top 100 baby names
The most popular given names vary nationally, regionally, and culturally. Lists of widely-used given names can consist of those most often bestowed upon infants born within the last year, thus reflecting the current onomastic trends, or else be composed of the personal names occurring most within the total population.
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Contents
- 1 Popularity by region
- 1.1 Asia & Pacific
- 1.1.1 Male names
- 1.1.2 Female names
- 1.2 Europe
- 1.2.1 Male names
- 1.2.2 Female names
- 1.3 North & South America
- 1.3.1 Male names
- 1.3.2 Female names
- 2 United States
- 3 See also
- 4 References
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Popularity by region
The names listed in the following tables, unless otherwise noted, represent the most current top 10 breakdowns of what newborn children are commonly being christened in the various regions of the world.
Asia & Pacific
Male names
| Region (year) |
No. 1 |
No. 2 |
No. 3 |
No. 4 |
No. 5 |
No. 6 |
No. 7 |
No. 8 |
No. 9 |
No. 10 |
Northern Territory, Australia
(2005) [1] |
Jack |
James |
Lachlan |
Benjamin |
Joshua |
Ryan |
John |
Patrick |
Samuel |
William |
New South Wales, Australia
(2005) [2] |
Jack |
Lachlan |
William |
Joshua |
Thomas |
James |
Ryan |
Daniel |
Matthew |
Samuel |
Japan
(2002) citation needed] |
Shun |
Takumi |
Shō |
Ren |
Shōta |
Sōta |
Kaito |
Kenta |
Daiki |
Yū |
New Zealand
(2003) [3] |
Joshua |
Jack |
Benjamin |
Samuel |
Daniel |
Jacob |
Ethan |
James |
Thomas |
Matthew |
| Philippines [4] |
Michael |
Ronald |
Ryan |
Joseph |
Joel |
Jeffrey |
Marlon |
Richard |
Noel |
Jonathan |
Turkey
(2000-2005) [5] |
Mehmet |
Yusuf |
Furkan |
Mustafa |
Emre |
n.a |
n.a |
n.a |
n.a |
n.a |
Female names
| Region (year) |
No. 1 |
No. 2 |
No. 3 |
No. 4 |
No. 5 |
No. 6 |
No. 7 |
No. 8 |
No. 9 |
No. 10 |
Australia
(2005) [2] |
Olivia |
Charlotte |
Emily |
Chloe |
Ella |
Jessica |
Isabella |
Sophie |
Mia |
Emma |
Japan
(2002) citation needed] |
Misaki |
Aoi |
Nanami |
Miu |
Riko |
Miyu |
Moe |
Mitsuki |
Yūka |
Rin |
New Zealand
(2003) [3] |
Emma |
Sophie |
Ella |
Emily |
Jessica |
Hannah |
Olivia |
Grace |
Charlotte |
Georgia |
| Philippines [4] |
Maricel |
Michelle |
Jennifer |
Janice |
Mary Grace |
Jocelyn |
Catherine |
Mary Anne |
Rowena |
Grace |
Turkey
(2000-2005) [5] |
Zeynep |
Merve |
Elif |
Irem |
Fatma |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a |
n.a |
Europe
Male names
| Region (year) |
No. 1 |
No. 2 |
No. 3 |
No. 4 |
No. 5 |
No. 6 |
No. 7 |
No. 8 |
No. 9 |
No. 10 |
Austria
(2003) [6] |
Lukas |
Florian |
Tobias |
David |
Alexander |
Fabian |
Michael |
Julian |
Daniel |
Simon |
Belgium
(2004) [7] |
Noah |
Thomas |
Lucas |
Milan |
Nathan |
Louis |
Maxime |
Arthur |
