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Israel - the (near-)full name data that is being circulated on the internet is split into four groups: Jewish, Muslim, Christian and Druze. The link to the 2016 data is here (though without the names of Druze): https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-5113509,00.html (the same website should also have the 2015 data on one of the earlier articles, names of Druze included in this instance).

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Romania - I actually shared the site that has that top 50 to Mike, it only has 2009 since, at that time, I can only find data for that year which goes beyond the top 10 names which is the case for other years.

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Ukraine - though I am not aware of any data regarding top 50, 100+ names in Ukraine as a whole, there is full name data for the Lviv Oblast, which you can find here: http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/dw_name/main.asp

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Japan - this is a long one, so bear with me - the only name data from that country that also takes into account the sound and not just how popular a particular writing is is in the form of surveys done by a couple of companies: Benesse/Tamahiyo (https://st.benesse.ne.jp/ninshin/name/2017/), Meiji Yasuda Life (https://www.meijiyasuda.co.jp/enjoy/ranking/) and Baby Calendar (formerly Cookpad Baby) (https://baby-calendar.jp/special/name/2017/ - shared by SugarPlumFairy on a Facts thread regarding Akane). Of course, I do my own research into names from the Heisei Period, the period Japan is in right now until the Emperor abdicates in April of next year, through sites like http://namaejiten.com/ (which only list the writings and not the sound but I do try to work around a fairly accurate popularity data by sound) and through town/city public relations magazines that are available online (though some do not list gender). As both sides of my research into recent Japanese names are liable to errors, I am reluctant to share the full research data at this time, though I do reference them whenever I do my BSAH blog posts...I just hope that official name statistics do come out within my lifetime, though that's wishful thinking on my part.

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There are also statistics from a few other countries that isn't being mentioned here on my main blog, as well as some of my own research (e.g. Manila in 1977) if anyone's interested (+ some of the research I'm doing right now that will be put up on MIID in the future).

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My PNL: http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/149249
'Maybe It Is Daijiro (aka Maks)' blog: https://maybeitisdaijirou.wordpress.com/
'Beyond Sakura and Hiroshi' blog: https://beyondsakuraandhiroshi.wordpress.com/

This message was edited 8/30/2018, 9:48 AM