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Popularity of the baby name Miriam


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Popular and unique baby names in Austria, 2024

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Flag of Austria

Last year, the European country of Austria welcomed 77,238 babies — 37,463 girls and 39,775 boys.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Emilia and Elias.

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

Girl names

  1. Emilia, 534 baby girls
  2. Emma, 523
  3. Marie, 518
  4. Anna, 516
  5. Sophia, 488
  6. Mia, 462
  7. Lena, 433
  8. Valentina, 422
  9. Lea, 398
  10. Laura, 397
  11. Hannah, 395
  12. Lina, 390
  13. Sophie, 380
  14. Johanna, 370
  15. Leonie, 364
  16. Nora, 332
  17. Luisa, 328
  18. Olivia, 325
  19. Lara, 315
  20. Elena, 305
  21. Ella, 297
  22. Amelie, 278
  23. Mila, 257
  24. Antonia, 256
  25. Helena, 253
  26. Magdalena, 251
  27. Valerie, 239
  28. Lia, 228
  29. Hanna, 225
  30. Miriam, 218
  31. Livia, 211
  32. Elisa, 210
  33. Isabella, 209
  34. Sara, 201
  35. Theresa, 200
  36. Alina, 197
  37. Julia, 196
  38. Elina, 187 (tie)
  39. Paulina, 187 (tie)
  40. Ida, 183 (tie)
  41. Leni, 183 (tie)
  42. Paula, 182 (tie)
  43. Sofia, 182 (tie)
  44. Sarah, 180
  45. Klara, 174
  46. Rosa, 173
  47. Flora, 171
  48. Aurelia, 170 (3-way tie)
  49. Emily, 170 (3-way tie)
  50. Katharina, 170 (3-way tie)

Boy names

  1. Elias, 671 baby boys
  2. Paul, 659
  3. Noah, 621
  4. Jakob, 620
  5. Maximilian, 599
  6. Felix, 584
  7. Leon, 561
  8. David, 500
  9. Jonas, 499
  10. Leo, 489
  11. Lukas, 453
  12. Tobias, 430
  13. Valentin, 424
  14. Moritz, 422
  15. Matteo, 394
  16. Theo, 366
  17. Anton, 363
  18. Fabian, 351
  19. Alexander, 349
  20. Julian, 338
  21. Liam, 332
  22. Simon, 329
  23. Samuel, 321
  24. Emil, 316
  25. Luca, 304
  26. Matthias, 282
  27. Luis, 280
  28. Raphael, 272
  29. Adam, 260
  30. Florian, 259
  31. Johannes, 252
  32. Gabriel, 248 (tie)
  33. Lorenz, 248 (tie)
  34. Emilio, 247
  35. Theodor, 233
  36. Finn, 231
  37. Oskar, 224
  38. Niklas, 222
  39. Leopold, 214
  40. Oliver, 212
  41. Benjamin, 202 (tie)
  42. Jonathan, 202 (tie)
  43. Sebastian, 196
  44. Ben, 192 (tie)
  45. Fabio, 192 (tie)
  46. Michael, 190
  47. Mateo, 185
  48. Kilian, 181
  49. Luka, 180
  50. Josef, 174

According to Statistics Austria, “12.5% of all newborn girls and 14.6% of all newborn boys were given one of the 10 most popular first names” in 2024.

At the other end of the spectrum are the thousands of names that were given to a single baby each last year. Here’s a selection:

Unique girl namesUnique boy names
Aorta, Beppa, Chisimdi, Desdina, Ekklesia, Febronia, Gustava, Hibat, Ikonija, Jolongi, Krinka, Lhanzey, Mrittika, Notburga, Ofri, Pinia, Rimpy, Songül, Tsvetelina, Uerda, Vanadis, Wranga, Yangtso, ZorjanaAerzu, Benneth, Cvijetin, Daphnis, Encho, Flavio, Gervin, Hanrui, Ireneus, Jandost, Kalsang, Linneo, Menippos, Nikolozi, Osimhen, Peyami, Reie, Shkelzen, Takuto, Utku, Veton, Wenz, Yetkin, Zhihmond

I don’t think I’ve ever seen Aorta — the word for the largest artery in the human body — used as a personal name before.

Notburga was the name of a medieval Austrian saint, and Osimhen may have been inspired by Nigerian soccer player Victor Osimhen.

Finally, here’s a link to Austria’s 2023 rankings, if you’d like to compare.

Sources: First names of newborns – Statistics Austria (in German), Emilia and Elias favourite baby names in 2024 – Statistics Austria (pdf), Atlas der Vornamen – Statistics Austria, Demographic characteristics of newborns – Statistics Austria

Image: Adapted from Flag of Austria (public domain)


Top Hebrew baby names in Israel, 5785

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Flag of Israel

The country of Israel releases two sets of baby name rankings: one for the Gregorian year (e.g., 2024), the other for the Hebrew year.

