How popular is the baby name Pau in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Find out using the graph below! Plus, check out all the blog posts that mention the name Pau.
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According to IBESTAT, the most popular baby names on the Balearic Islands two years ago were Julia and Marc.
(The Balearic Islands are part of Spain. We’ve already seen Spain’s rankings for 2019 and 2020, but I thought this deserved its own post because there’s an island-by-island breakdown.)
Here are the Balearic Islands’ top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2019:
Girl Names
Julia, 93 baby girls
Emma, 89
Martina, 77
Sofia, 75
Paula, 72
Lucia, 69
Maria, 60
Laia, 52
Lara, 50
Carla, 48
Boy Names
Marc, 136 baby boys
Hugo, 70
Lucas, 65
Leo, 60
Pau, 58
Alejandro, 54
Mateo, 48
Marti, 47
Daniel, 45
Joan, 44
Girl names within the top 100 include…
Aina – Catalan form of Anna
Ainara – a form of Enara, Basque for “swallow” (the bird)
Which baby names were the most popular in each U.S. state in 2020? And which names only popped up in the data for a single state in 2020? Here are the answers! (Any unique name that also appeared in last year’s post is in boldface.)
Missouri’s 5 unique boy names: Travon, Bryton, Darrion, Sutter, Whitley
Montana
Montana’s top girl name: Charlotte & Olivia (tie)
Montana’s top boy name: Oliver
No unique girl names.
No unique boy names.
Nebraska
Nebraska’s top girl name: Olivia
Nebraska’s top boy name: Oliver
Nebraska’s 1 unique girl name: Breckyn
Nebraska’s 1 unique boy name: Eh
Nevada
Nevada’s top girl name: Olivia
Nevada’s top boy name: Liam
Nevada’s 1 unique girl name: Unity
No unique boy names.
New Hampshire
New Hampshire’s top girl name: Charlotte
New Hampshire’s top boy name: Lucas
No unique girl names.
No unique boy names.
New Jersey
New Jersey’s top girl name: Olivia
New Jersey’s top boy name: Liam
New Jersey’s top 10 unique girl names: Bluma, Ruchama, Leba, Avigayil, Jadelyn, Alianny, Arna, Bina, Ita, Maahi (total of 13)
New Jersey’s top 10 unique boy names: Boruch, Shraga, Gershon, Shaul, Avigdor, Naksh, Abeer, Nesanel, Refoel, Yerachmiel (total of 19)
New Mexico
New Mexico’s top girl name: Olivia
New Mexico’s top boy name: Liam
No unique girl names.
No unique boy names.
New York
New York’s top girl name: Olivia
New York’s top boy name: Liam
New York’s top 10 unique girl names: Gitty, Yitty, Raizy, Sury, Esty, Goldy, Idy, Henny, Yides, Hinda (total of 174)
Esty came up in the 2020 Pop Culture Baby Name Game because of the Netflix mini-series Unorthodox, which features an ultra-Orthodox Jewish main character named Esty from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NYC. Of the 67 baby girls named Esty last year, 59 were born in New York specifically.
New York’s top 10 unique boy names: Lipa, Yechiel, Hershel, Pinchas, Avrum, Lazer, Md, Nachman, Berl, Muhammadyusuf (total of 157)
According to data from the Balearic Institute of Statistics (Ibestat), the most popular baby names in the Balearic Islands (an archipelago that belongs to Spain) in 2013 were Maria and Marc.
Here are the Balearic Islands’ top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2013:
Girl Names
Boy Names
1. Maria, 113 baby girls (2.2%) 2. Julia, 102 (1.99%) 3. Carla, 100 (1.95%) 4. Paula 5. Lucia 6. Sofia 7. Aina 8. Emma 9. Laia 10. Marta
1. Marc, 157 baby boys (2.91%) 2. Pau, 106 (1.97%) 3. Hugo, 102 (1.89%) 4. Daniel 5. Joan 6. Alejandro 7. Adam 8. Mohamed 9. Lucas 10. Miquel
Maria and Marc were also the #1 names on the islands of Mallorca (which hosts about 80% of the population) and Menorca (9%). On Ibiza (11%), the winners were Martina and Hugo. On Formentera (1%), the winners were Lucia and Aitor — a name invented by Basque writer Agosti Xaho in the mid-19th century.
Last year, the top baby names in Catalonia — an autonomous region in northeastern Spain — were Marc for boys and Julia for girls.
Here are Catalonia’s top 20 girl names and top 20 boy names of 2012:
Baby Girl Names
Baby Boy Names
1. Júlia/Julia (954 baby girls) 2. Martina (889) 3. Laia (833) 4. Carla (748) 5. Paula (697) 6. Maria/María (683) 7. Lucía (656) 8. Aina (591) 9. Noa (548) 10. Sara (529) 11. Clàudia/Claudia (528) 12. Emma (515) 13. Ariadna (452) 14. Alba (451) 15. Abril (380) 16. Arlet (369) 17. Daniela (355) 18. Jana (348) 19. Berta (338) 20. Ona (333)
1. Marc (1,125 baby boys) 2. Àlex/Álex (753) 3. Èric/Eric (735) 4. Pol (696) 5. Pau (669) 6. Hugo (640) 7. Biel (636) 8. Arnau (621) 9. Gerard (600) 10. Jan (589) 11. Martí (577) 12. Nil (538) 13. Aleix (450) 14. David (441) 15. Oriol (431) 16. Daniel (425) 17. Adam (405) 18. Joel (379) 19. Adrià (373) 20. Iker (372)
Iker, regularly a top-20 name in Catalonia, was rare in the U.S. just a decade ago. Today, usage of Iker is rising rapidly. It entered the top 1,000 in 2010 and already ranked 230th in 2012.
Who kicked off the Iker trend? Soccer player Iker Casillas Fernandez. (His younger brother also has an interesting name — Unai, a Basque word meaning “cowherd.”)
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