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Alberta, one of Canada’s three prairie provinces, shares a border with British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan, and the U.S. state of Montana.
Last year, Alberta welcomed 48,225 babies — over 24,000 boys and over 23,000 girls.
What were the most popular names among these babies? Olivia and Noah.
Here are Alberta’s top 50+ girl names and top 50 boy names of 2022:
Girl Names
Olivia, 192 baby girls
Sophia, 151
Emma, 149
Amelia, 133
Harper, 125
Charlotte, 117
Ava, 115
Isla, 101
Lily, 100
Chloe, 92
Emily, 91 (tie)
Isabella, 91 (tie)
Abigail, 90
Nora, 88
Violet, 86
Aria, 85
Ivy, 83
Mia, 82
Hazel, 81 (tie)
Zoey, 81 (tie)
Ellie, 80 (3-way tie)
Evelyn, 80 (3-way tie)
Sophie, 80 (3-way tie)
Ella, 79 (tie)
Hannah, 79 (tie)
Aurora, 75
Willow, 74
Eleanor, 73
Scarlett, 72
Elizabeth, 71 (tie)
Mila, 71 (tie)
Avery, 69
Grace, 68
Luna, 64
Everly, 63
Claire, 61 (tie)
Maya, 61 (tie)
Hailey, 60 (tie)
Wren, 60 (tie)
Alice, 58 (3-way tie)
Isabelle, 58 (3-way tie)
Madison, 58 (3-way tie)
Emilia, 57 (3-way tie)
Freya, 57 (3-way tie)
Natalie, 57 (3-way tie)
Ayla, 56
Penelope, 53 (tie)
Sadie, 53 (tie)
Eliana, 51 (3-way tie)
Nova, 51 (3-way tie)
Quinn, 51 (3-way tie)
Boy Names
Noah, 229 baby boys
Liam, 176
Theodore, 173
Oliver, 172
Jack, 159
William, 146
Benjamin, 138 (tie)
James, 138 (tie)
Henry, 136
Lucas, 135
Ethan, 130
Jackson, 121
Leo, 114
Levi, 113
Logan, 109 (tie)
Wyatt, 109 (tie)
Muhammad, 106
Owen, 100
Adam, 97
Luke, 96
Bennett, 94 (tie)
Maverick, 94 (tie)
Asher, 93
Alexander, 92 (tie)
Nathan, 92 (tie)
Caleb, 91 (3-way tie)
Daniel, 91 (3-way tie)
Elijah, 91 (3-way tie)
Thomas, 90
Carter, 85 (tie)
Theo, 85 (tie)
Gabriel, 82
Jacob, 80
Lincoln, 79
Aiden, 76 (tie)
Hudson, 76 (tie)
Grayson, 75 (tie)
Walker, 75 (tie)
Emmett, 73 (tie)
Isaac, 73 (tie)
Cooper, 70 (3-way tie)
Luca, 70 (3-way tie)
Samuel, 70 (3-way tie)
Jasper, 69 (tie)
Mason, 69 (tie)
Arthur, 67 (3-way tie)
David, 67 (3-way tie)
Wesley, 67 (3-way tie)
Nolan, 66 (tie)
Parker, 66 (tie)
Nearly 13,000 names were registered in Alberta in 2022, and well over 8,000 of these names were given to a single baby. Here’s a selection of the baby names bestowed just once in the province last year:
Sonoma County, located north of San Francisco, is part of California’s famous Wine Country region.
Last year, Sonoma welcomed 4,583 babies. What were the most popular names among these babies? Camila and Mateo.
Here are Sonoma’s top 50+ girl names and top 50+ boy names of 2022:
Girl Names
Camila, 28 baby girls
Emma, 25
Sofia, 22
Isabella, 21 (tie)
Mia, 21 (tie)
Amelia, 20
Luna, 18
Elizabeth, 17 (tie)
Olivia, 17 (tie)
Charlotte, 15 (tie)
Penelope, 15 (tie)
Maya, 14
Evelyn, 13 (4-way tie)
Gianna, 13 (4-way tie)
Natalie, 13 (4-way tie)
Riley, 13 (4-way tie)
Ella, 12 (6-way tie)
Emily, 12 (6-way tie)
Nora, 12 (6-way tie)
Ruby, 12 (6-way tie)
Samantha, 12 (6-way tie)
Sophia, 12 (6-way tie)
Aria, 11 (4-way tie)
Mila, 11 (4-way tie)
Scarlett, 11 (4-way tie)
Zoey, 11 (4-way tie)
Catalina, 10 (5-way tie)
Victoria, 10 (5-way tie)
Violet, 10 (5-way tie)
Ximena, 10 (5-way tie)
???, 10 (5-way tie)
The dataset included a blank entry with 10 babies. Perhaps the name was accidentally deleted, or this entry represents 10 Sonoma babies that have yet to be named…?
