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 trend, or else be composed of the personal names occurring most within the total population.

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.

Africa

Male names

Region (year)	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3	No. 4	No. 5	No. 6	No. 7	No. 8	No. 9	No. 10
Libya	Mohammed	Ahmed	Ali	Hamza	Ibrahim	Mahmoud	Abdallah	Tareq	Hassan	Khaled
Morocco	Mohamed	Ahmed	Mohammed	Said	Rachid	Mustapha	Youssef	Hassan	Abdel-salam	Ali
Tunisia (2005)	Mehdi	Youssef	Aziz	Karim	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA

Female names

Region (year)	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3	No. 4	No. 5	No. 6	No. 7	No. 8	No. 9	No. 10
Libya	Aya	Rania	Sarah	Reem	Hoda	Marwa	Mona	Fatima	Eisha	Nesreen
Morocco	Fatima	Khadija	Aicha	Malika	Naima	Rachida	Nadia	Karima	Amina	Saida
Tunisia (2005)	Mariam	Shayma	Khawla	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA

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
Australia (2008)	Jack	William	Lachlan	Joshua	Riley	Thomas	Cooper	Oliver	James	Ethan
Northern Territory, Australia (2008)	William	Lachlan	Jack	Joshua	Ethan	Mitchell	Riley	Thomas	Joseph	Cooper
New South Wales, Australia (2008)	Jack	William	Lachlan	Joshua	Cooper	Riley	Thomas	Oliver	James	Benjamin
Queensland, Australia (2008)	Jack	Cooper	Lachlan	William	Riley	Thomas	Joshua	Samuel	Noah	Ethan
Victoria, Australia (2008)	William	Jack	Thomas	Joshua	James	Lachlan	Oliver	Riley	Cooper	Noah
Western Australia, Australia (2008)	Jack	Joshua, Riley	Ethan	Oliver	William	Lachlan	Thomas	Lucas	Samuel	Jacob
India (names rising in popularity for infants)	Aditya	Hriday	Jowar	Karan	Narayan	Navneet	Parthasarathy	Suresh	Saurabh	Amit
Iran (2007)	Mohammad	Ali	Hossein	Abolfazl	Mahdi	Reza	Ehsan	Amirali	Amirmohammad	Abbas
Iraq (2007)	Ali	Muhammed	Hussein	Hydar	Ahmed	Omar	Hasan	Kathem	Abdullah	Ammar
Israel, Jewish boys (2008)	No'am	Itai	Daniel	David	Idan	Moshe	Yosef	Yonatan	NA	NA
Israel, Muslim boys (2004)	Muhammed	Ahmed	Abd	Mahmoud	Mahmad	Yousouf	Ali	Omar	Amir	Adam
Israel, Christian boys (2004)	Elias	George	Amir	Fadi	Yousouf	Sharbal	Baasal	Majd	Julian	Bashar
Israel, Druze boys (2004)	Adam	Omri	Eyal	Amir	Salman	Rani	Tamir	Yosef	Bahah	Daniel
Israel, most popular names given to both Jewish boys and girls (2008)	Noam	Amit	Ariel	Daniel	Adi	Ma'ayan	Yuval	Yahli	Omer	Lior
Japan (2008)	Hiroto	Ren	Yuto	Satoshi	Kei	Hiroki	Kenjirou	Kenshirou	Kenji	Tatsuhiko
Mongolia	Naranbaatar	Batukhan	Bataar	Chuluun	Sukhbataar	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
New Zealand (2008)	Jack	James	William	Samuel	Joshua	Riley	Liam	Oliver	Benjamin	Daniel
Pakistan	Mohammad	Ali	Hussain	Omar	Bilal	Usman	Zahid	Shahid	Saqib	Nomaan
Philippines (2006)	Joshua	Christian	John Paul	Justine	John Mark	Adrian	Angelo	John Michael	James	John Lloyd
South Korea (2008)	Min-jun	Ji-hun	Hyun-woo	Jun-suh	Woo-jin	Gun-woo	Ye-jun	Hyun-jin	NA	NA

