How popular is the baby name Sara in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Sara.
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The top baby names in Slovakia during the first eleven and a half months of 2023 were Sofia and Jakub, according to the Ministry of the Interior of the Slovak Republic.
Here are the country’s top 20 girl names and top 20 boy names of 2023 (from January 1 to December 14):
Girl names
Sofia, 615 baby girls
Eliška, 555
Viktória, 534
Nina, 512
Natália, 498
Ema, 496
Sára, 492
Nela, 423
Olívia, 400
Mia, 379
Hana, 373
Diana, 355
Laura, 340
Tamara, 335
Anna, 331
Emma, 314
Timea, 296
Karolína, 285
Júlia, 283
Kristína, 270
Boy names
Jakub, 914 baby boys
Samuel, 798
Adam, 792
Šimon, 742
Michal, 682
Oliver, 663
Tomáš, 602
Filip, 521
Matej, 501
Martin, 483
Tobias, 471
Lukáš, 460
Matúš, 445
Alex, 440
Dominik, 433
Richard, 414
Peter, 412
Dávid, 390
Patrik , 386
Matias, 369
Since 2010, the top two names in Slovakia have predominantly been Sofia and Jakub. (Adam reached the top spot for boys in 2014 and 2015; Ema and Nina reached the top spot for girls in 2020 and 2021, respectively.)
From 2003 to 2009, the top two names were Viktória and Samuel.
Finally, here are Slovakia’s 2022 rankings, if you’d like to compare last year to the year before.
Last year, the island nation of Iceland welcomed over 4,200 babies.
What were the most popular names among these babies? Emilía and Birnir.
Below are Iceland’s top 50+ girl names and top 50+ boy names of 2023. (Please note that I created these two gendered sets of rankings from the single non-gendered set of rankings that Iceland released.)
Girl names
Emilía, 23 baby girls
Sara, 22
Aþena, 21 (3-way tie)
Embla, 21 (3-way tie)
Sóley, 21 (3-way tie)
Emma, 20
Katla, 19
Eva, 18 (4-way tie)
Lilja, 18 (4-way tie)
Una, 18 (4-way tie)
Viktoría, 18 (4-way tie)
Anna, 16 (3-way tie)
Bríet, 16 (3-way tie)
Hekla, 16 (3-way tie) – inspired by Hekla, the name of one of Iceland’s most active volcanoes.
Matthildur, 15 (tie)
Salka, 15 (tie)
Birta, 14 (3-way tie)
Hafdís, 14 (3-way tie)
Katrín, 14 (3-way tie)
Andrea, 13 (3-way tie)
Freyja, 13 (3-way tie)
Natalía, 13 (3-way tie)
Íris, 12 (4-way tie)
Iðunn, 12 (4-way tie)
Kristín, 12 (4-way tie)
Móeiður, 12 (4-way tie)
Ástrós, 11 (5-way tie)
Fanney, 11 (5-way tie) – modern coinage created from elements meaning “snowdrift” and “island.”
Hrafntinna, 11 (5-way tie)
Saga, 11 (5-way tie)
Ylfa, 11 (5-way tie)
Elín, 10 (5-way tie)
Heiðdís, 10 (5-way tie)
Hildur, 10 (5-way tie)
Júlía, 10 (5-way tie)
Laufey, 10 (5-way tie)
Amelía, 9 (12-way tie)
Aría, 9 (12-way tie)
Dagbjört, 9 (12-way tie)
Glódís, 9 (12-way tie) – modern coinage created from elements meaning “to shine” and “goddess.”
Helena, 9 (12-way tie)
Ísabella, 9 (12-way tie)
Karítas, 9 (12-way tie)
Klara, 9 (12-way tie)
Máney, 9 (12-way tie)
María, 9 (12-way tie)
Sigrún, 9 (12-way tie)
Sóldís, 9 (12-way tie)
Alexandra, 8 (9-way tie)
Edda, 8 (9-way tie)
Eldey, 8 (9-way tie)
Harpa, 8 (9-way tie)
Írena, 8 (9-way tie)
Margrét, 8 (9-way tie)
Rakel, 8 (9-way tie)
Ronja, 8 (9-way tie)
Þórdís, 8 (9-way tie)
Boy names
Birnir, 30 baby boys
Emil, 28
Elmar, 25 (tie)
Jón, 25 (tie)
Óliver 24
Aron, 23
Viktor, 22
Jökull, 21
Alexander, 20
Atlas, 19
Gunnar, 18
Baldur, 17 (tie)
Mikael, 17 (tie)
Breki, 16 (3-way tie) – derived from an Old Norse word meaning “breaker.”