Abigail, 9 (6-way tie)
Audrey, 9 (6-way tie)
Ava, 9 (6-way tie)
Avery, 9 (6-way tie)
Hazel, 9 (6-way tie)
Lucia, 9 (6-way tie)
Chloe, 8 (5-way tie)
Layla, 8 (5-way tie)
Natalia, 8 (5-way tie)
Piper, 8 (5-way tie)
Zoe, 8 (5-way tie)
Aaliyah, 7 (17-way tie)
Alina, 7 (17-way tie)
Athena, 7 (17-way tie)
Bella, 7 (17-way tie)
Cora, 7 (17-way tie)
Daisy, 7 (17-way tie)
Eleanor, 7 (17-way tie)
Eliana, 7 (17-way tie)
Ellie, 7 (17-way tie)
Genesis, 7 (17-way tie)
Harper, 7 (17-way tie)
Isla, 7 (17-way tie)
June, 7 (17-way tie)
Kira, 7 (17-way tie)
Madison, 7 (17-way tie)
Sadie, 7 (17-way tie)
Willow, 7 (17-way tie)
Boy Names
Mateo, 26 baby boys
Liam, 24
Henry, 20 (3-way tie)
Hudson, 20 (3-way tie)
Santiago, 20 (3-way tie)
Noah, 19 (tie)
Sebastian, 19 (tie)
Oliver, 17
Aiden, 16 (3-way tie)
Daniel, 16 (3-way tie)
Lucas, 16 (3-way tie)
James, 15 (4-way tie)
Levi, 15 (4-way tie)
Theodore, 15 (4-way tie)
Wyatt, 15 (4-way tie)
Angel, 14 (4-way tie)
Isaac, 14 (4-way tie)
Jack, 14 (4-way tie)
Jackson, 14 (4-way tie)
Damian, 13 (7-way tie)
Emiliano, 13 (7-way tie)
Emilio, 13 (7-way tie)
Ian, 13( 7-way tie)
Juan, 13 (7-way tie)
Julian, 13 (7-way tie)
Luca, 13 (7-way tie)
Adrian, 12 (8-way tie)
Adriel, 12 (8-way tie)
Jayden, 12 (8-way tie)
Jose, 12 (8-way tie)
Leo, 12 (8-way tie)
Mason, 12 (8-way tie)
Theo, 12 (8-way tie)
William, 12 (8-way tie)
Aaron, 11 (6-way tie)
Anthony, 11 (6-way tie)
Cameron, 11 (6-way tie)
Logan, 11 (6-way tie)
Michael, 11 (6-way tie)
Roman, 11 (6-way tie)
Christopher, 10 (6-way tie)
Kai, 10 (6-way tie)
Lorenzo, 10 (6-way tie)
Miguel, 10 (6-way tie)
Owen, 10 (6-way tie)
Quinn, 10 (6-way tie)
Axel, 9 (9-way tie)
Caleb, 9 (9-way tie)
Dominic, 9 (9-way tie)
Ezekiel, 9 (9-way tie)
Felix, 9 (9-way tie)
Gabriel, 9 (9-way tie)
Maverick, 9 (9-way tie)
Rowan, 9 (9-way tie)
Samuel, 9 (9-way tie)
Lower down on the list, we find 3 boys named Oslo and 2 named Kawika (the Hawaiian form of David).
And here’s a sampling of the many names that were bestowed just once in Sonoma last year:
Some possible explanations/influences for a few of the above:
Alofa means “love” in Samoan.
Dechen means “great bliss” in Tibetan.
Etsai means “devil” in Basque.
Iroh is a character from the animated TV series Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Javelin originally referred to a light spear used in hunting, but today it’s more closely linked to either the Olympic sport or the missile used by the military.
Ka Iulani could be a reference to Hawaii’s last heir apparent, Princess Ka’iulani.
Kaleo means “the voice” or “the sound” in Hawaiian. (It’s also the name of an Icelandic rock band.)
The simplest answer is “Biblical names,” but that’s not the full answer.
Because certain Biblical names are preferred over others, and Biblical names aren’t used exclusively.