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 (2008)	Mia	Chloe	Isabella	Charlotte	Emily	Ella	Olivia	Sienna	Ava	Sophie
New South Wales, Australia (2008)	Mia	Chloe	Isabella	Emily	Olivia	Ella	Charlotte	Sienna	Sophie	Ava
Northern Territory, Australia (2008)	Isabella	Charlotte	Chloe	Ella	Hannah	Jessica	Olivia	Sophie	Matilda	Ruby
Queensland, Australia (2008)	Ella	Mia	Emily	Chloe	Isabella	Charlotte	Lily	Ava	Olivia	Sienna
Victoria, Australia (2008)	Mia	Olivia	Chloe	Isabella	Charlotte	Ava	Sienna	Emily	Ella	Sophie
Western Australia, Australia (2008)	Ella	Emily	Chloe	Mia	Sophie	Charlotte	Lily	Isabella, Sienna	Ava	Matilda
India (names rising in popularity for infants)	Arpita	Ekta	Kanyakumari	Kavita	Laxmi	Mandakranta	Mrignayani	Parvati	Priyamvada	Seema
Iran (2007)	Fatemeh	Zahra	Sara	Zeinab	Elham	Maryam	Mahsa	Negâr	Hasti	Yaldâ
Israel, Jewish girls (2008)	Noa	Shira	Yael	Tamar	Maya	Talia	Hila	Michal	Adi	Lian
Israel, Muslim girls (2004)	Eden	Shahad	Aya	Maryam	Nur	Fatma	Malk	Halla	Lian	Bian
Israel, Christian girls (2004)	Maria	Nicol	Marian	Mariah	Lian	Dima	Hallah	Maya	Karin	Carol
Israel, Druze girls (2004)	Eden	Yarin	Nur	Sarah	Sillin	Assil	Malk	Maya	Aya	Miyar
Japan (2008)	Aya	Yuri	Hina	Rina	Yua	Moe	Yuuna	Yukiko	Mai	Aoi
Mongolia	Odval	Bolormaa	Bayarmaa	Oyunbileg	Khongordzol	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
New Zealand (2008)	Sophie	Olivia	Ella	Isabella	Charlotte	Lily	Emma	Emily	Jessica	Grace
Pakistan	Fatima	Fozia	Sadia	Sobia	Nadia	Maryam	Farzana	Ayesha	Sakeena	Zainab
Philippines (2006)	Angel	Nicole	Angelica	Angela	Jasmine	Mary Joy	Kimberly	Mariel	Mary Grace	Princess
South Korea (2008)	Seo-yeon	Min-suh	Ji-min	Seo-hyeon	Seo-yun	Ye-eun	Ha-eun	Ji-eun	NA	NA