Styrmir, 16 (3-way tie)
Theodór, 16 (3-way tie)
Arnar, 15 (3-way tie)
Kári, 15 (3-way tie)
Óðinn, 15 (3-way tie)
Baltasar, 14 (3-way tie)
Elías, 14 (3-way tie)
Huginn, 14 (3-way tie)
Daníel, 13 (4-way tie)
Hilmir, 13 (4-way tie)
Ísak, 13 (4-way tie)
Úlfur, 13 (4-way tie)
Gabríel, 12 (4-way tie)
Guðmundur, 12 (4-way tie)
Ólafur, 12 (4-way tie)
Tómas, 12 (4-way tie)
Ari, 11 (11-way tie)
Benedikt, 11 (11-way tie)
Benjamín, 11 (11-way tie)
Björn, 11 (11-way tie)
Brynjar, 11 (11-way tie)
Dagur, 11 (11-way tie)
Erik, 11 (11-way tie)
Kristján, 11 (11-way tie)
Kristófer, 11 (11-way tie)
Matthías, 11 (11-way tie)
Sigurður, 11 (11-way tie)
Anton, 10 (7-way tie)
Atli, 10 (7-way tie)
Ágúst, 10 (7-way tie)
Hinrik, 10 (7-way tie)
Jóhann, 10 (7-way tie)
Magnús, 10 (7-way tie)
Stefán, 10 (7-way tie)
Adam, 9 (8-way tie)
Bergur, 9 (8-way tie)
Birkir, 9 (8-way tie)
Leó, 9 (8-way tie)
Máni, 9 (8-way tie)
Óskar, 9 (8-way tie)
Stormur, 9 (8-way tie)
Tristan, 9 (8-way tie)
Interesting names from outside the top 50 include…
Rökkvi (masculine name, given to 8 babies), which may mean “twilight.”
Kolbrá (fem., 5 babies), a modern coinage created from elements meaning “black, dark” and “eyelash.”
Hrafnkatla (fem., 3 babies), the feminine form of Hrafnkell, which is made up of elements meaning “raven” and “cauldron.”
Tindur (masc., 3 babies), derived from an Old Norse word meaning “spike,” “tooth,” “mountain peak.”
Þráinn (masc., 3 babies), based on an Old Norse word meaning “obstinacy.”
Krummi (masc., 2 babies), which could mean either “bent, crooked” or “raven.”
And what about the single-use names?
Over 980 names were bestowed just once in Iceland last year. Here’s a sampling of Iceland’s unique baby names of 2023:
Here are simplified definitions for a few of the above…
Friðþjófur (masc.), made up of elements meaning “peace” and “thief”
A name that means “peace thief” seems very appropriate for a newborn baby. :)
Gígja (fem.), meaning “fiddle.”
Ösp (fem.), meaning “aspen tree.”
Röskva (fem.), meaning “vigorous,” “brave.”
Spói (masc.), from the Icelandic word spói, which refers to the whimbrel (a type of bird).
Gíslason — a surname that was likely used as a masculine forename (given that -son ending) — may have been inspired by Icelandic soccer player Rúrik Gíslason.
The spelling Moeisha also debuted in 1996, as did the variant forms Moeshia and Oesha.
What made the name Moesha so trendy in the mid-1990s?
The TV sitcom Moesha (pronounced moh-EE-shah), which began airing in January of 1996.
The show’s protagonist was “hip, smart and opinionated” African-American teenager Moesha Mitchell.
At the start of the series, Moesha lived in a middle-class Los Angeles neighborhood with her dad, her little brother Myles, and her new stepmom — who also happened to be a teacher at her high school. Her friends included Kim and Hakeem, and she was secretly dating a boy named Ohagi. (Ohagi, pronounced oh-HAH-jee, was a one-hit wonder in the data in 1996.)
