How popular is the baby name Sophie 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 Sophie.
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The mountainous country of Austria, located in the southern part of Central Europe, shares borders with eight other countries (including Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Hungary, Italy, and Slovenia).
Last year, Austria welcomed over 86,000 babies — 41,841 girls and 44,237 boys.
What were the most popular names among these babies? Marie and Paul.
Here are Austria’s top 25 girl names and top 25 boy names of 2021:
The Channel Islands are an archipelago in the English Channel. They are divided into two territories — the bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey — and, like the Isle of Man, they are Crown Dependencies, but not officially part of the UK. (The residents of all three regions are British citizens, though.)
The Bailiwick of Jersey includes the most-populous island, Jersey, while the Bailiwick of Guernsey includes the less-populous islands of Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, and Herm.
English is the official language in both bailiwicks, but local forms of Norman French (like Jèrriais, and Guernesiais) are also spoken on certain islands.
Channel Islands (off the coast of France)
Now, on to the names!
Jersey
Last year, Jersey welcomed a total of 890 babies — 426 girls and 464 boys. Here are the island’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2021:
Girl Names
Sienna
Isla
Olivia
Willow
Ellie
Maria
Sophia
Valentina
Amelia
Charlotte
Boy Names
Arthur
Oliver
Noah
Freddie
Alexander
Lucas
Toby
William
Henry
Sebastian
Since 2014, the name Sienna has reached the girls’ top 10 only twice…but it ranked #1 both times. I can’t account for the higher usage in 2018, but the 2021 return could be attributable to the influence of royal baby Sienna Elizabeth, born in September to Princess Beatrice.
Guernsey
Last year, Guernsey welcomed a total of 527 babies — 263 girls and 264 boys. Here are the bailiwick’s top girl names and top boy names of 2021:
Girl Names
Olivia, 6 baby girls
Charlotte, 4 (6-way tie)
Evie, 4 (6-way tie)
Florence, 4 (6-way tie)
Imogen, 4 (6-way tie)
Isla, 4 (6-way tie)
Penelope, 4 (6-way tie)
Boy Names
Luca, 6 baby boys (tie)
Theodore, 6 (tie)
Archie, 5 (3-way tie)
Leo, 5 (3-way tie)
Theo, 5 (3-way tie)
Arthur, 4 (6-way tie)
George, 4 (6-way tie)
Max, 4 (6-way tie)
Oscar, 4 (6-way tie)
Thomas, 4 (6-way tie)
William, 4 (6-way tie)
My source also mentioned a few other facts…
Isabella was given to 3 baby girls, Jessica to 2, and Isabella-Jude, Izabella, and Isabelle to 1 each.
Lucas was given to 3 baby boys, and Matthew, Mateus, Matheus, and James to 1 each.
Over 54% of the babies born in Guernsey last year were given a name that was used just once.
Back in 1996, the top names in Guernsey were Jessica, Lauren, and Sophie (a 3-way tie) and James.
This is the first time I’ve posted rankings for Guernsey, but I’ve been posting Jersey’s rankings for a few years — here’s 2020, for instance.
P.S. In case you’re wondering, the word “bailiwick” refers to the jurisdiction of a bailiff.
The Netherlands were occupied by German forces for most of WWII.
During that time, many Dutch Jews went into hiding. The Bouwman family of Haarlem, for instance, was split up between two homes: Parents Mozes and Sophie Bouwman hid with one family, while their children Lion and Koosje hid with another.
In early 1944, Sophie discovered that she was pregnant. Registering a baby would have been dangerous, both for her and for the family sheltering her, so a plan was hatched: a nearby childless couple (Vivian and Catherine Rowe) would stage a fake pregnancy, and, when Sophie gave birth, the Rowes would take the baby in and pretend it was their own.
On September 2, 1944, Sophie — being “attended by a doctor and nurses sworn to secrecy” — welcomed a baby boy.
The child was named Albert Dirk in honor of the two men who had helped the Bouwmans find a home for their other two children.
As planned, over the next couple of days, the baby was smuggled out of the hospital and transported (via bicycle) to the home of the childless couple.