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
Armenia (2008)	Narek	Davit	Haik	Erik	Gor	Arman	Armen	Arthur	Samvel	Vahe
Austria (2008)	Lukas	Tobias	Julian	Simon	Maximilian	David	Sebastian	Alexander	Felix	Florian
Azerbaijan (2008)	Ali	Murad	Mahammad	Huseyn	Nihad	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Belarus (2005, Minsk region)	Artem	Vladislav	Nikita	Aleksej	Ivan	Ilja	NA	NA	NA	NA
Belgium (2008)	Noah	Nathan	Lucas	Thomas	Louis	Arthur	Mohamed	Mathis	Maxime	Simon
Flemish Region, Belgium (2009)	Lars	Kobe	Lucas	Liam	Noah	Daan	Milan	Wout	Senne	Robbe
Wallonia, Belgium (2008)	Nathan	Noah	Lucas	Hugo	Théo	Louis	Mathéo	Tom	Maxime	Ethan
Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium (2008)	Mohamed	Adam	Rayan	Ayoub	Gabriel	Alexandre	Anas	Hamza	Nathan	Amine
Bulgaria (2008)	Nikolai	Georgi	Alexander	Dimitar	Kristian	Ivan	Daniel	Martin	Petăr	Vasil
Croatia (2008)	Luka	Karlo	Filip	Ivano	Ivan	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Czech Republic (2008)	Jakub	Jan	Tomáš	Lukáš	Ondřej	Vojtěch	Matěj	Adam	Daniel	Filip
Denmark (babies born, first half of 2008)	Lucas	Mikkel	William	Oliver	Noah	Emil	Sebastian	Magnus	Frederik	Victor
Faroe Islands, Denmark (2008)	Dánjal, Dávid, Jónas	Elias	Bárður, Brandur, Ísakur, Jógvan, Rói, Rókur, Silas, Tummas	Aron, Benjamin, Filip, Fríði, Gilli, Hákun, Jákup, Kristian, Markus, Ólavur, Pætur, Páll, Sámuel, Símun, Teitur, Tóki, Tóri	Andreas, Baldur, Bartal, Beinir, Bjarni, David, Eli, Gunnar, Hans Dávid, Heini, Hjalti, Hóri, Hugin, Jóan Petur, Jóhannes, Jósef, Kári, Lukas, Martin, Milan, Óli, Rani, William	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Denmark (total population, 2008)	Jens	Peter	Lars	Michael	Henrik	Søren	Niels	Thomas	Hans	Jørgen
England, United Kingdom(2008)	Jack	Oliver	Harry	Thomas	Joshua	Alfie	Charlie	James	Daniel	William
England and Wales, United Kingdom (2008, b.)	Jack	Oliver	Thomas	Harry	Joshua	Alfie	Charlie	Daniel	James	William
Estonia (2007, including Russian-speakers)	Aleksander/ Alexander/ Aleksandr	Markus/ Marcus	Martin/ Marthin	Artjom	Rasmus	Kristian/ Kristjan	Oskar/ Oscar	Mattias/ Matthias	N/A	N/A
Finland (2007, among Finnish-speakers)	Eetu	Veeti	Aleksi	Elias	Joona	Onni	Arttu	Leevi	Juho	Lauri
Finland (2007, among Swedish speakers)	Emil	William	Axel	Anton	Robin	Oliver	Linus	Benjamin	Alexander	Rasmus
Finland (2009, includes middle names as well as first names)	Juhani	Johannes	Mikael	Matias	Olavi	Onni	Elias	Ilmari	Oskari	Oliver
France (2006)	Enzo	Mathis	Lucas	Hugo	Mathéo	Nathan	Théo	Noah	Mattéo	Thomas
France (2008, forecast)	Mathéo	Enzo	Mathis	Noah	Lucas	Nolan	Killian	Raphaël	Tom	Nathan
Georgia (first three months of 2008)	Giorgi	Nikoloz	Luka	Saba	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Georgia (1990s)	Giorgi	Davit	Irakli	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Georgia (entire population)	Giorgi	David	Nikoloz	Peter	Ivane, Ioann, Vano	Ilia	NA	NA	NA	NA
Germany (2008)	Leon	Lukas, Lucas	Luca, Luka	Tim, Timm	Fynn, Finn	Jonas	Felix	Luis, Louis	Paul	Maximilian
Greece (2004)	Georgios	Ioannis	Konstantinos	Dimitris	Nikolaos	Panagiotis	Vasilis	Christos	Athanasios	Michail
Greenland (2000-2003)	Malik	Hans	Peter	Minik	Aputsiaq	Nuka	Karl	Innunguaq	Jonas	Inuk
Hungary (2008)	Bence	Máté	Levente	Dániel	Balázs	Dávid	Ádám	Péter	Bálint	Gergő
Iceland (2004-2007)	Jón	Daníel	Aron	Viktor	Alexander	Arnar	Guðmundur	Gabríel	Kristján	Tómas, Stefán
Iceland (2005, total population)	Jón	Sigurður	Guðmundur	Gunnar	Ólafur	Einar	Magnús	Kristján	Stefán	Jóhann
Ireland (2008)	Jack	Seán	Conor	Daniel	James	Ryan	Adam	Dylan	Luke	Alex
Isle of Man (2008)	Josh/Joshua	Thomas	Lewis	Charles/Charlie	Alex/Alexander	Sam/Samuel	Oliver	Harry	George	Ben/Benjamin, Jack
Italy (2007)	Francesco	Alessandro	Andrea	Matteo	Lorenzo	Gabriele	Mattia	Luca	Davide	Riccardo