The name of the sitcom’s main character was chosen by Sara Finney, one of Moesha‘s three co-creators. Finney, who was inspired in part by name of her niece Tiesha, explained:
We wanted a name that reflected the fact [that] a lot of African-American girls born in the 1970s and 1980s have this ‘esha’ sound at the end of their names.
The actress who portrayed Moesha was none other than Brandy Norwood — better known as mononymous R&B singer Brandy. She also sang the show’s theme song, of course.
By the time the sitcom premiered, Brandy had already scored three top-ten hits: “I Wanna Be Down,” “Baby,” and “Brokenhearted” (a duet with Wanyá Morris of Boyz II Men). Her early success on the charts accounts for the uptick in usage of the baby name Brandy in 1995.
Last year, the European country of Poland welcomed approximately 272,000 babies.
What were the most popular names among all these babies? Zofia and Nikodem.
Here are Poland’s top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2023:
Girl names
Zofia, 4,968 baby girls
Zuzanna, 4,800
Laura, 4,602
Hanna, 4,565
Maja, 4,461
Julia, 4,254
Oliwia, 3,846
Pola, 3,692
Alicja, 3,593
Maria, 3,137
Lena, 2,966
Antonina, 2,912
Emilia, 2,785
Amelia, 2,759
Klara, 2,660
Michalina, 2,644
Iga, 2,563
Liliana, 2,561
Wiktoria, 2,531
Helena, 2,511
Marcelina, 2,351
Gabriela, 1,883
Aleksandra, 1,878
Nela, 1,768
Kornelia, 1,761
Lucja, 1,732
Blanka, 1,636
Anna, 1,581
Nadia, 1,565
Natalia, 1,441
Lilianna, 1,422
Jagoda, 1,410
Mia, 1,232
Milena, 1,148
Róza, 1,132
Kaja, 1,127
Rozalia, 1,103
Anastazja, 1,063
Nina, 1,001
Aniela, 984
Weronika, 959
Sara, 937
Nikola, 917
Barbara, 892
Aurelia, 880
Matylda, 845
Liwia, 779
Karolina, 752
Martyna, 712
Agata, 656
Boy names
Nikodem, 6,532 baby boys
Antoni, 5,663
Jan, 5,638
Aleksander, 5,625
Franciszek, 4,965
Leon, 4,916
Jakub, 4,474
Ignacy, 4,166
Mikolaj, 4,081
Stanislaw, 3,874
Filip, 3,506
Szymon, 3,269
Wojciech, 3,078
Adam, 2,889
Tymon, 2,782
Marcel, 2,759
Kacper, 2,684
Maksymilian, 2,655
Oliwier, 2,578
Wiktor, 2,347
Michal, 2,183
Igor, 1,899
Julian, 1,855 (tie)
Milosz, 1,855 (tie)
Tymoteusz, 1,724 (tie)
Gabriel, 1,724 (tie)
Oskar, 1,683
Piotr, 1,630
Dawid, 1,276
Bruno, 1,186
Hubert, 1,159
Krzysztof, 1,069
Natan, 1,065
Bartosz, 1,053
Dominik, 1,022
Mateusz, 900
Cezary, 886
Henryk, 880
Alan, 869
Karol, 866
Tadeusz, 861
Fabian, 837
Tomasz, 830
Maciej, 783
Teodor, 761
Ksawery, 752
Milan, 733
Artur, 722
Leo, 669
Pawel, 640
(Because L-with-a-stroke and Z-with-an-overdot don’t render properly on my site, you’ll have to imagine they exist in several of the above: the girl names Lucja and Róza, and the boy names Mikolaj, Stanislaw, Michal, Milosz, and Pawel.)
Poland’s data goes all the way down to names with just two instances of usage, so here’s a sampling of the rare baby names at the opposite end of the spectrum:
On the girls’ side: Jutrzenka means “dawn” in Polish, and Nasturcja is the Polish word for nasturtium (a type of flower).
On the boys’ side: Hleb (Belarusian) comes from Gleb (Russian), which comes from Guðleifr (Old Norse: “god” + “heir”), and Zawisza can be traced back to a Slavic word meaning “envy.”
Finally, here are Poland’s 2022 rankings, if you’d like to compare last year to the year before.
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