Robbe |
Hugo |
| Czech Republic (2005, among Czech-speakers) [8] |
Jan |
Jakub |
Tomáš |
Adam |
Ondřej |
Martin |
Filip |
Lukáš |
Vojtěch |
Matěj |
Denmark
(first half of 2005) [9] |
Magnus |
Lucas |
Mathias |
Oliver |
Frederik |
Emil |
Mikkel |
Tobias |
Nikolaj |
Victor |
England and Wales
(2006, b.) [10] |
Jack |
Thomas |
Joshua |
Oliver |
Harry |
James |
William |
Samuel |
Daniel |
Charlie |
Estonia
(2003, among Estonian-speakers)citation needed] |
Martin |
Markus |
Aleksander |
Rasmus |
Kevin |
Robin |
Sander |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Finland
(2005, among Finnish-speakers) [11] |
Veeti |
Eetu |
Aleksi |
Joona |
Elias |
Juho |
Lauri |
Arttu |
Leevi |
Matias |
France
(2003) [12] |
Lucas |
Théo |
Thomas |
Hugo |
Maxime |
Enzo |
Antoine |
Clément |
Alexandre |
Quentin |
Germany
(2005) [13] |
Alexander |
Maximilian |
Leon |
Lukas, Lucas |
Luca |
Paul |
Jonas |
Felix |
Tim |
David |
Hungary
(2005) [14] |
Bence |
Máté |
Balázs |
Dávid |
Dániel |
Levente |
Tamás |
Ádám |
Péter |
Gergő |
Iceland
(2001) [15] |
Sigurður |
Guðmundur |
Jón |
Gunnar |
Ólafur |
Magnús |
Einar |
Kristján |
Björn |
Bjarni |
Ireland
(2004) [16] |
Sean |
Jack |
Conor |
Adam |
James |
Daniel |
Cian |
Luke |
Michael |
Aaron |
Lithuania
(2004, total population)[17] |
Jonas |
Antanas |
Vytautas |
Juozas |
Petras |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Lithuania
(2005, babies born)[17] |
Lukas |
Matas |
Nojus |
Mantas |
Rokas |
Dovydas |
Dominykas |
Martynas |
Nedas |
Arnas |
Netherlands
(2005) [18] |
Daan |
Sem |
Thomas |
Tim |
Lucas |
Lars |
Thijs |
Milan |
Jesse |
Bram |
Northern Ireland
(2003) [19] |
Jack |
Matthew |
Adam |
James |
Ryan |
Joshua |
Conor |
Ben |
Daniel |
Dylan |
Norway
(2005) [20] |
Markus |
Mathias |
Jonas |
Kristian |
Tobias |
Alexander |
Adrian |
Henrik |
Andreas |
Martin |
Poland
(2004, total population) [21] |
Jan |
Andrzej |
Piotr |
Krzysztof |
Stanisław |
Tomasz |
Paweł |
Józef |
Marcin |
Marek |
Portugal
(2003) citation needed] |
João |
Tiago |
André |
Pedro |
Ricardo |
José |
Manuel |
Diogo |
Fábio |
Miguel |
Scotland
(2005) [22] |
Lewis |
Jack |
Callum |
James |
Ryan |
Cameron |
Kyle |
Jamie |
Daniel |
Matthew |
Slovenia
(2006, total population) [23] |
Franc |
Janez |
Anton |
Jožef |
Ivan |
Andrej |
Marko |
Jože |
Marjan |
Peter |
Spain
(2005, excluding Basque Country & Catalonia) [24] |
Alejandro |
Daniel |
Pablo |
David |
Javier |
Adrián |
Álvaro |
Sergio |
Carlos |
Hugo |
Basque Country, Spain
(2005) [24] |
Iker |
Unai |
Jon |
Mikel |
Ander |
Asier |
Aitor |
Eneko |
Julen |
Aimar |
Catalonia, Spain
(2005) [24] |
Marc |
Alex |
Pau |
David |
Pol |
Daniel |
Arnau |
Joel |
Gerard |
Jordi |
Sweden
(2005) [25] |
Oscar |
William |
Lucas |
Filip |
Isak |
Elias |