Plus, the prevalence of a name could vary depending upon the specific Amish settlement you’re talking about.
I’ve gathered about 100 of the most common Amish names below. Before we get into specifics, though, here’s a bit of background on the Amish…
Who are the Amish?
The Amish are an Anabaptist group that intentionally maintain a degree of separation from the wider world. They wear plain clothing, eschew modern conveniences (like cars), and partake in traditional occupations such as farming, carpentry, blacksmithing, and (for women) homemaking.
The Anabaptist movement began in Europe in the 1520s, at the time of the Protestant Reformation. The Anabaptists were particularly known for the practice of adult baptism. They were also opposed to war, and they believed in the separation of church and state.
Considered radicals, the Anabaptists were widely persecuted.
In 1693, the Swiss branch of the Anabaptist movement (a.k.a., the Swiss Brethren) experienced a schism. Those who followed reformer Jacob Amman came to be known as the Amish, whereas those who did not came to be known as the Mennonites (after Dutchman Menno Simons, one of the original Anabaptist leaders).
In the early 1700s, many Amish (and Mennonites) immigrated to the New World — specifically to the Province of Pennsylvania, which had been founded upon the principle of religious freedom.
Today, over 367,000 Amish live in the U.S., and roughly two-thirds of them reside in three states: Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana.
Common Amish names
The most comprehensive source of Amish names I came across was also the oldest, so let’s go through all the sources chronologically.
In 1960, researcher Elmer L. Smith published data on the most common male and female names among the Amish of southeastern Pennsylvania from 1890 to 1956.
The 1,337 Amish males in the study shared a total of just 72 different first names. Over a quarter of the males had one of the top three names (John, Amos, or Jacob), and over 81% had one of the top 20 names.
The 1,356 Amish females in the study shared even fewer first names: only 55. Over a quarter of the females had one of the top three names (Mary, Sarah, or Annie), and over 88% had a top-20 name.
According to Smith’s research, these were the 20 most common names per gender (plus their frequency of usage):
Amish female names
Amish male names
1
Mary, 10.0%
John, 11.9%
2
Sarah, 7.9%
Amos, 7.3%
3
Annie, 9.1%*
Jacob, 6.5%
4
Katie, 7.1%
David, 6.4%
5
Lizzie, 6.4%
Samuel, 6.2%
6
Rebecca, 6.1%
Christian, 6.1%
7
Fannie, 5.3%
Daniel, 5.5%
8
Barbara, 5.1%
Benjamin, 3.8%
9
Rachel, 5.1%
Levi, 3.7%
10
Lydia, 4.9%
Aaron, 3.1%
11
Emma, 3.8%
Jonas, 3.0%
12
Malinda, 3.5%
Elam, 2.8%
13
Susie, 3.2%
Stephen, 2.8%
14
Sadie, 2.5%
Isaac, 2.5%
15
Leah, 1.9%
Henry, 2.4%
16
Hannah, 1.5%
Jonathan, 1.8%
17
Naomi, 1.4%
Eli, 1.7%
18
Mattie, 1.3%
Gideon, 1.6%
19
Lavina, 1.1%
Moses, 1.5%
20
Arie, 1.1%
Joseph, 1.1%
*Annie was ranked below Sarah in the research paper, but this seems to be a typo, given the percentages.
Smith also wrote the following:
Other given names for males may reflect the important place the martyred forefathers hold in the minds of the sect members. The given name Menno is frequently found; this honors Menno Simmons [sic] an early leader of the plain sects. Ammon is also quite common, and is traced to Jacob Amman for whom the Amish sect is named; otherwise given names are from the Bible.
(Menno, a form of the Dutch name Meine, can be traced back to the Old High German word magan, meaning “strength.” The occupational surname Amman(n), which was derived from the German word amtmann, originally referred to someone employed as an official or administrator.)
A couple of years after Smith’s study came out, Dr. William Schreiber (a professor at the College of Wooster in Ohio) published a book about the Amish of east-central Ohio. In one paragraph, he mentioned some of the names he’d encountered:
One learns here that the good old biblical names are still common with the Amish but are in competition with modern or more euphonious ones. The names of the children of large families are often a study in contrasts. In one family there are, for example, Benjamin, Samuel, Isaac, Stephen, John, Israel, Christ, Barbara, Mary, Hannah, Annie, Mattie, and Lizzie. Another family has chosen these names for its children: Sarah, Lizzie, Samuel, Benjamin, John, Annie, Marie, Daniel, David, Enos, Sylvia, and Malinda. Then there are three Amish brothers named Isaac, Levi, and Elmer. One wonders how Vesta, Delila, Dena, Saloma, Drusilla, or Verba, or boys’ names like Junie, Venus, or Aquilla came into strict Christian families?