I don’t usually post the Hebrew-year rankings, but I was intrigued by the latest set, which was released a couple of weeks before the end of 5785 (Oct. 2024 to Sep. 2025, roughly).

Below are Israel’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names — both overall and among Jewish residents specifically — for the Hebrew year 5785:

Girls names

Top girl names, all babiesTop girl names, Jewish babies
Avigail
Miriam
Libi
Tamar
Sara
Lia
Yael
Ella
Ayala
Noa		Avigail
Tamar
Libi
Yael
Sara
Ella
Noa
Lia
Ayala
Esther

Boy names

Top boy names, all babiesTop boy names, Jewish babies
Muhammad
Yosef
Adam
David
Lavie/Lavi
Ariel
Omar
Rafael
Uri
Yehuda		Lavie/Lavi
Ariel
David
Rafael
Uri
Yehuda
Eliya
Ari
Eitan
Micha’el

The news release suggested that Lavi, which means “lion” in Hebrew, became the most popular name for Jewish boys due to the influence of Israel’s Operation Am KeLavi (“a people like a lion”), which was launched against Iran in June of 2025. (The war lasted 12 days.)

Except…Lavi has been close to the top spot for several years now. It ranked #2 among Jewish boys in both 2023 and 2020, for instance. So did the headlines really push Lavi to #1, or would it have ended up there regardless?

Sources:

Image: Adapted from Flag of Israel (public domain)

Popular baby names in Israel, 2024

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Flag of Israel

In 2024, the Middle Eastern country of Israel welcomed around 181,000 babies.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Avigail and Mohammad, according to data released on the last day of the year by Israel’s Population and Immigration Authority.

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

Girls names

  1. Avigail, 1,156 baby girls
  2. Miriam/Mariam, 1,015
  3. Tamar, 841
  4. Sarah, 752
  5. Yael, 725
  6. Liya, 713
  7. Ayala, 712
  8. Libi, 685
  9. Ela, 640 (tie)
  10. No’a, 640 (tie)

Boy names

  1. Mohammad/Muhammad, 1,740 baby boys
  2. Yosef/Yousef, 1,201
  3. Adam, 1,196
  4. David, 1,062
  5. Ariel, 1,045
  6. Lavi, 967
  7. Omer, 870
  8. Rafa’el, 847
  9. Uri/Ori, 789
  10. Daniel, 764

The population of Israel is roughly 73% Jewish and 21% Arabic (as well as 6% “other”). The Arabic population includes Muslims, Christians, and Druzes.

Previous sets of Israeli baby name rankings included the top names within each of four groups — Jewish, Muslim, Christian, and Druze — but the 2024 news release only included rankings for the Jewish community. (The top names among Jews in Israel last year were Avigail and Ariel.)

That said, one source did mention that the usage of Muhammed has been on the decline: “One in eight Muslim boys in Israel bears the name of the founder of Islam, down from one in six two decades ago.”

I haven’t posted about Israel’s top baby names within the last few years, but here are Israel’s 2020 rankings.

Sources:

Image: Adapted from Flag of Israel (public domain)

Popular baby names in New York City, 2023

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Flag of New York

Last year, New York City welcomed 98,389 babies.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Emma (for the seventh year in a row) and Liam (for the eighth year in a row), according to the New York City Health Department.

Here are NYC’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2023:

Girl names

  1. Emma, 382 baby girls
  2. Mia
  3. Sophia
  4. Olivia
  5. Isabella
  6. Amelia
  7. Leah (ranked 53rd for girls nationally in 2023)
  8. Chloe (26th)
  9. Luna
  10. Sofia (12th)

Boy names

  1. Liam, 743 baby boys
  2. Noah
  3. David (ranked 27th for boys nationally in 2023)
  4. Lucas
  5. Jacob (36th)
  6. Ethan (25th)
  7. Joseph (29th)
  8. Dylan (34th)
  9. Michael [tie] (16th)
  10. Muhammad [tie] (272nd)

In the girls’ top 10, Chloe and Sofia replaced Ava and Esther.

In the boys’ top 10, Dylan, Michael, and Muhammad replaced Aiden, Daniel, and Alexander.

Both Dylan and Muhammad — which was the #1 boy name in England and Wales last year — are new to NYC’s top 10. Michael, on the other hand, was a “favorite among New Yorkers from 1980 to 2006.”

The Health Department’s news release also mentioned dozens of other Big Apple baby names, including…

Girl namesBoy names
Esther (ranked 12th), Miriam (15th), Aurora (41st), Violet (45th), Rose (52nd), Eleanor (56th), Gemma (78th), Athena (79th), Savannah (85th), Iris (87th), Daisy (93rd), Sage (100th)Alexander (ranked 17th), Zion (62nd), Leonardo (65th), Milan (70th), Adonis (76th), Amari (78th)

Finally, here’s a link to New York City’s 2022 rankings, if you’d like to check them out.

Sources:

Image: Adapted from Flag of New York (public domain)