Alexander |
Emil |
Hugo |
Viktor |
Switzerland
(2004, among German-speakers) [26] |
Luca |
Noah |
David |
Jan |
Joël |
Simon |
Nico |
Tim |
Jonas |
Lukas |
Female names
| Region (year) |
No. 1 |
No. 2 |
No. 3 |
No. 4 |
No. 5 |
No. 6 |
No. 7 |
No. 8 |
No. 9 |
No.10 |
Austria
(2003) [6] |
Sarah |
Anna |
Julia |
Laura |
Lena |
Hannah |
Lisa |
Katharina |
Leonie |
Vanessa |
Belgium
(2004) [7] |
Emma |
Marie |
Laura |
Julie |
Sarah |
Clara |
Manon |
Léa |
Lisa |
Camille |
Czech Republic
(2005, among Czech-speakers) [8] |
Tereza |
Eliška |
Adéla |
Natálie |
Anna |
Karolína |
Kristýna |
Aneta |
Nikola |
Kateřina |
Denmark
(first half of 2005) [9] |
Mathilde |
Emma |
Laura |
Sofie |
Freja |
Caroline |
Ida |
Sara |
Julie |
Anna |
England and Wales
(2006) [10] |
Olivia |
Grace |
Jessica |
Ruby |
Emily |
Sophie |
Chloe |
Lucy |
Lily |
Ellie |
Estonia
(2003, among Estonian-speakers)citation needed] |
Sandra |
Kristina |
Anna |
Laura |
Maria |
Diana |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Finland
(2005, among Finnish-speakers) [11] |
Emma |
Ella |
Siiri |
Aino |
Anni |
Sara |
Venla |
Aada |
Emilia |
Iida |
France
(2003) [12] |
Léa |
Manon |
Emma |
Chloé |
Camille |
Océane |
Clara |
Marie |
Sarah |
Inès |
Germany
(2005) [13] |
Marie |
Sophie, Sofie |
Maria |
Anna, Anne |
Leonie |
Lena |
Emily |
Lea, Leah |
Julia |
Laura |
Hungary
(2005) [14] |
Anna |
Viktória |
Réka |
Vivien |
Zsófia |
Petra |
Dorina |
Fanni |
Boglárka |
Eszter |
Iceland
(2000-2004) [15] |
Anna |
Sara |
Katrín |
Guðrún |
María |
Telma |
Kristín |
Birta |
Eva |
Helga |
Ireland
(2005) [16] |
Emma |
Sarah |
Katie |
Amy |
Aoife |
Ciara |
Sophie |
Chloe |
Leah |
Ella |
Lithuania
(2004, total population)[17] |
Ona |
Janina |
Irena |
Elena |
Danutė |
Regina |
Aldona |
Marija |
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Lithuania
(2005, babies born)[17] |
Gabija |
Kamilė |
Emilija |
Gabrielė |
Ugnė |
Austėja |
Viktorija |
Evelina |
Augustė |
Rugilė |
Netherlands
(2005) [18] |
Sanne |
Emma |
Anna |
Iris |
Anouk |
Melissa |
Eva |
Julia |
Lotte |
Isa |
Northern Ireland
(2003) [19] |
Emma |
Katie |
Chloe |
Caitlin |
Amy |
Ellie |
Rachel |
Sarah |
Megan |
Hannah |
Norway
(2005) [20] |
Emma |
Thea |
Ida |
Sara |
Julie |
Emilie |
Hanna |
Nora |
Malin |
Ingrid |
Poland
(2004, total population) [21] |
Anna |
Maria |
Katarzyna |
Małgorzata |
Agnieszka |
Krystyna |
Barbara |
Ewa |
Elżbieta |
Zofia |
Portugal
(2003) citation needed] |
Maria |
Joana |
Ana |
Catarina |
Inês |
Teresa |
Isabel |
Margarida |
Carolina |
Filipa |
Scotland
(2005) [22] |
Sophie |
Emma |
Ellie |
Amy |
Erin |
Lucy |
Katie |
Chloe |
Rebecca |
Emily |
Slovenia
(2006, total population) [23] |
Marija |
Ana |
Irena |
Jožefa |
Maja |
Frančiška |
Mojca |
Mateja |
Ivana |
Nataša |