Speaking of east-central Ohio, Barbara Yoder Hall — who was born in 1940 and grew up with ten siblings in the Amish community of Holmes County — recalled in her book Born Amish (1980) the following first names:
First names for girls are usually Cora, Mattie, Annie, Lizzie, Barbara, Fannie, Katie, Mary, Naomi, Emma, Jemima, Ella, Sarah, Levina and Mandy.
First names for boys are John, Mose, Ferdinand, Dannie, Sam, Amos, Albert, Emanual, Levi, Rudy, Enos, Eli, Jacob and Joseph.
Now for a pair of sources from the digital age…
The website Amish America, run by Erik Wesner (who is not Amish, but has visited Amish communities in 15 different states), lists the following names as being common among the Amish. He found many of the male names in Raber’s Almanac, which “contains a listing of Amish church ministers,” while many of the female names came from various church directories.
Common Amish female names
Common Amish male names
Elizabeth Emma Fannie Hannah Katie Linda Lizzie Lovina/Lavina Martha Mary Miriam Naomi Rebecca Ruby Ruth Sadie Sarah Waneta
Abram Amos Atlee Eli Elmer Harley Isaac Jacob John Lavern Leroy Mark Melvin Mervin Samuel Vernon Wayne Willis
Some of Erik’s commentary…
Eli: “You see a lot of Elis among Amish, but not many Elijahs.”
Leroy: “Seems to be more common in Midwestern communities.”
Lizzie: “Lizzie is a popular form in some Pennsylvania communities.”
Naomi: “Amish, at least in Lancaster County, pronounce this ‘Nay-oh-mah.'”
Ruby: “Quite a few Rubies in northern Indiana.”
Vernon: “[P]retty common in places like northern Indiana and Holmes County, Ohio.”
Finally, according to the blog Amish Heritage, written by a woman named Anna (who grew up Amish in Pennsylvania), common Amish names include…
Common Amish female names
Common Amish male names
Amanda Anna/Annie Barbara Betty Clara Edna Elizabeth Esther Fannie Hannah Lavina Lena Lydia Malinda Martha Mary Miriam Naomi Priscilla Rachel Rebecca Ruth Sadie Sarah Susie
Aaron Abner Abram Amos Benuel Christian/Christ Daniel David Eli Elmer Emmanuel Henry Isaac Jacob John Jonas Leroy Lloyd Mark Melvin Mervin Moses Omar Paul Samuel Steven/Stephen Vernon
Both websites noted that some Amish communities (particularly New Order Amish communities) have recently started giving their children less traditional first names.
So how do these lists square with what we’ve observed in the U.S. baby name data?
It’s hard to tell with historically popular names like Mary and John, but we can see some interesting things when we focus on relatively rare names.
For instance, the names Atlee, Benuel, Delila, Dena, Lavina, Menno, Saloma, and Willis have all been mentioned recently in my posts about names with a high degree of state specificity (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021). As you’d expect, they were associated with the states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and/or Indiana. (Benuel, in fact, has only ever appeared in the Pennsylvania data — going all the way back to the 1940s.)
Several of the other names — including Amos, Elam, Fannie, Malinda, and Mervin — saw higher usage in Pennsylvania than in any other state in 2021.
I was surprised that none of my sources listed the name Barbie. Most of them mentioned Barbara (one of them was even named Barbara), and all of them included nicknames (like Lizzie). But Barbara’s diminutive form was curiously absent — even though most of its usage occurs in Pennsylvania:
Girls named Barbie, U.S.
Girls named Barbie, Penn.
2021
37
22 (59%)
2020
26
17 (65%)
2019
33
20 (61%)
2018
21
13 (62%)
2017
29
16 (55%)
2016
28
14 (50%)
Rhoda and Mahlon are two more names that I somewhat expected to see.
Ammon is a very interesting case, because the name also has significance to an entirely different religious group: the Mormons. (The Book of Mormon features two prominent figures named Ammon.) From the 1910s to the 1960s, the name Ammon — much like Benuel — only appeared in the Pennsylvania data. Since the 1980s, though, the state with the largest number of baby boys named Ammon has been Utah.
What are your thoughts on the first names used by the Amish? Which of the above do you like the most?
And, for anyone out there with close ties to an Amish family/community: What other names would you add to this list?
