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Help[Opinions] Most popular names per country according to a book published in 2012
I was looking through an old book I have, published in 2012. On each page it includes the most popular boy and girl name of that country. I am not sure if it was intended to be the most popular for that year or the most popular overall (or a mix of both). What do you think of these? Do you think it’s accurate (of 2012), as to me some seemed more accurate than others? :)
(Boy name on left and girl on right)
Iceland: Ólafur and Aníta
Sweden: Hugo and Ebba
Finland: Veeti and Aino
UK: Jack and Olivia
Netherlands: Stijn and Lieke
Belgium: Nathan and Elise
Germany: Lucas and Leonie
Switzerland: Jonas and Anaïs
Austria: Moritz and Hannah
Poland: Jás and Zosia
Czech Republic: Tomáš and Anna
France: Louis and Zoé
Spain: Daniel and Paula
Italy: Ricardo and Francesca
Croatia: Luka and Petra
Romania: Andrei and Ioana
Greece: Nikolaos and Dimitra
Russia: Vladimir and Elena
Mongolia: Naranbaatar and Bolormaa
China: Wei and Li
Nepal: Dawa and Sundari
India: Rahul and Aditi
Thailand: Kasem and Paveena
Japan: Akira and Misaki
Jordan: Ahmad and Hala
Morocco: Mohamed and Saida
Egypt: Muhammed and Asmaa
Ghana: Kweben and Afi
Tanzania: Abasi and Neema
Namibia: Zeka and Aina
South Africa: Tebogo, Johan and Lerato
Madagascar: Lalaina and Lantoniana
Canada: Ethan and Olivia
USA: Jim, Emily and Mary
Mexico: Santiago and María José
Ecuador: Javier and Catalina
Peru: Sergio and Carla
Brazil: Miguel and Isabella
Chile: Cristóbal and Constanza
Australia: David and Lily
New Zealand: Benjamin and Lily
Fiji: Epeli and Litia
(Boy name on left and girl on right)
Iceland: Ólafur and Aníta
Sweden: Hugo and Ebba
Finland: Veeti and Aino
UK: Jack and Olivia
Netherlands: Stijn and Lieke
Belgium: Nathan and Elise
Germany: Lucas and Leonie
Switzerland: Jonas and Anaïs
Austria: Moritz and Hannah
Poland: Jás and Zosia
Czech Republic: Tomáš and Anna
France: Louis and Zoé
Spain: Daniel and Paula
Italy: Ricardo and Francesca
Croatia: Luka and Petra
Romania: Andrei and Ioana
Greece: Nikolaos and Dimitra
Russia: Vladimir and Elena
Mongolia: Naranbaatar and Bolormaa
China: Wei and Li
Nepal: Dawa and Sundari
India: Rahul and Aditi
Thailand: Kasem and Paveena
Japan: Akira and Misaki
Jordan: Ahmad and Hala
Morocco: Mohamed and Saida
Egypt: Muhammed and Asmaa
Ghana: Kweben and Afi
Tanzania: Abasi and Neema
Namibia: Zeka and Aina
South Africa: Tebogo, Johan and Lerato
Madagascar: Lalaina and Lantoniana
Canada: Ethan and Olivia
USA: Jim, Emily and Mary
Mexico: Santiago and María José
Ecuador: Javier and Catalina
Peru: Sergio and Carla
Brazil: Miguel and Isabella
Chile: Cristóbal and Constanza
Australia: David and Lily
New Zealand: Benjamin and Lily
Fiji: Epeli and Litia
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US stats - Jacob and Sophia were the top names.
Emily was no# 6 and Mary was at no# 121. Poor Jim didn't make the top 1,000 but James was no# 14 and Jamie was 844.
FYI usually baby name books publish the previous year statistics rather than the year of publication.
Emily was no# 6 and Mary was at no# 121. Poor Jim didn't make the top 1,000 but James was no# 14 and Jamie was 844.
FYI usually baby name books publish the previous year statistics rather than the year of publication.
Yes, the US ones in particular seemed a bit off to me. It was a map book, which included lots of information about each country in addition to the names, so maybe it was just looking for ‘typical names’? Either way, I found them fun to read through even if not all of them were totally accurate!
Hi!
Italy ... Ricardo and Francesca?
Ricardo isn't even an Italian name.
Riccardo is the Italian name but it was not the most popular in 2012. Francesco was. Then the most used Italian name ever is Giuseppe that was #1 since 1900 until 1972. A monopoly.
Francesca became popular in 1950s, in 1961 was in Top20 (but in the bottom) while in 1999-2001 was #6 and since then it has decreased both in ranking and number of bearers. In 2022 It was #31 with 1145 newborns (the lowest number and ranking since 1999). It was certainly not the most popular in Italy in 2012 and obviously not the most popular ever. Probably Maria has that record.
In 2012 the most used in Italy for babies were Francesco and Sofia.
Italy ... Ricardo and Francesca?
Ricardo isn't even an Italian name.
Riccardo is the Italian name but it was not the most popular in 2012. Francesco was. Then the most used Italian name ever is Giuseppe that was #1 since 1900 until 1972. A monopoly.
Francesca became popular in 1950s, in 1961 was in Top20 (but in the bottom) while in 1999-2001 was #6 and since then it has decreased both in ranking and number of bearers. In 2022 It was #31 with 1145 newborns (the lowest number and ranking since 1999). It was certainly not the most popular in Italy in 2012 and obviously not the most popular ever. Probably Maria has that record.
In 2012 the most used in Italy for babies were Francesco and Sofia.
Based on the US names, I'm going to go with overall, though I'm pretty sure the male name isn't accurate (it's probably Michael).
It'd be close. I assume they're conflating Jim with James which was extremely popular with older generations and never fell that far.
Although I'm doubtful about Emily. It seems like they must be conflating that with multiple things (Emilia? Emma? something else??). I wonder why they didn't just put James and Mary.
Although I'm doubtful about Emily. It seems like they must be conflating that with multiple things (Emilia? Emma? something else??). I wonder why they didn't just put James and Mary.
This message was edited 4/7/2024, 1:08 PM
Yeah, Emily seemed weird to me too. It disappeared for quite a while.