Spain
(2005, excluding Basque Country & Catalonia) [24] |
Lucía |
María |
Paula |
Laura |
Marta |
Andrea |
Alba |
Sara |
Claudia |
Ana |
Basque Country, Spain
(2005) [24] |
Ana |
Irati |
Leire |
Izaro |
Naroa |
Maria |
Nerea |
June |
Paula |
Nahia |
Catalonia, Spain
(2005) [24] |
Paula |
Maria |
Carla |
Laura |
Laia |
Julia |
Alba |
Marta |
Claudia |
Andrea |
Sweden
(2005, ) [25] |
Emma |
Maja |
Julia |
Alice |
Ida |
Linnéa |
Elin |
Alva |
Hanna |
Ella |
Switzerland
(2004, among German-speakers) [26] |
Lea |
Anna |
Laura |
Leonie |
Julia |
Lara |
Chiara |
Nina |
Jana |
Vanessa |
North & South America
Male names
| Region (year) |
No. 1 |
No. 2 |
No. 3 |
No. 4 |
No. 5 |
No. 6 |
No. 7 |
No. 8 |
No. 9 |
No. 10 |
Brazil
(2003) citation needed] |
João |
Gabriel |
Pedro |
Lucas |
Matheus |
Guilherme |
Gustavo |
Luiz |
Kauan |
Felipe |
Canada
(2003, among Anglophones) [27] |
Ethan |
Joshua |
Matthew |
Jacob |
Ryan |
Logan |
Nicholas |
Tyler |
Dylan |
Connor |
British Columbia, Canada
(2005) [28] |
Ethan |
Joshua |
Matthew |
Jacob |
Nathan |
Ryan |
Alexander |
Liam |
Nicholas |
Noah |
Québec, Canada
(2004) [29] |
Samuel |
William |
Alexis |
Gabriel |
Jeremy |
Xavier |
Felix |
Thomas |
Antoine |
Olivier |
Chile
(2005) [30] |
Benjamín |
Matías |
Vicente |
Martín |
Sebastián |
Diego |
Nicolás |
Juan |
José |
Cristóbal |
Argentina
(2003) [31] |
Juan |
Carlos |
Jorge |
José |
Luis |
Roberto |
Alberto |
Eduardo |
Ricardo |
Miguel |
Female names
| Region (year) |
No. 1 |
No. 2 |
No. 3 |
No. 4 |
No. 5 |
No. 6 |
No. 7 |
No. 8 |
No. 9 |
No. 10 |
Brazil
(2003) citation needed] |
Maria |
Ana |
Julia |
Vitória |
Leticia |
Beatriz |
Giovanna |
Yasmin |
Larissa |
Mariana |
Canada
(2003, among English-speakers) [27] |
Emily |
Emma |
Madison |
Sarah |
Hannah |
Sydney |
Megan |
Ashley |
Taylor |
Paige |
British Columbia, Canada
(2005) [28] |
Emma |
Emily |
Olivia |
Hannah |
Madison |
Ava |
Sarah |
Ella |
Isabella |
Grace |
Québec, Canada
(2004) [29] |
Lea |
Rosalie |
Noemie |
Laurence |
Jade |
Megane |
Sarah |
Audrey |
Camille |
Coralie |
Chile
(2005) [30] |
Constanza |
Catalina |
Valentina |
Javiera |
Martina |
Sofía |
María |
Antonia |
Fernanda |
Francisca |
Argentina
(2003) [31] |
María |
Ana |
Marta |
Susana |
Alicia |
Rosa |
Silvia |
Graciela |
Beatriz |
Norma |
United States
Every year, the US Social Security's Office of the Chief Actuary publishes a list of the most popular names given at birth for males and females in the US (website).
Category:Lists of popular names has a lookup for most popular names by year from 1880 through 2005.
They are also linked from here:
1880s - 1890s - 1900s - 1910s - 1920s - 1930s - 1940s - 1950s - 1960s - 1970s - 1980s - 1990s - 2000s
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