P.S. This post is dedicated to my delightful commenters alex and Andrea. :)
Goyer, Tricia. The One Year Book of Amish Peace. Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 2013.
Hall, Barbara Yoder. “Our Own Cute Baby.” Amish Roots: A Treasury of History, Wisdom, and Lore, ed. by John A. Hostetler, The John Hopkins University Press, 1989, pp. 219-220.
Schreiber, William Ildephonse. Our Amish Neighbors. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1962.
According to data from Ireland’s Central Statistics Office (CSO), the most popular baby names in the country last year were Fiadh and Jack.
Here are Ireland’s top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2021:
Girl Names
Fiadh, 424 baby girls
Grace, 412
Emily, 388
Sophie, 336
Éabha, 288
Lucy, 287
Mia, 279
Ava, 272
Lily, 271
Ella, 268
Amelia, 265
Chloe, 243
Hannah, 238
Sophia, 234
Emma, 233
Ellie, 228
Isla, 226
Molly, 219 (3-way tie)
Olivia, 219 (3-way tie)
Sadie, 219 (3-way tie)
Anna, 209
Freya, 208
Evie, 190 (tie)
Saoirse, 190 (tie)
Caoimhe, 183
Ruby, 180
Robyn, 175
Kate, 172
Willow, 166
Sofia, 162
Holly, 160
Aoife, 159
Cara, 155
Róisín, 152
Katie, 150 (tie)
Sadhbh, 150 (tie)
Leah, 148 (tie)
Millie, 148 (tie)
Isabelle, 147
Alice, 138 (tie)
Clodagh, 138 (tie)
Zoe, 136
Sarah, 134
Erin, 132
Ada, 131
Annie, 129
Bonnie, 128
Charlotte, 122 (tie)
Layla, 122 (tie)
Rosie, 118
Boy Names
Jack, 667 baby boys
Noah, 475
James, 442
Conor, 360
Rían, 357
Liam, 353
Charlie, 345
Daniel, 325
Cillian, 322
Tadhg, 318
Michael, 310
Oisín, 302
Finn, 299
Fionn, 289
Thomas, 288
Seán, 274
Darragh, 273
Luke, 268
Patrick, 266
Harry, 264
Alex, 253
Adam, 237
Cian, 217
Theo, 210
Oliver, 208
Dylan, 205
Jamie, 203
John, 198
Leo, 192
Oscar, 189
Ollie, 187
Ben, 185
Tom, 181
Bobby, 179
Ryan, 172
Tommy, 171
Matthew, 170 (tie)
Max, 170 (tie)
Callum, 162
Sam, 161
Danny, 158
Aaron, 151
Alexander, 150
Alfie, 147 (tie)
Jake, 147 (tie)
Mason, 143
David, 141
Joseph, 139
Jacob, 137
Ethan, 135
In the girls’ top 10, Éabha and Lily replaced Amelia and Hannah. (In both 2019 and 2020, Éabha was the fastest-rising girl name in Ireland.)
In the boys’ top 10, Rían, Cillian, and Tadhg replaced Finn, Fionn, and Harry.
Newbies to the girls’ top 100 were Indie, Ayla and Lottie; newbies to the boys’ top 100 were Teddy, Daithí, Páidí, Jaxon, Brody, Ted, Hunter, Tadgh, Tiernan, and Arlo.
The fastest-rising names in the top 100 in terms of numbers of babies were:
Rían (which was already on the rise) and Croía have both given a boost recently by Irish MMA fighter Conor McGregor, who welcomed a daughter named Croía Mairéad at the start of 2019 and a son named Rían in May of 2021.
Here’s what writer and Irish language activist Darach Ó Séaghdha’s had to say about the rise of Rían (and Éabha):
Given that the first name Ryan started to decline in popularity in the 2010s around the time Rian and Rían began to ascend it is reasonable to see Rían as an update or replacement to Ryan, much as Éabha has climbed in popularity as Eve, Ava and Aoibhe have wavered.
He also noted that “Rían and Rian would be the [most popular] Gaeilge-origin boy name if counted together, edging ahead of Conor.”
P.S. To follow up on Friday’s post about the free lighthouse tour…the name Patrick is currently ranked 19th in Ireland, but none of the other three names (Paddy, Pat, or Patricia) rank anywhere near the top 100. That said, one of the names new to the boys’ top 100 last year was Páidí (pronounced paw-dee) — a pet form of Pádraig, which is an Irish form of Patrick.
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