Giovanni, 2,173
  20. Pietro, 2,130
  21. Filippo, 2,018
  22. Davide, 1,830
  23. Giulio, 1,711
  24. Gioele, 1,695
  25. Christian, 1,653
  26. Michele, 1,612
  27. Gabriel, 1,533
  28. Luca, 1,464
  29. Marco, 1,433
  30. Elia, 1,418
  31. Salvatore, 1,417
  32. Vincenzo, 1,353
  33. Liam, 1,269
  34. Thomas, 1,259
  35. Emanuele, 1,220
  36. Noah, 1,200
  37. Alessio, 1,164
  38. Samuel, 1,140
  39. Nathan, 1,112
  40. Giacomo, 1,101
  41. Jacopo, 1,033
  42. Giorgio, 1,025
  43. Simone, 1,014
  44. Ettore, 1,008
  45. Luigi, 999
  46. Manuel, 996
  47. Damiano, 982
  48. Daniele, 930
  49. Domenico, 872
  50. Daniel, 869

I’d like to thank reader Daniele, who not only alerted me that Italy’s rankings came out early this year, but also generously offered explanations for a few of the fastest-rising names: Sole, Soleil, and Sophie.

Sole (Italian for “sun”), which was rarely used in the early 2000s, started picking up steam in the mid-2010s. Last year, it jumped into the top 50 for the first time. Daniele said that Sole’s rise “has been fueled by a few celebrity baby names.”

Graph of the usage of the baby name Sole in Italy since 1999
Usage of the baby name Sole in Italy

Sophie and Soleil (French for “sun”) are linked to influencers/TV personalities Sophie Codegoni and Soleil Sorge. Both women participated in the 6th season (2021-2022) of Grande Fratello VIP, which is the celebrity version of Grande Fratello (Italy’s Big Brother).

Graph of the usage of the baby name Sophie in Italy since 1999
Usage of the baby name Sophie in Italy

Soleil Sorge had become famous a few years earlier when she appeared on the 21st season (2016-2017) of the dating reality TV show Uomini e Donne (translation: Men and Women). Her name debuted in the Italian data in 2017:

  • 2022: 474 baby girls named Soleil in Italy
  • 2021: 144 baby girls named Soleil in Italy
  • 2020: 98 baby girls named Soleil in Italy
  • 2019: 104 baby girls named Soleil in Italy
  • 2018: 78 baby girls named Soleil in Italy
  • 2017: 74 baby girls named Soleil in Italy [debut]
  • 2016: unlisted
  • 2015: unlisted

(Italy’s baby name data — just like the U.S. data — includes only names given to five or more babies per year.)

Thank you so much, Daniele! :)

Other names currently on the rise in Italy include:

  • Luna, Mariasole, Anastasia, Diana, Celeste (girl names)
  • Ludovico, Ethan, Noah, Liam, Achille, Dylan, Enea (boy names)

Finally, here are Italy’s 2021 rankings, if you’d like to compare last year to the year before.

Sources: How many babies are named…? – Istat, Istat Statistics, Soleil Sorge – Wikipedia, Uomini e donne – Italian Wikipedia

Image: Adapted from Flag of Italy (public domain). Graphs from Istat.