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[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I know some people like to check with Social Security Online (myself included) to see the popularity of names (it's great because you can search and see different years etc). I am not from the U.S. though, I'm from Canada, so I started to wonder how the lists compare. So I did a search for the top Canadian baby names. I would be interested in seeing the top names from the countries where other community members live. So feel free to post the top names of your country/state/whatever.

2005 U.S. Top Ten
Male
Jacob
Michael
Joshua
Matthew
Ethan
Andrew
Daniel
Anthony
Christopher
Joseph

Female
Emily
Emma
Madison
Abigail
Olivia
Isabella
Hannah
Samantha
Ava
Ashley


2005 Canada Top Ten
Male
Ethan
Joshua
Jacob
Matthew
Logan
Carter
Liam
Nathan
Noah
Alexander

Female
Emma
Emily
Hannah
Madison
Olivia
Grace
Hailey
Sarah
Chloe
Ava

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[anapology.livejournal.com]

England and Wales.

Jessica
Emily
Sophie
Olivia
Chloe
Ellie
Grace
Lucy
Charlotte
Katie

Jack
Joshua
Thomas
James
Oliver
Daniel
Samuel
William
Harry
Joseph

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

It's interesting that there are some of the same names on the lists of many countries, just in different orders.
I like Sophie and Charlotte, very pretty.

[hitzpink.livejournal.com]

I'm not from France, but I do have a bit of an obsession for all things French, so I did a quick Google search for the top 10 French baby names.

Girls
Camille
Charlotte
Chloe
Clara
Lea
Lucie
Manon
Marine
Mathilde
Romane

Boys
Adrien
Bastien, Sebastien
Clement
Corentin
Killian
Mathieu
Nicolas
Pierre
Quentin
Tanguy


Other popular girls names include: Emma, Inés, Marie, Océane, Anais, Laura, Eva, Maeva.
Other popular boys names: Lucas, Theo, Thomas, Hugo, Antoine, Enzo, Maxime, Alexis, Paul.

[coconutchica.livejournal.com]

I love French names. Océane is just gorgeous.

Enzo sort of surprised me bc it sounds so Italian, and Killian's is one of my favorite beers - I didn't even know it was used as a first name!

[hitzpink.livejournal.com]

I know, I love French names. They're all so pretty. My first thought was of the beer, too, when I saw Killian.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

my first thought was Cillian Murphy

[x-lostinyou.livejournal.com]

I love Camille and Adrien!

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

ha ha Emma is popular in most countries I guess.
I really like Mathilde and I adore Sebastien.

[anapology.livejournal.com]

Emma isn't in the english top 10! i think it's actually as low as 30 something. Emma is a verrrry popular name for the 1980's over here... i know so many. I havent actually looked up the stats or anything, but i do know a ridiculous amount... not sure it's quite the american jennifer of 80's britain though!

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

That's interesting.

[hitzpink.livejournal.com]

It's funny to see Emma on so many lists. And it's often in the top 10, too!

[bloomingtulip.livejournal.com]

These are Italian and I think they might be the most popular ever not recently, but it's all I could find. I love Italy!

Feminine Masculine
1 Maria Giuseppe
2 Anna Giovanni
3 Giuseppina Antonio
4 Rosa Mario
5 Angela Luigi
6 Giovanna Francesco
7 Teresa Angelo
8 Lucia Vincenzo
9 Carmela Pietro
10 Caterina Salvatore
11 Francesca Carlo
12 Anna Maria Franco
13 Antonietta Domenico
14 Carla Bruno
15 Elena Paolo
16 Concetta Michele
17 Rita Giorgio
18 Margherita Aldo
19 Franca Sergio
20 Paola Luciano

[bloomingtulip.livejournal.com]

sorry the spacing is so messed up on that! it wasn't like that when i posted it

anyway, the first name for each number is feminine and the second is masculine

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I work in a very Italian community at a school and those seem about right. Some names are more the kind that the parents have (Conchetta, Franca, Giuseppina, Maria etc). But I've known kids named, Mario, Francesco, Pietro, Carlo, Domenico, Michele, Luciano, Francesca, Elena, and Margherita.

[smasharash.livejournal.com]

It's funny how there are both the masculine and feminine versions of names in there, like:

Giuseppe/Giuseppina
Giovanni/Giovanna
Maria/Mario
Antonio/Antonietta
Francesco/Francesca
Carlo/Carla
Luciano/Lucia
Angelo/Angela
Paolo/Paola
Franco/Franca

Did I miss any?

[pearshateraqui.livejournal.com]

I know someone who is half-Italian, half-English, called Francesca Giuseppina, Giuseppina is her middle name and she doesn't like it. Is that a mouthful?

[bloomingtulip.livejournal.com]

That is a mouthful!

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

It doesn't seem too bad to me. It's quite romantic.

[jaydoz.livejournal.com]

10 most popular names in New Zealand
Girls' Names
Emma
Sophie
Ella
Emily
Jessica
Hannah
Olivia
Grace
Charlotte
Georgia

Boys' Names
Joshua
Jack
Benjamin
Samuel
Daniel
Jacob
Ethan
James
Thomas
Matthew

[x-lostinyou.livejournal.com]

I love Charlotte.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

cool, it has names on it from various other lists as well.

And I quite like Hannah even though it's uber-popular.

[lavandersparkle.livejournal.com]

Top 10 names in B.C, Canada.
Girls:
Emma
Emily
Olivia
Hannah
Madison
Ava
Ella
Isabella
Grace

Boys:
Ethan
Joshua
Matthew
Jacob
Nathan
Ryan
Alexander
Liam
Nicholas
Noah

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I think that was on the same website I got the Canada names from because it looks really familiar. I would have picked Ontario but they didn't have an Ontario list there.
I've always liked the names Ryan and Liam.

[janelleandheart.livejournal.com]

Score.
My name & my son's name aren't there.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

my name isn't there either. Nor the names I plan to use for my future sons and /or daughters.

[274-days.livejournal.com]

Top ten baby names in Australia

Girls:
Chloe
Emily
Olivia
Emma
Jasmine
Charlotte
Sienna
Ella
Isabelle
Lily

Boys:
Lachlan
Jack
Thomas
William
James
Joshua
Liam
Luke
Ethan
Matthew

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

Lachlan is interesting. I'm surprised it's number one. It doesn't seem like a name that would be that popular.