The most popular names for boys in the UK
Muhammad (in all its 14 spelling variants) is the second most popular name for baby boys born in the UK last year.
Below are three lists - the top 20 most popular names for baby boys born in 2006 for the UK, the USA and Slovenia. I think it's interesting how some names (Matthew/Matej and Jacob/Jake/Jakob) appear on all three lists. I also think it's interesting to notice the religious influence in the names (besides the obvious ones, the Slovenian list has several that aren't as readily obvious to Americans, for example Blaž or St. Blaise).
And just as a side note, bonus points to anyone who can tell me the correct pronunciation of Nejc (number 3 on the Slovenian list). (Except for Goranka, I know she knows how to pronounce it!)
(The numbers shown are the number of babies given that name)
The top 20 most popular names for baby boys in the UK in 2006:
The top 20 most popular names for baby boys in the United States in 2006:
Below are three lists - the top 20 most popular names for baby boys born in 2006 for the UK, the USA and Slovenia. I think it's interesting how some names (Matthew/Matej and Jacob/Jake/Jakob) appear on all three lists. I also think it's interesting to notice the religious influence in the names (besides the obvious ones, the Slovenian list has several that aren't as readily obvious to Americans, for example Blaž or St. Blaise).
And just as a side note, bonus points to anyone who can tell me the correct pronunciation of Nejc (number 3 on the Slovenian list). (Except for Goranka, I know she knows how to pronounce it!)
(The numbers shown are the number of babies given that name)
The top 20 most popular names for baby boys in the UK in 2006:
1 Jack 6,928,
2 Muhammad (all spellings) 5,991,
3 Thomas 5,921,
4 Joshua 5,808,
5 Oliver 5,208,
6 Harry 5,006,
7 James 4,783,
8 William 4,327,
9 Samuel 4,320,
10 Daniel 4,303,
11 Charlie 4,178,
12 Benjamin 3,778,
13 Joseph 3,755,
14 Callum 3,517,
15 George 3,386,
16 Jake 3,353,
17 Alfie 3,194,
18 Luke 3,108,
19 Matthew 3,043,
20 Ethan 3,020
The top 20 most popular names for baby boys in the United States in 2006:
1 Jacob 24,418The top 20 most popular names for baby boys in Slovenia in 2006:
2 Michael 22,220
3 Joshua 21,875
4 Ethan 20,254
5 Matthew 19,991
6 Daniel 19,652
7 Christopher 19,439
8 Andrew 19,425
9 Anthony 19,101
10 William 18,645
11 Joseph 18,037
12 Alexander 17,940
13 David 17,248
14 Ryan 16,219
15 Noah 16,088
16 James 15,945
17 Nicholas 15,414
18 Tyler 15,285
19 Logan 14,974
20 John 14,924
1 LUKA 2031
2 JAN 1576
3 NEJC 1462
4 ŽAN 1350
5 ŽIGA 1197
6 NIK 1055
7 ALJAŽ 1053
8 MATIC 974
9 MIHA 942
10 DAVID 922
11 ROK 918
12 JAKA 834
13 GAŠPER 815
14 ANŽE 768
15 TILEN 749
16 BLAŽ 747
17 JAKOB 725
18 TIM 706
19 MATEJ 655
20 JURE 655
List of American names (from the Social Security Administration).
posted by Matthew Reames at 6/06/2007 09:05:00 PM
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