On September 4, the Rowes “joyfully announced the birth of a son, whom they named Thomas Franklin.” Notably, they took care of him through the hunger winter of 1944-45, “selling many of their personal possessions in order to buy food for him.”
Finally, in May of 1945, the war ended. They baby could be returned to his parents.
As an expression of gratitude, the Bouwmans added the name the Rowes had given him to his original name.
Though I couldn’t find any official records for the baby, at least one family tree website suggests that he was indeed given all four names: Albert Dirk Thomas Franklin Bouwman.
Sources:
Paldiel, Mordecai. The Path of the Righteous: Gentile Rescuers of Jews During the Holocaust. NY: KTAV, 1993.
Last year, England and Wales welcomed close to 625,000 babies.
What were the most popular names among these babies? Olivia and Noah.
Here are England and Wales’ top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2021:
Girl Names
Olivia, 3,649 baby girls
Amelia, 3,164
Isla, 2,683
Ava, 2,576
Ivy, 2,245
Freya, 2,187
Lily, 2,182
Florence, 2,180
Mia, 2,168
Willow, 2,067
Rosie, 2,028
Sophia, 2,019
Isabella, 2,010
Grace, 1,992
Daisy, 1,873
Sienna, 1,869
Poppy, 1,841
Elsie, 1,840
Emily, 1,797
Ella, 1,756
Evelyn, 1,729
Phoebe, 1,678
Sofia, 1,671
Evie, 1,670
Charlotte, 1,654
Harper, 1,480
Millie, 1,472
Matilda, 1,437
Maya, 1,433
Sophie, 1,375
Alice, 1,359
Emilia, 1,353
Isabelle, 1,304
Ruby, 1,300
Luna, 1,261
Maisie, 1,229
Aria, 1,202
Penelope, 1,194
Mila, 1,133
Bonnie, 1,121
Eva, 1,091
Hallie, 1,070
Eliza, 1,064
Ada, 1,058
Violet, 1,057
Esme, 1,013
Arabella, 1,012
Imogen, 998
Jessica, 997
Delilah, 981
Boy Names
Noah, 4,525 baby boys
Oliver, 4,167
George, 4,141
Arthur, 3,766
Muhammad, 3,722
Leo, 3,465
Harry, 3,089
Oscar, 3,071
Archie, 2,928
Henry, 2,912
Theodore, 2,889
Freddie, 2,873
Jack, 2,847
Charlie, 2,674
Theo, 2,514
Alfie, 2,338
Jacob, 2,319
Thomas, 2,302
Finley, 2,283
Arlo, 2,154
William, 2,093
Lucas, 1,965
Roman, 1,923
Tommy, 1,901
Isaac, 1,888
Teddy, 1,875
Alexander, 1,830
Luca, 1,807
Edward, 1,806
James, 1,772
Joshua, 1,737
Albie, 1,729
Elijah, 1,657
Max, 1,650
Mohammed, 1,619
Reuben, 1,534
Mason, 1,517
Sebastian, 1,516
Rory, 1,483
Jude, 1,482
Louie, 1,461
Benjamin, 1,423
Ethan, 1,398
Adam, 1,367
Hugo, 1,325
Joseph, 1,307
Reggie, 1,287
Ronnie, 1,285
Harrison, 1,254
Louis, 1,240
Two of the names that saw marked increases in usage last year, Luca and Raya, were helped along by the animated films Luca (2021) and Raya and the Last Dragon (2021).
And the name Lilibet re-surfaced in the data (after a seven-year absence) with eight baby girls, no doubt thanks to the royal influence of Prince Harry’s daughter Lilibet, who was born in California in June of 2021.
England’s nine regions
Home to nearly 56.5 million people, England is divided into nine regions. The top baby names within each of these regions last year were…
Boy names: Osian, Elis, Macsen, Cai, Morgan, Gruffydd, Rhys
Now it’s time for a selection of names from the other end of the spectrum. Each of the rare names below was given to just 3 babies in England and Wales in 2021:
P.S. The ongoing rise of the baby name Mabel accelerated in the late 2010s thanks to mononymous English singer/songwriter Mabel — who just so happens to be the niece of Eagle-Eye Cherry.
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