Latvia (2005)	Jānis	Andris	Juris	Edgars	Māris	Aivars	Mārtiņš	Pēteris	Ivars	Kaspars
Liechtenstein (2008)	David/Davide, Niclas/Nico/Nicola/Nicolas/Niklas	Rafael/Raffael/Raphael	Elias/Elia, Leo/Leon/Leonard, Linus, Luca, Luis, Maximilian/Max, Michael/Miguel, Noah, Pascal, Simon/Simeon	Alecsander/Alessandro/Alex, Dario, Gabriel, Levin, Marco, Philipp	Andrea/Andreas, Colin/Collin, Constantin, Cristiano, Ferdinand/Fernando, Jan/Jannick, Julian, Julius, Justin, Leandro, Lorenz, Manuel, Mario, Mathias/Matteo, Muhammed, Sandro, Tim	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lithuania (2008, total population)	Jonas	Vytautas	Antanas	Tomas	Juozas	Mindaugas	Kęstutis	Darius	Andrius	Petras
Lithuania (2008, babies born)	Matas	Lukas	Nojus	Dovydas	Kajus	Rokas	Dominykas	Mantas	Ignas	Arnas
Luxembourg (2008, babies born)	Noah	Luca	Tim	Tom	Yann	Sam	Fynn	NA	NA	NA
Republic of Macedonia (2006, babies born)	Aleksandar	Zoran	Nikola	Goran	Dragan	Dejan	Ilija	Igor	Petar	Ljupco
Malta (2008)	Matthew/Matteo/Matthias	Luke/ Luca/Luciano	Jake	Michael/Michele/Miguel	Aiden, Kayden/Kai	Kyle	Jaden	Liam, Daniel/Daniele, Nicholas/Nikolai	Isaac	Nathan/Nathaniel
Netherlands (2009)	Daan	Sem	Tim	Jayden	Thomas	Thijs	Jesse	Ruben	Lars	Milan
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (2008)	Jack	Matthew	Daniel	James	Ryan	Joshua	Conor	Thomas	Dylan	Charlie
Norway (2008)	Lucas	Mathias	Markus	Emil	Kristian	Jonas	Magnus	Oliver	Tobias	Alexander
Poland (2008)	Jakub	Kacper	Mateusz	Szymon	Bartosz	Michał	Filip	Dawid	Wiktor	Piotr
Portugal (2008)	João	Rodrigo	Martim	Diogo	Tomás	Afonso	NA	NA	NA	NA
Romania (2008)	Andrei	Alexandru	Stefan	David	Mihai	Ionut	Florin	Daniel	Gabriel	Matei
Russia (general population)	Aleksandr	Sergey	Vladimir	Andrey	Aleksey	Dmitriy	Mikhail	Igor	Yuri	Nikolai
Russia (St. Petersburg, 2003)	Alexander	Alexei	Anatoly	Andrei	Dmitry	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Russia (Moscow, 2007)	Alexander	Ivan	Maxim	Artyom	Mikhail	Nikita	Daniil	Yegor	Dmitry	Alexei
Russia (Vladivostok, 2009)	Alexander	Artem	Vladislav	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Scotland, United Kingdom (2008)	Jack	Lewis	Daniel	Liam	James, Ryan	Callum	Logan	Matthew	Cameron	Alexander
Serbia (2009)	Lazar	Nikola	Luka	Vuk	Aleksa	Stefan	Ognjen	Marko	Jovan	Filip
Slovakia (2004)	Ján	Jozef	Peter	Štefan	Milan	Martin	Michal	Miroslav	Ladislav	František
Slovenia (2008, babies born)	Luka	Jan	Nejc	Nik	Žiga	Žan	Jakob	Jaka	Matic	Aljaž
Spain (2008, excluding Basque Country & Catalonia)	Daniel	Alejandro	Pablo	David	Adrián	Hugo	Álvaro	Javier	Diego	Sergio
Basque Country, Spain (2008)	Mikel	Pablo	Iker	Aimar	Asier	Unai	Iñigo	Javier	Aitor	Adrián
Catalonia, Spain (2008)	Marc	Àlex	Pol	Pau	Arnau	Iker	Jan	David	Eric	Daniel
Sweden (2008)	Lukas	Oskar	Elias	William	Hugo	Alexander	Erik	Filip	Isak	Viktor
Sweden (total population)	Erik	Lars	Karl	Anders	Per	Johan	Nils	Lennart	Jan	Hans
Switzerland (2008)	Tim	Luca	Leon	David	Noah	Nico	Jan	Simon	Lukas	Levin
Switzerland (2008, among German-speakers)	Tim	Luca	Leon	David	Noah	Nico	Jan	Simon	Lukas	Levin
Switzerland (2008, among French-speakers)	Nathan	Luca	Lucas	Maxime	Thomas	David	Noah	Gabriel	Matteo	Samuel
Switzerland (2008, among Italian speakers)	Alessandro	Matteo	Leonardo	Mattia	Davide	Gabriel	Elia	Enea	Gabriele, Nathan, Simone	Andrea, Luca
Switzerland (2008, among Romansch speakers)	Gian	Nevio, Simon	Mattia	Florian, Flurin, Jarno, Leandro, Lucas, Marco, Matteo, Men, Moreno, Silvan, Tim	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Turkey (2006)	Arda	Yusuf	Mehmet	Mustafa	Emirhan	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Ukraine (2009)	Maksym	Viktor	Oleksandr	Kyrylo	Denis	Danylo	Andriy	Artem	Dmytro	Vladyslav
Wales, United Kingdom (2008)	Jack	Dylan	Oliver	Rhys	Thomas	Joshua	Daniel, William	Alfie, Ethan	Charlie	Jayden

