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[politicking.livejournal.com]

i googled to see what the top ten baby names in different countries are... so, these are as of May 2007 (that is when the ssa website says it was updated, as well as the website i got the international names from).

((country, then girls' names, then boys'.))

Australia
   1. Chloe
   2. Charlotte
   3. Ella

   4. Emily
   5. Olivia
   6. Jessica
   7. Isabella
   8. Mia
   9. Sophie
  10. Sienna

   1. Jack
   2. Joshua
   3. William

   4. Lachlan
   5. Thomas
   6. James
   7. Daniel
   8. Noah
   9. Ryan
  10. Ethan

Chile
   1. Constanza
   2. Catalina
   3. Valentina

   4. Javiera
   5. Martina
   6. Sofia
   7. Maria
   8. Antonia
   9. Fernanda
  10. Francisca

   1. Benjamin
   2. Matias
   3. Vicente

   4. Martin
   5. Sebastian
   6. Diego
   7. Nicolas
   8. Juan
   9. Jose
  10. Cristobal

England and Wales
   1. Olivia
   2. Grace
   3. Jessica

   4. Ruby
   5. Emily
   6. Sophie
   7. Chloe
   8. Lucy
   9. Lily
  10. Ellie

   1. Jack
   2. Thomas
   3. Joshua

   4. Oliver
   5. Harry
   6. James
   7. William
   8. Samuel
   9. Daniel
  10. Charlie

Finland
   1. Emilia
   2. Olivia
   3. Katariina

   4. Amanda
   5. Matilda
   6. Emma
   7. Iida
   8. Ella
   9. Aada
  10. Karoliina

   1. Johnannes
   2. Matias
   3. Aleksi

   4. Antero
   5. Tapani
   6. Samuel
   7. Emil
   8. Leevi
   9. Rasmus
  10. Ville

France
   1. Emma
   2. Lea
   3. Manon

   4. Clara
   5. Chloe
   6. Ines
   7. Camille
   8. Sarah
   9. Oceane
  10. Jade

   1. Enzo
   2. Mathis
   3. Lucas

   4. Hugo
   5. Matheo
   6. Nathan
   7. Theo
   8. Noah
   9. Matteo
  10. Thomas

Germany
   1. Marie
   2. Sophie/Sofie
   3. Maria

   4. Anna/ Anne
   5. Leonie
   6. Lena
   7. Emily
   8. Johanna
   9. Laura
  10. Lea/Leah

   1. Leon
   2. Alexander
   3. Maximilian

   4. Lukas/Lucas
   5. Paul
   6. Luca
   7. Tim
   8. Felix
   9. David
  10. Elias

Ireland
   1. Emma
   2. Sarah
   3. Katie

   4. Amy
   5. Aoife
   6. Ciara
   7. Sophie
   8. Chloe
   9. Leah
  10. Ella

   1. Jack
   2. Sean
   3. Adam

   4. Conor
   5. James
   6. Daniel
   7. Cian
   8. Luke
   9. Aaron
  10. Michael

United States
 1. Emily
 2. Emma
 3. Madison

 4. Isabella
 5. Ava
 6. Abigail
 7. Olivia
 8. Hannah
 9. Sophia
 10. Samantha

1     Jacob   
2     Michael
3     Joshua

4     Ethan   
5     Matthew
6     Daniel  
7     Christopher
8     Andrew  
9     Anthony 
10     William

   

Comments

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

Those are pretty interesting. I wish you also had Canada.

My fiance adores the name Mia and insists that it can't be as popular in Canada as it is in the States so I really wish I could find a top 100 or even top ten of Canada for 2007.

