Where are your names most popular?

General Name Discussion
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I thought it would be interesting to check on my favorite names and see in which countries they are most popular. I wonder if there are any patterns, and also if there are any countries that come up a lot for Nameberry favorites in general. (I got all of the rankings from the Nameberry pages for each name)

Mine are below, I am curious what yours are!

[name_f]My[/name_f] boy names:
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m] - [name_m]Denmark[/name_m] (3)
[name_m]Edgar[/name_m] - Portugal (82)
[name_m]Simon[/name_m] - [name_f]Austria[/name_f] (13)
[name_u]Gabriel[/name_u] - [name_f]France[/name_f] (1)

[name_f]My[/name_f] girl names:
[name_u]Alma[/name_u] - [name_m]Denmark[/name_m] (1)
[name_f]Maya[/name_f] - [name_u]Israel[/name_u] (2)
[name_f]Paloma[/name_f] - Portugal (79)
[name_f]Elena[/name_f] - Belgium (11)

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Owo I love Alma and had no idea of how popular it was on Denmark
I will be looking for the popularity of my favorite names and come back to this post later

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[name_f]Flora[/name_f] - Hungary (24)
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m] - Spain (1)
[name_f]Ofelia[/name_f] - doesn’t rank, but
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f] - E&W (177)
[name_f]Mabel[/name_f] - E&W (98)
[name_m]Edgar[/name_m] - Armenia (47)
[name_u]Lionel[/name_u] - Switzerland (64)
[name_u]Henry[/name_u] - [name_u]Germany[/name_u] (8) / NSW Australia (8)
[name_f]Rose[/name_f] - [name_f]France[/name_f] (7)

I’ll add more later on :slight_smile:

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This was fun to look up!

[name_m]Hugo[/name_m] – Spain (1)
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m] – [name_u]Sweden[/name_u] (18)
[name_m]Casper[/name_m] – [name_u]Sweden[/name_u] (64) but also Cats (63) lol
[name_m]Bram[/name_m] – Netherlands (16)
[name_u]August[/name_u] – [name_m]Denmark[/name_m] (14)
[name_m]Linus[/name_m] – [name_u]Germany[/name_u] (14)
[name_m]Elio[/name_m] – [name_f]France[/name_f] (100)
[name_u]Kit[/name_u] – [name_f]England[/name_f] (193, 2018)
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m] – Australia (13)
[name_u]Laurence[/name_u] / [name_m]Laurens[/name_m] – [name_f]England[/name_f] (417, 2018) / Netherlands (138)
[name_u]Mika[/name_u] – [name_u]Germany[/name_u] (44)

[name_u]Alma[/name_u] – [name_m]Denmark[/name_m] (1) wow!
[name_f]Mara[/name_f] – [name_u]Germany[/name_u] (39)
[name_f]Ines[/name_f] – [name_u]Sweden[/name_u] (14)
[name_u]Lou[/name_u] / [name_f]Louisa[/name_f] – [name_f]France[/name_f] (20) / [name_u]Germany[/name_u] (14)
[name_u]Romy[/name_u] – [name_f]France[/name_f] (26)
[name_f]Amelie[/name_f] – [name_u]Germany[/name_u] (23)
[name_f]Leonie[/name_f] – [name_f]Austria[/name_f] (16)
[name_f]Pauline[/name_f] – [name_u]Germany[/name_u] (65)
[name_f]Frida[/name_f] – Norway (11)
[name_f]Anouk[/name_f] – Switzerland (79)
[name_f]Agnes[/name_f] – [name_m]Denmark[/name_m] (3)

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Lol to [name_m]Casper[/name_m] being most popular (barely!) in cats :sweat_smile:

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[name_f]Diana[/name_f] - Portugal (19)
[name_f]Ida[/name_f] - [name_u]Germany[/name_u] (14)
[name_u]Arthur[/name_u] - Belgium (1)
[name_f]Jane[/name_f] - USA (265)
[name_f]Marianne[/name_f] - does Nameberry (1508) count? Because it doesn’t rank anywhere…
[name_f]Josepha[/name_f] - literally nowhere