Female names

Region (year)	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3	No. 4	No. 5	No. 6	No. 7	No. 8	No. 9	No.10
Armenia (2008)	Milena	Ani	Mariam	Elen	Anahit	Anna	Mary	Lilit	Marie	Gayane
Austria (2008)	Leonie	Sarah	Anna	Hannah	Lena	Julia	Sophie	Katharina	Laura	Lara
Azerbaijan (2008)	Fatima	Narmin	Fidan	Zahra	Nuray	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Belarus (2005, Minsk)	Darja	Anastasija	Maria	Polina	Anna	Ksenija	Elizaveta	NA	NA	NA
Belgium (2008)	Emma	Louise	Léa	Marie	Julie	Sarah	Elise	Manon	Clara	Laura
Flemish Region, Belgium (2009)	Lore	Ella	Emma	Lotte	Noor	Marie	Louise	Elise	Julie	Amber
Wallonia, Belgium (2008)	Léa	Clara	Emma	Lucie	Manon	Chloé	Louise, Sarah	Camille	Zoé	Célia
Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium (2008)	Sarah	Lina	Aya	Sara	Yasmine	Imane	Rania	Ines	Nour	Inès
Bulgaria (2008)	Victoria	Nikol	Maria	Gabriela	Aleksandra	Joana	Raya	Magdalena	Gergana	Denise
Croatia (2008)	Lana	Petra	Sara	Lucija	Nika	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Czech Republic (2008)	Tereza	Natálie	Anna	Adéla	Eliška	Karolína	Kateřina	Barbora	Lucie	Kristýna
Denmark (babies born, first half of 2008)	Emma	Freja	Caroline	Ida	Sofie	Mathilde	Anna	Laura	Sara	Lærke
Faroe Islands, Denmark (2008)	Anna	Sára	Ronja	Bjarta, Maria, Vár	Bjørk, Lív, Silja	Andrea, Emilia, Fríða, Jóna, Katrin	Angela, Arina, Ása, Bára, Durita, Eva, Hanna, Isabella, Joan, Jonna, Kristina, Marita, Ró, Sandra, Sofía, Tóra	Amanda, Annika, Birita, Brá, Elin, Elisa, Elisabet, Ella, Elsa, Emma, Ester, Eydna, Halla, Julia, Karin, Lea, Lilja, Lý, Maia, Natalia, Oda, Rannvá, Rebekka, Rósa, Saranja, Sesilia, Tea, Viktoria	NA	NA
Denmark (total population, 2008)	Anne	Kirsten	Hanne	Mette	Anna	Helle	Susanne	Lene	Karen	Inge
England, United Kingdom (2008)	Olivia	Emily	Ruby	Grace	Jessica	Chloe	Sophie	Lily	Amelia	Evie
England and Wales, United Kingdom (2008)	Olivia	Ruby	Emily	Grace	Jessica	Chloe	Sophie	Lily	Amelia	Evie
Estonia (2007, including Russian-speakers)	Anastasia/ Anastassia/ Anastasija	Laura	Lisete/ Lisette/ Lisett	Anete/ Anette	Viktoria	Maria	Carolin/ Caroline/ Karolina	Sandra	Annabel/ Annabell	NA
Finland (2007, among Finnish-speakers)	Aino	Emma	Sara	Venla	Ella	Anni	Aada	Iida	Emilia	Helmi
Finland (2007, among Swedish speakers)	Emma	Emilia	Julia	Elin	Ida	Wilma	Ellen	Ella	Sofia	Sara
Finland (2009, includes middle names as well as first names)	Maria	Emilia	Sofia	Olivia	Helmi	Aino	Matilda	Aurora	Amanda	Ilona
France (2006)	Emma	Léa	Manon	Clara	Chloé	Inès	Camille	Sarah	Océane	Jade
France (2008, forecast)	Clara	Emma	Louane	Maëlys	Chloé	Sarah	Léa	Jade	Léna	Louna
Georgia (first three months of 2008)	Mariam	Ana	Nino	Tamar	Lizi	Elene	NA	NA	NA	NA
Georgia (1990s)	Nino	Tamara	Mariam	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Georgia (entire population)	Nino	Tamar	Mariam	Nana	Natia	Marine	Ketevan	Ana/ Anna	NA	NA
Germany (2008)	Leonie	Hanna, Hannah	Mia	Lena	Anna	Lea, Leah	Emily, Emilie	Lara	Emma	Sara, Sarah
Greece (2004)	Maria	Eleni	Aikaterini	Vasiliki, Basiliki	Sophia	Angeliki	Georgia	Dimitra	Konstantina	Paraskevi, Paraskeui
Greenland (2000-2003)	Pipaluk	Paninnguaq	Laila	Laura	Maja	Ane	Nina	Uiloq	Johanne	Najaaraq
Hungary (2008)	Anna	Hanna	Boglárka	Jázmin	Nóra	Réka	Lili	Zsófia	Petra	Viktória
Iceland (2004-2007)	Sara	Anna	Emilía	Katrín	Eva, María	Guðrún	Kristín	Margrét	Julia, Júlía	Helga
Iceland (2005, total population)	Guðrún	Anna	Sigríður	Kristín	Margrét	Helga	Sigrún	Ingibjörg	Jóhanna	María
Ireland (2008)	Ava	Katie	Sarah	Emma	Emily	Sophie	Grace	Aoife	Chloe	Kate
Isle of Man (2008)	Lily/Lillie	Isabel/Isabella	Emily	Lucy	Summer	Chloe	Holly	Ella	Ruby	Charlotte, Grace