[politicking.livejournal.com]

this is 2004/2005, i'm having a hard time finding anything more recent

Top Baby Names (1-25)
Rank Girls Boys

1 Emma -- Ethan/Ethen

2 Emily/Emilie -- Matthew

3 Sarah/Sara -- Joshua

4 Madison/Madisyn -- Jacob/Jakob

5 Hannah/Hanna -- Nicholas/Nickolas

6 Olivia -- Aidan/Aiden

7 Hailey/Hayley -- Ryan

8 Maya/Mia -- Alexander

9 Kaitlyn/Katelyn -- Nathan

10 Abigail/Abigayle -- Benjamin

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

see I saw that one but I was confused by Maya/Mia being number 8 as to me those are two completely different names and all the other ones just show two popular (I guess) spellings of the same name.

[http://users.livejournal.com/___heyvanity/]

I LOVE Valentina... however I'd never use it myself.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I knew a Valentina (I work at a school) from the time she was 2 and a half til the time she was five. She was feisty and awesome, her name totally suited her.
Her sisters were Alessandra and Natalia

[politicking.livejournal.com]

that's a cute sib set.

[babyeraserhead.livejournal.com]

My grandma's name is Valentina.
It's a pretty popular name in Russia.

[politicking.livejournal.com]

i'm not sure... i would say it starting with a "Yo" rather than "Jo"... Yo-hah-ness? even with the extra letters? lol

[krosp.livejournal.com]

I think it's actually just Yo-haan
But I can't be sure.

[widgetchick.livejournal.com]

Every time I see the name Madison being used I remember Splash! the movie. That was really the first introduction of that name being, well, a name and not a street.

I like it though.

[ladydiddymus.livejournal.com]

I think its funny that Jessica is so popular in England since it seems like such an 80s name here.

[the-good-ship.livejournal.com]

Ones I like:
Australia - Charlotte; Emily; Isabella; Sienna (but with only one "n"); Jack; Thomas; Daniel; Ryan
Chile - Catalina; Martina; Sofia (is this pronounced the same as Sophia - if so, yes.); Antonia; Francisca; Benjamin; Nicolas
England and Wales - Emily; Jack; Thomas; Oliver; Harry; Daniel; I only like Charlie when it's short for Charlotte.
Finland - Emilia; Matias
France - Sarah; Noah; Thomas
Germany - Emily
Ireland - Sarah; Jack; Adam; Daniel; Luke; Michael
United States - Emily; Isabella; Abigail; Sophia; Michael; Matthew; Daniel; Christopher; Andrew

Also, because I feel in a 'let's look at the statistics' sort of mood, a leader board of names that are popular in more than one country:
Girls
1. Sophie/Sophia/Sofie/Sofia (6)
2. Emily/Emilia (5)
3. Emma (4)
3. Olivia (4)
3. Chloe (4)
6. Ella (3)
6. Jessica (3)
6. Lea/Leah (3)
9. Maria/Marie (2)
9. Isabella (2)
9. Sarah (2)

Boys
1. Joshua (4)
1. Daniel (4)
3. Jack (3)
3. William (3)
3. Thomas (3)
3. James (3)
3. Matthew/Matias/Matis/Matteo/Matheo (3 - France really seems to like variants of this)
3. Lucas/Lukas/Luca/Luke (3)
9. Noah (2)
9. Ethan (2)
9. Samuel (2)
9. Michael (2)
9. Christopher/Cristobal (2)

[coolteamblt.livejournal.com]

I'm still not sold on Chloe. It sounds odd to me, and makes me think of a super ditzy cheerleader.

Sophia is so pretty, but I'm not a big fan of naming a girl Sophie instead. Isn't Sophie just a nickname for Sophia?

[jamie-chickie.livejournal.com]

I agree with you about chloe!
My cousin's kids are sophie and chloe coincidentally!

[babyeraserhead.livejournal.com]

Ella, Jack, Catalina, Benjamin, Olivia, Lucy, Charlie, Lea, Manon, Theo, Sophie, Lena, Ciara, Leah, Adam, Madison (though I'd never name a kid Madison myself.)

I don't really like Constanza, Martina, Javiera, Grace, Daniel, Leevi, Rasmus, Leon, or Christopher.

[babyeraserhead.livejournal.com]

And I think I just fell in love with the name Johnannes.