Popular baby names in Knox County (Illinois), 2024

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Last year, the Illinois county of Knox welcomed 577 babies — 281 girls and 296 boys.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Elizabeth/Willow (tie) and Asher/Liam (tie).

Here are Knox County’s top 5+ girl names and top 5+ boy names of 2024:

Girl names

  1. Elizabeth, 4 baby girls (tie)
  2. Willow, 4 (tie)
  3. Abigail, 3 (4-way tie)
  4. Amelia, 3 (4-way tie)
  5. Ivy, 3 (4-way tie)
  6. Lillian, 3 (4-way tie)

Boy names

  1. Asher, 4 baby boys (tie)
  2. Liam, 4 (tie)
  3. Benjamin, 3 (9-way tie)
  4. Jackson, 3 (9-way tie)
  5. Kayson, 3 (9-way tie)
  6. Levi, 3 (9-way tie)
  7. Lincoln, 3 (9-way tie)
  8. Mateo, 3 (9-way tie)
  9. Theodore, 3 (9-way tie)
  10. Walker, 3 (9-way tie)
  11. Weston, 3 (9-way tie)

In 2023, the top names in the county were Ava and Isabelle (2-way tie) and Ezra, Liam, Oliver, and Theodore (4-way tie).

Source: Redfern, Jay. “The most popular baby names of 2024 in Knox County have been released.” WGIL 2 Jan. 2025.

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Popular baby names in Peterborough (England), 2024

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Last year, the English city of Peterborough (located 75 miles north of London) welcomed about 3,615 babies.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Sofia and Mohammad, according to provisional data released in late December, 2024, by the Peterborough City Council’s Register Office.

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

Girl names

  1. Sofia
  2. Amelia
  3. Ivy
  4. Olivia
  5. Lily
  6. Ava
  7. Freya
  8. Mia
  9. Daisy
  10. Isla

Boy names

  1. Mohammad
  2. Noah
  3. George
  4. Leo
  5. Theodore
  6. Arthur
  7. Charlie
  8. Henry
  9. Elijah
  10. Oliver

I’ve never posted rankings for Peterborough before, but research reveals that the city’s top names of 2018 were Olivia and Mohammad. In fact, “Mohammad” (which includes Mohammed, Muhammad, and all other spellings) had been the #1 boy name “[f]or the 11th year in a row” at that point.

Here are the most recent rankings for England and Wales (2023), as well as a recent-ish sent set of rankings for the English county of Oxfordshire (located 60 miles north-west of London).

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Popular baby names in Israel, 2024

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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 press 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.

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Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 2024

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The state of Rhode Island likely welcomed more than 9,000* babies last year.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Charlotte and Liam, according to provisional data released in late December, 2024, by the Rhode Island Department of Health’s Center for Vital Records.

Here are Rhode Island’s projected top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2024:

Girl names

  1. Charlotte
  2. Mia
  3. Amelia
  4. Emma
  5. Olivia
  6. Sophia
  7. Ava
  8. Violet
  9. Maeve
  10. Isla

Boy names

  1. Liam
  2. Lucas
  3. Noah
  4. Theodore
  5. Luca
  6. Henry
  7. Oliver
  8. Michael
  9. James
  10. Owen

In the girls’ top 10, Ava, Violet and Maeve — a trio of names with the letter v — replaced Nora, Luna, and Isabella.

And in the boys’ top 10, Oliver and Owen — a pair of o-names — replaced Julian and Benjamin.

Finally, if you’d like to see Rhode Island’s projected rankings for 2023, you can find them in this post.

*The state welcomed 9,271 babies in 2023.

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