Italy (2007)	Giulia	Sofia	Martina	Sara	Chiara	Aurora	Giorgia	Alessia	Francesca	Alice
Latvia (2005)	Anna	Kristīne	Inese	Inga	Ilze	Līga	Dace	Anita	Marija	Ieva
Liechtenstein (2008)	Sara/Sarah	Julia/Giulia	Lea	Anna/Anne, Chiara, Fiona, Hanna/Hana, Lara, Lena, Luana	Alessia, Anisa, Aurora, Carlota/Carlotta, Diana, Emilia, Emma, Johanna, Katharina, Leonie, Melanie, Nina, Sophia/Sophie, Vanessa	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lithuania (2008, total population)	Ona	Irena	Janina	Kristina	Danutė	Lina	Regina	Aldona	Rasa	Daiva
Lithuania (2008, babies born)	Emilija	Gabija	Kamilė	Gabrielė	Austėja	Ugnė	Goda	Viltė	Urtė	Karina
Luxembourg (2008, babies born)	Lena	Laura	Lea	Lara	Mara	Eva	Sara	Emily	Caroline	NA
Republic of Macedonia (2006, babies born)	Marija	Biljana	Elena	Vesna	Snezana	Violeta	Aleksandra	Suzana	Ljubica	Katerina
Malta (2008)	Maria/ Mariah	Eliza/Elise/Lisa	Julia/Giulia	Christina/Krista	Maya	Michela/Michelle	Emma, Martina	Nicole/Nicola/Nikita	Kaya	Jade, Ylenia/Elena/Elenia
Netherlands (2009)	Sophie	Julia	Lieke	Emma	Sanne	Anna	Lotte	Eva	Anne	Lisa
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (2008)	Katie	Sophie	Grace	Jessica	Emma	Lucy	Emily	Chloe	Hannah	Eva
Norway (2008)	Linnea	Emma	Sara	Thea	Nora	Ida	Sofie	Ingrid	Leah	Julie
Poland (2008)	Julia	Wiktoria	Zuzanna	Maja	Oliwia	Natalia	Amelia	Aleksandra	Nikola	Martyna
Portugal (2008)	Maria	Beatriz	Ana	Leonor	Mariana	Matilde	Joana	NA	NA	NA
Romania (2008)	Ana-Maria	Maria	Andreea	Alexandra	Ioana	Elena	Maria Alexandra	Denisa	Bianca Maria	Georgiana
Russia (St. Petersburg, 2003)	Yekaterina	Yelena	Anastasiya	Natalya	Darya	Maria	NA	NA	NA	NA
Russia (Moscow, 2007)	Anastasiya	Mariya	Dariya	Inna	Polina	Yekaterina	Ksenia	Viktoria	Yelizaveta	Sofia
Russia (Vladivostok, 2009)	Anastasiya	Alexandra	Anna	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Russia (general population)	Elena	Olga	Tatiana	Irina	Natalia	Anna	Svetlana	Maria	Marina	Ludmilla
Scotland, United Kingdom (2008)	Sophie	Emily	Olivia	Chloe	Emma	Lucy	Ava	Katie	Erin	Hannah
Serbia (2009)	Milica	Anđela	Teodora	Jovana	Sara	Ana	Iva	Jana	Katarina	Sofija
Slovakia (2004)	Mária	Anna	Zuzana	Katarína	Eva	Jana	Helena	Alžbeta	Marta	Monika
Slovenia (2008, babies born)	Lana	Sara	Eva	Nika	Ana	Lara	Neža	Zala	Julija	Ema, Nina
Spain (2008, excluding Basque Country & Catalonia)	Lucía	María	Paula	Sara	Carla	Claudia	Laura	Marta	Irene	Alba
Basque Country, Spain (2008)	Lucía	Paula	Irati	Nahia	Uxue	Leyre	Sara	María	Ane	Ainhoa, Aitana
Catalonia, Spain (2008)	Paula	Carla	Júlia	Lucia	Laia	Maria	Martina	Clàudia	Sara	Alba
Sweden (2008 )	Maja	Julia	Emma	Elsa	Ella	Alice	Linnea	Alva	Vilma	Klara
Sweden (total population)	Maria	Anna	Margareta	Elisabeth	Eva	Birgitta	Kristina	Karin	Elisabet	Marie
Switzerland (2008)	Lara	Lena	Sara	Leonie	Laura	Nina	Anna	Elena	Alina	Lea
Switzerland (2008, among German-speakers)	Lara	Lena	Sara	Leonie	Laura	Nina	Anna	Elena	Alina	Lea
Switzerland (2008, among French-speakers)	Emma	Chloé	Eva	Clara	Léa	Sara	Lara	Zoé, Sarah	Camille
Switzerland (2008, among Italian-speakers)	Giulia	Martina	Alice, Emma	Elisa	Alessia, Anna, Sara, Sofia	Giada, Nicole, Valentina	Sophie	Chiara, Gaia	Giorgia, Laura, Lisa	Melissa, Michelle
Switzerland (2008, among Romansch speakers)	Giulia	Lina, Lorena	Alessia, Clara, Lara, Leonie, Mara, Mia, Samara, Sidonia	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Turkey (2005)	Elif	Zeynep	İrem	Büşra	Merve	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Ukraine (2009)	Anastasia	Sophia	Anna	Darya	Yelysaveta	Oleksandra	Polina	NA	NA
Wales, United Kingdom (2008)	Ruby	Olivia	Megan	Chloe	Seren	Emily	Grace	Ffion	Mia	Ella

