List of most popular given names
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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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[edit] 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 named in the various regions of the world.
- Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.
[edit] Africa
[edit] Male names
| Region (year) | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 | No. 6 | No. 7 | No. 8 | No. 9 | No. 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tunisia (2005)[1] | Mehdi | Youssef | Aziz | Karim | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
[edit] Female names
| Region (year) | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 | No. 6 | No. 7 | No. 8 | No. 9 | No. 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tunisia (2005)[2] | Mariam | Shayma | Khawla | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
[edit] Asia & Pacific
[edit] Male names
[edit] Female names
| Region (year) | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 | No. 6 | No. 7 | No. 8 | No. 9 | No. 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New South Wales, Australia (2007)[4] |
Isabella | Ella | Emily | Chloe | Mia | Olivia | Charlotte | Sophie | Sienna | Jessica |
| Victoria, Australia (2007)[16] |
Olivia | Ella | Mia | Emily | Isabella | Charlotte | Chloe | Sienna | Lily | Jessica |
| Western Australia, Australia (2006)[17] |
Ella | Emily | Olivia | Sienna | Charlotte | Chloe, Sophie | Mia | Grace | Jessica | Hannah |
| India (names rising in popularity for infants)[18] |
Arpita | Ekta | Kanyakumari | Kavita | Laxmi | Mandakranta | Mrignayani | Parvati | Priyamvada | Seema |
| Israel, Jewish girls (2004) [19] |
Noa | Shira | Maya | Agam | Tamar | Yael | Roni | Sarah | Michal | Adi, Eden |
| Israel, Muslim girls (2004) [20] |
Eden | Shahad | Aya | Maryam | Nur | Fatma | Malk | Halla | Lian | Bian |
| Israel, Christian girls (2004) [21] |
Maria | Nicol | Marian | Mariah | Lian | Dima | Hallah | Maya | Karin | Carol |
| Israel, Druze girls (2004) [22] |
Eden | Yarin | Nur | Sarah | Sillin | Assil | Malk | Maya | Aya | Miyar |
| Israel, (2005)[23] |
Noa | Roni | Yael | Adi | Sarah | Yovel | Hila | Michal | NA | NA |
| Japan (2007)[24] |
Aoi | Sakura, Yuuna, Yuna | - | Yui, Hina, Haruna | - | Nanami, Misaki | - | Miyu, Miyuu | Hinata, Yui, Miu, Miyu, Miyuu | - |
| New Zealand (2007)[14] |
Ella | Sophie | Olivia | Emma | Charlotte | Emily | Lily | Grace | Hannah | Isabella |
| Pakistan | Fatima | Fozia | Sadia | Sobia | Nadia | Maryam | Farzana | Ayesha | Sakeena | Zainab |
| Philippines[15] | Jessa | Michelle | Joan | May | Mary Grace | Jocelyn | Catherine | Mary Anne | Rowena | Grace |
[edit] Europe
[edit] Male names
[edit] Female names
[edit] North & South America
[edit] Male names
| Region (year) | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 | No. 6 | No. 7 | No. 8 | No. 9 | No. 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina (Buenos Aires)(2006)[87] |
Santiago | Lautaro | Matías | Tomás | Lucas | Joaquín | Franco | Agustín | Thiago | Nicolás |
| Brazil (2006)[88] |
João | Gabriel | Pedro | Lucas | Matheus | Guilherme | Luiz | Gustavo | Rafael | Vinícius |
| Canada (2003, among Anglophones)[89] |
Justin | Joshua | Matthew | Jacob | Ryan | Logan | Nicholas | Tyler | Dylan | Connor |
| Alberta, Canada (2007) |
Ethan | Jacob | Logan | Noah | Joshua | Owen | Alexander | Liam | Matthew | Nathan |
| British Columbia, Canada (2006)[90] |
Ethan | Jacob | Matthew | Joshua | Nathan | Liam | Benjamin | Ryan | Logan | Daniel |
| Québec, Canada (2007) [91] |
William | Samuel | Gabriel | Nathan | Alexis | Thomas | Olivier | Felix | Antoine | Justin |
| Nova Scotia, Canada (2007) [92] |
Noah | Ethan | Jack | Liam | Logan | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Saskatchewan, Canada (2007) |
Ethan | Logan | Matthew | Noah | Carter | Alexander | Jacob | William | Chase | Aiden |
| Chile (2006)[93] |
Benjamín | Vicente | Matías | Martín | Sebastián | Joaquin | Diego | Nicolás | José | Cristóbal |
| Mexico (2006)[94] |
Alejandro | Juan Carlos | Miguel Angel | Eduardo | Fernando | Carlos | Rodrigo | Ricardo | Javier | Jose Luis |
| United States (2007)[95] |
Jacob | Michael | Ethan | Joshua | Daniel | Christopher | Anthony | William | Matthew | Andrew |
| United States (Baby Center members, 2007)[96] |
Aiden | Ethan | Jacob | Jayden | Caden | Noah | Jackson | Jack | Logan | Matthew |
| United States (New York City, black boys, 2006)[97] |
Joshua | Jayden | Justin | Elijah | Jaden | Jordan | Isaiah | Brandon | Michael | Christopher |
| United States (New York City, Asian and Pacific Islander boys, 2006)[98] |
Ryan | Jason | Kevin |