As we eagerly await the revelation of what the top names were in the US last year, we thought it might be fun to see what international faves were heading the lists in other parts of the world. Which American favorites were also among the three preferred choices in other countries (Jacob in Argentina, Noah in Belgium)? And which names shone internationally in their local variations (eg Lucas, Lukas, Luka). Are there some less familiar names worthy of importing (Florencia? Zuzanna? Noam?).
We’ve taken a look at the three highest-ranking names across the globe in the last year counted and here are the most interesting results, with the American rankings for comparison.
Girls
Alice—#2 in Sweden (Number 172 in the US)
Ava—#3 in Scotland (Number 5 in the US)
Aya—top name in Libya
Catalina, #3 in Chile
Chloe—# 3 in Australia (Number 9 in the US)
Constanza, #2 in Chile
Emily—#2 in Ireland (Number 6 in the US)
Emma—top name in France, Belgium and Norway, #3 in Netherlands and Ireland (Number 3 in the US)
Florencia—top name in Uruguay, #3 in Chile
Isabella—top name in Denmark and Australia (top name in the US)
Julia—top name in Poland, #2 in Netherlands, #3 in Brazil and Sweden (Number 55 in the US)
Léa—top name in Quebec, #3 in Belgium
Louise—#2 in Belgium
Lucia—top name in Spain
Maja—top name in Sweden (Number 67 in the US)
Maria—top name in Brazil (Number 86 in the US)
Mariam—#3 in Tunisia
Martina—top name in Chile
Maya—# 3 in Israel (Number 67 in the US)
Mia—#1 in Puerto Rico (Number 10 in the US)
Nora—# 3 in Norway (Number 159 in the US)
Olivia—top name in England and Ontario, #2 in Scotland (Number 4 in the US)
Ruby—# 2 in Australia (Number 113 in the US)
Sophie— top name in Scotland, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, #2 in Norway (Sophie is 59 in the US, Sophia #2)
Valentina— top name in Argentina (Number 152 in the US)
Valeria—#2 in Mexico
Ximena–#3 in Mexico
Zuzanna—#3 in Poland
Boys
Azia—top name in Tunisia
Ben—top name in Germany
Benjamin—top name in Chile (Number 22 in the US)
Diego–#2 in Mexico
Dimitrios—#3 in Greece
Elias—top name in Finland
Emil—top name in Norway
Gabriel—#3 in Brazil (Number 21 in the US)
Giorgios—top name in Greece
Harry—#3 in the UK (Number 658 in the US)
Itai–#2 in Israel
Jack—#2 in the UK and Australia (Number 44 in the US)
Jacob—#2 in Argentina (top name in the US)
Jakob—top name in Czech Republic
Konstantinos—#2 in Greece
Leon—#2 in Germany
Lucas—(#2 in Netherlands, Belgium and France; Lucas/Lukas–#3 in Germany and Sweden (Number 35 in the US),
Luis —top name in Mexico
Luka—top name in Croatia
Marko—#3 in Croatia
Mathias—#2 in Norway
Matías–#3 in Chile
Maximilian—top name in Austria
Miguel Angel— top name in Mexico (Michael is Number 3 in the US)
Nathan—top name in France, #3 in Belgium (Number 27 in the US)
Nicolás—# 3 in Uruguay (Nicholas is Number 38 in the US)
Noah—top name in Belgium (Number 7 in the US)
Oliver–top name in the UK, #3 in Australia (Number 88 in the US)
Oscar—top name in Sweden (Number 147 in the US)
Ren—top name in Japan
Santiago—#2 in Uruguay
Sem—top name in Netherlands
Tobias—#3 in Austria (Number 519 in the US)
Tomás—# 3 in the Czech Republic (Thomas is Number 62 in the US)
Vicente—#2 in Chile
William—top name in Australia and Denmark, #2 in Sweden, #3 in Norway (Number 5 in the US)
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I have to say, it was a bit depressing seeing Giulia as the top name in Italy. Having a popular first name, I always took pride in having that as an unpopular and unique middle name, but apparently it’s not that special.