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That’s super interesting that the most popular [name_f]Jane[/name_f] ranking is 265, that surprises me

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Me too! [name_m]Even[/name_m] more surprisingly, it doesn’t rank elsewhere…

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[name_f]Chiara[/name_f]: #13, [name_f]Italy[/name_f]

[name_f]Gioia[/name_f]: #34, [name_f]Italy[/name_f]

[name_f]Lucia[/name_f]: #1, Spain

[name_m]Alfonso[/name_m]: #94, Chile

[name_m]Eliseo[/name_m]: #785, US

[name_m]Niccolo[/name_m]: #57, [name_f]Italy[/name_f]

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[name_f]Sarai[/name_f] is most popular in the US
[name_u]Tristan[/name_u] is most popular in Iceland
[name_f]Una[/name_f] is most popular in Iceland
[name_f]Mabli[/name_f] is most popular in [name_f]England[/name_f]

[name_f]My[/name_f] others didn’t rank!

I didn’t know [name_u]Tristan[/name_u] and [name_f]Una[/name_f] were so popular in Iceland!

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But Josefa is super popular in Chile!

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According to nameberry:

Eise - I assume The Netherlands (unranked)
[name_u]Arthur[/name_u] - Belgium (1)
[name_m]Mees[/name_m] - The Netherlands (10)
[name_m]Lukas[/name_m] - Lithuania (3)
Juriaan - I assume The Netherlands (unranked)

[name_f]Elena[/name_f] - Belgium (11)
[name_f]Roos[/name_f] - The Netherlands (36)
[name_u]Artemis[/name_u] - US (960)
[name_f]Vera[/name_f] - [name_u]Sweden[/name_u] (13)
[name_f]Elsa[/name_f] - [name_u]Sweden[/name_u] (3)

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Based on the lists here and which countries are coming up, clearly there are some countries who don’t have lists published, and I’m curious now about what is popular there

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Girls:
[name_f]Clara[/name_f] - [name_m]Denmark[/name_m] (2)
[name_f]Victoria[/name_f] - Belgium (26)
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] - U.S. (16)
[name_f]Ivy[/name_f] - [name_f]England[/name_f] (12)
[name_f]Freja[/name_f] - [name_m]Denmark[/name_m] (5)

Boys:
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m] - Spain (1)
[name_u]Aspen[/name_u] - Not ranked but 419 on Nameberry
[name_u]Liam[/name_u] - U.S. and Switzerland (1)
[name_u]Miles[/name_u]- U.S. (59)
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m] - [name_f]England[/name_f] (65)

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[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] - [name_f]Austria[/name_f] (53)
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m] - [name_f]England[/name_f] (65)
[name_u]Julian[/name_u] - [name_f]Austria[/name_f] and Switzerland (14)
[name_m]Nicolas[/name_m] - [name_u]Brazil[/name_u] (18)
[name_m]Alfred[/name_m] - [name_m]Denmark[/name_m] (1)
[name_m]Valentin[/name_m] - [name_f]Austria[/name_f] (21)
[name_m]Alfonso[/name_m] - Nameberry says it’s US (941), but isn’t it quite common in Spanish-speaking countries?
[name_m]Theodor[/name_m] - Norway (12)
[name_u]August[/name_u] - [name_m]Denmark[/name_m] (14)
[name_m]Frans[/name_m] - [name_u]Sweden[/name_u] (27)
[name_m]Otto[/name_m] - [name_u]Sweden[/name_u] (33)
[name_m]Filip[/name_m] - Slovenia (2)
[name_u]Arthur[/name_u] - Belgium (1)

[name_f]Victoria[/name_f] - Belgium (26)
[name_f]Amalia[/name_f] - [name_u]Germany[/name_u] (72)
[name_f]Isabel[/name_f] - [name_f]Italy[/name_f] (33)
[name_f]Beatrix[/name_f] - [name_f]England[/name_f] (153)