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
Argentina (Buenos Aires)(2006)	Santiago	Lautaro	Matías	Tomás	Lucas	Joaquín	Franco	Agustín	Thiago	Nicolás
Brazil (2009)	João	Gabriel	Pedro	Lucas	Matheus	Guilherme	Luiz	Victor	Kauã	Gustavo
Canada (2008, among Anglophones, unofficial list, combined spellings, Baby Center	Ethan	Aiden	Lucas	Kaden	Jayden	Nathan	Logan	Noah	Liam	Jack
Alberta, Canada (2008)	Ethan	Jacob	Alexander	Joshua	Liam	Logan	Nathan	Matthew	Noah	Owen
British Columbia, Canada (2008)	Ethan	Jacob	James	Logan	Nathan	Noah	Joshua	Matthew	Benjamin	Liam
Québec, Canada (2008)	Thomas	William	Gabriel	Samuel	Alexis	Olivier	Nathan	Felix	Antoine	Xavier
Manitoba, Canada (2008)	Ethan	Noah	Alexander	Aiden	Liam	Joshua	Jayden	Benjamin	Logan	Evan
Nova Scotia, Canada (2007)	Noah	Ethan	Jack	Liam	Logan	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Saskatchewan, Canada (2008)	Ethan	Noah	Joshua	Liam	Logan	Alexander	Carter	Jacob	Benjamin	Matthew
Chile (2006)	Benjamín	Vicente	Matías	Martín	Sebastián	Joaquin	Diego	Nicolás	José	Cristóbal
Mexico (2008)	Miguel Ángel	Diego	Luis Ángel	Santiago	Alejandro	Emiliano	Daniel	Jesús	Leonardo	Eduardo
United States (2008)	Jacob	Michael	Ethan	Joshua	Daniel	Alexander	Anthony	William	Christopher	Matthew
United States (Combined spellings, 2007)	Aiden	Jayden	Jacob	Michael	Christopher	Ethan	Joshua	Daniel	Anthony	Matthew
United States (Baby Center members, 2008)	Aiden	Jayden	Ethan	Jacob	Caden	Jackson	Noah	Jack	Logan	Matthew
United States (New York City, black boys, 2007)	Jayden	Joshua	Elijah	Jaden	Justin	Christian	Jeremiah	Isaiah	Jordan	Christopher, Michael
United States (New York City, Asian and Pacific Islander boys, 2007)	Ryan	Matthew	Daniel	Kevin	Eric	Jason	Justin	Ethan	William	Vincent
United States (New York City, Hispanic boys, 2007)	Jayden	Justin	Christopher	Angel	Anthony	Joshua	Daniel	Matthew	David	Michael
United States (New York City), white boys, 2007)	Michael	Joseph	Daniel	David	Matthew	Jacob	Benjamin	Nicholas	Alexander	Jack, James
United States (Top 10 Hispanic boys' names, 2008)	Santiago	Sebastián	Diego	Nicolás	Samuel	Alejandro	Daniel	Mateo	Ángel	Matías
United States (Most common names, total population, 1990 census)	James	John	Robert	Michael	William	David	Richard	Charles	Joseph	Thomas
Uruguay	Agustín	Matías	Santiago	Nicolás	Martín	Bruno	Francisco	Rodrigo	Mateo	Joaquín

