Most popular baby names where you are?

Blatantly ripping off ruadh’s thread about the most popular baby names in Ireland…

What baby names are the most popular where you are?

According to Statistics Norway, the most popular names for babies born in 2003 were (alternate spellings in parentheses):

Boys

  1. Mathias (Matias)
  2. Tobias
  3. Andreas
  4. Martin
  5. Kristian (Christian)
  6. Jonas
  7. Markus (Marcus)
  8. Sander
  9. Kristoffer (Christopher, Christoffer)
  10. Daniel

Girls

  1. Emma
  2. Ida
  3. Thea (Tea)
  4. Sara (Sarah)
  5. Julie
  6. Nora
  7. Emilie
  8. Maria
  9. Ingrid (Ingri)
  10. Hanna (Hannah)

I’m in America, and our name stats inspired their own thread recently. To be even more specific, in the town where I’m from, we seem to have a surplus of Dylans and Tylers. (My youngest brother, almost 12, is one of them, and after giving their other two sons such rare names, my parents kind of regret accidentally choosing a popular name.) Perhaps we can trade a few Dylans and Tylers for some Madisons and MacKenzies. :stuck_out_tongue:

Tyler
Blake
Madison

Tyneisha
Jailen
Malia

puke

We also have an overwhelming number of Taylors, Tylers, Dylans, Madisons, etc. I definitely think Norway parents have better taste!
flodnak, are the names you listed mostly traditional Norwegian names, or do parents there get caught up in what’s popular or “unique” (I put that in quotes for a reason) at the time?

According to the Social Security database, the most popular names in my state in 2003 were

boys: Jacob, Andrew, Micheal, Ethan, Joshua
girls: Emma, Madison, Emily, Olivia, and Hannah.
My own name had a brief surge of popularity in the early 90’s that saw it shoot into the top 1000 for the first time ever. It has since dropped back off and I am now officially “odd” again.

boys:
Sem
Daan
Tim
Thomas
Lars
Lucas
Bram
Niels
Thijs
Max

girls:
Sanne
Lotte
Emma
Anne
Amber
Femke
Lisa
Anna
Julia
Isa

Short and sweet, I think. :slight_smile:

The most popular names in Finland in 2003:

Boys

  1. Niko, Nico
  2. Eetu
  3. Juho
  4. Veeti
  5. Lauri
  6. Leevi
  7. Joona
  8. Aleksi
  9. Arttu
  10. Ville

Girls

  1. Iida, Ida
  2. Aada, Ada
  3. Ella
  4. Emma
  5. Anni
  6. Siiri
  7. Sara
  8. Venla
  9. Viivi
  10. Nea

In Australia, apparently the most popular are

Girls

Emily
Jessica
Chloe
Isabella
Sarah
Sophie
Olivia
Georgia
Grace
Hannah

Boys

Joshua
Lachlan
Jack
Thomas
Ethan
James
Daniel
Nicholas
William
Benjamin

Fairly standard bunch of names IMHO.

59 girls named Georgia, and 8 Jorja’s born to lumpenproles who can’t spell.
How many Matrix names? 5 boys named Zion, 39 girls named Trinity. No Mr. AnderSON! 's

Overall, not bad