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Yeah, I’m curious which countries don’t have lists, and which names are popular in those places

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going off of nameberry data; only names in the top 100

agnes - #3 in denmark
alma - #1 in denmark
amy - #56 in the netherlands
anna - #2 in both austria and hungary
anouk - #75 in switzerland
beatrice - #8 in italy
billie - #61 in new zealand
daisy - #31 in england
diana - #19 in portugal
edith - #42 in sweden
eleanor - #22 in the us
eliza - #38 in england
elizabeth - #16 in the us
eloise - #69 in australia
emma - #1 in france, the netherlands, and austria
faye - #65 in ireland
felicity - #100 in england
frankie - #33 in new zealand
josephine - #62 in germany
june - #79 in belgium
laura - #3 in brazil
lou - #20 in frances
louisa - #14 in germany
louise - #3 in france
lucie - #17 in france
madeline - #80 in australia
maggie - #94 in australia
mara - #39 in germany
mary - #82 in ireland
may - #87 in israel
olive - #23 in new zealand
pauline - #65 in germany
pippa - #64 new zealand
romy - #26 in france
rose - #7 in france

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[name_f]Aurelia[/name_f] - Poland (60)
[name_f]Tallulah[/name_f] - [name_f]England[/name_f] (261, although 153 on NB)
[name_u]Mallory[/name_u] - US (568 but only country listed on NB)
[name_f]Rosalia[/name_f] - US (744 but only country listed on NB, but [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f] (Austria, 56)
[name_f]Imogen[/name_f] - [name_f]England[/name_f] (45)
[name_f]Suki[/name_f] - Unranked

[name_u]Emmett[/name_u] - US (106)
[name_m]Alistair[/name_m] - [name_f]England[/name_f] (471)
[name_m]Orlando[/name_m] - [name_f]England[/name_f] (652)
[name_m]Elio[/name_m] - Switzerland (50)
[name_u]Flynn[/name_u] - Australia (56)
[name_u]Sasha[/name_u] - No countries listed, but [name_u]Sacha[/name_u] (France, 16)

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this is fun!! i’ll do just a few :))

fern — england (428)
louisa — germany (14)
tilda — germany (46)
maggie — australia (94) … but 10 for dogs and 32 for cats :sweat_smile:

rudy — england (271) … and 91 for dogs
august — denmark (14)
joel — finland (11)
henry — australia (6)

i also did this with behind the name statistics, which also has limited numbers of countries, and got …

fern — e&w (again! but 326 this time)
louisa — switzerland (75)
tilda — sweden (97 in 2016)
maggie — e&w (183)

rudy — e&w (264)
august — denmark (13)
joel — finland (11)
henry — germany + australia (8)

… i thought the differences in information available were interesting!

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Fun idea!

Girls:
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f] - [name_f]England[/name_f] (#100)
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f] - US (#71)
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] - US (#274)
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f] - [name_f]England[/name_f] (#246)
[name_f]Clara[/name_f] - [name_m]Denmark[/name_m] (#2)
[name_f]Helen[/name_f] - [name_u]Germany[/name_u] (#246)
[name_f]Magdalena[/name_f] - [name_f]Austria[/name_f] (#20)

(And [name_f]Susanna[/name_f] is not ranked anywhere apparently, except NB.)

Boys:
[name_u]Henry[/name_u] - Australia (#6)
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m] - [name_f]England[/name_f] (#631)
[name_u]Morgan[/name_u] - [name_f]England[/name_f] (#278)
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m] - Australia (#13)
[name_u]Daniel[/name_u] - [name_u]Ireland[/name_u] (#4)
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m] - Spain (#1)
[name_u]Emerson[/name_u] - US (#267)
[name_u]Kit[/name_u] - [name_f]England[/name_f] (#193)

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