Female 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)	Sofía	Camila	Valentina	Martina	Agustina	Micaela	Lucía	Milagros	Victoria	Julieta
Brazil (2009)	Maria	Ana	Júlia	Yasmin	Lara	Mariana	Vitória	Letícia	NA	NA
Canada (2008, unofficial list, Baby Center, combined spellings	Emma	Mikayla	Sarah	Sophia	Maya	Danica	Emily	Ava	Isabella	Lily
Alberta, Canada (2008)	Ava, Olivia	Emma	Emily	Sarah	Isabella	Sophia	Madison	Hannah	Chloe	Grace
British Columbia, Canada (2008)	Ava	Chloe	Emma	Emily	Hannah	Olivia	Ella	Sophie	Abigail	Isabella
Manitoba, Canada (2008)	Emily	Hannah	Emma	Ava	Madison	Olivia	Abigail	Hailey	Taylor	Brooke
Nova Scotia, Canada (2007)	Emma	Emily	Ava	Olivia	Madison	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Québec, Canada (2008)	Léa	Florence	Rosalie	Laurence	Emma	Jade	Juliette	Gabrielle	Sarah	Maika
Saskatchewan, Canada (2008)	Ava	Emma	Hannah	Emily	Taylor	Olivia	Hailey	Madison	Abigail	Brooklyn
Chile (2006)	Constanza	Martina	Catalina	Valentina	Sofía	Javiera	Antonia	María	Isidora	Francisca
Mexico (2008)	María Fernanda	Valeria	Ximena	María Guadalupe	Daniela	Camila	Mariana	Andréa	María José	Sofía
United States (2008)	Emma	Isabella	Emily	Madison	Ava	Olivia	Sophia	Abigail	Elizabeth	Chloe
United States (Combined spellings, 2007)	Sophia	Emily	Isabella	Madison	Olivia	Emma	Ava	Hailey	Abigail	Kaitlyn
United States (Baby Center members, 2008)	Emma	Sophia	Madison	Isabella	Olivia	Ava	Madeline	Addison	Hailey	Lily
United States (New York City, black girls, 2007)	Madison	Kayla	Jada	Brianna	Nevaeh	Alyssa	Makayla	Gabrielle	Taylor	Imani
United States (New York City, Asian and Pacific Islander girls, 2007)	Sophia	Emily	Chloe	Tiffany	Angela	Ashley	Rachel	Isabella	Fiona	Jessica, Sarah
United States (New York City, Hispanic girls, 2007)	Ashley	Isabella	Emily	Mia	Brianna	Samantha	Angelina	Melanie	Sophia	Jennifer, Kayla
United States (New York City, white girls, 2007)	Sarah	Rachel	Sophia	Olivia	Ava	Isabella	Esther	Julia	Chaya	Emma
United States (Top 10 Hispanic names, 2008)	Sofía	Camila	Valentina	Isabella	Valeria	Daniela	Mariana	Sara	Victoria	Gabriela
United States (Most common names, total population, 1990 census)	Mary	Patricia	Linda	Barbara	Elizabeth	Jennifer	Maria	Susan	Margaret	Dorothy
Uruguay	Florencia	Lucía	Agustina	Valentina	Camila	Julia, Julieta	Sofía	Abril	Ana Paula	Micaela

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External links

Links to government statistics on popularity of names

Australia

• Queensland list
• Australian Capital Territory list
• Northern Territory list
• South Australian list under Births Deaths & Marriages.
• Victorian list
• Western Australia

Canada

• British Columbia

United States

• Link to Social Security Administration which has stats on US baby names

Links to private websites that give statistics on names

• Baby Name facts and stats from around the world