When children are just around the corner, parents are often spoiled for choice.
What first name should you give your child?
There were a few favorites this year.
Name researcher Knud Bielefeld has created statistics.
In 2020, parents sometimes preferred well-known first names for their children.
A well-known name lost massively in popularity in 2020.
Ahrensburg -
Parents-to-
be will know the dilemma.
The
choice of the appropriate first name
for one's own
child
is not always easy.
According to the
ranking
of name expert Knud Bielefeld,
a lot
has happened
in
Germany
in
2020
for the most popular first names for newborn boys.
After nine years
,
Ben
lost
his top spot
- and was barely
ousted from the throne
by
Noah
.
This emerges from the
statistics
published on Wednesday in Ahrensburg (Schleswig-Holstein) by
the hobby name researcher Bielefeld.
When it
comes to boy names
,
Matteo
sits
close
behind
the leading duo Noah and Ben.
Behind them,
Finn, Leon, Elias, Paul, Henry, Luis
and
Felix made it
into the top ten
among the boys
.
Meanwhile,
according to Bielefeld,
the
girls
in the top positions are also close.
As with the boys, the previous
front runner was pushed from the throne
.
With
Mia, Emilia
and
Hannah
, a trio in 2020 had better cards than
Emma,
who was so popular the year before
.
Sophia, Lina, Ella, Mila, Clara
and
Lea
landed in
the following places with the girls
.
Most popular first names 2020: Close races for boys and girls
According to Bielefeld, things were tighter this year than in previous years.
“That was
extremely exciting
for me
.
It was a
head-to-head race
until the last second.
In most of the previous years I already knew in the spring who would be number one because the leading names had already built a long gap over the year, ”the hobby researcher said.
The
gaps
between them were also
smaller
than usual. “If my sample had looked a little different, then the name, which is now perhaps in second or third place, would have been in first place.
There
are only minimal differences between them. ”Bielefeld had
evaluated
the names of
around 23 percent of all children born in Germany in 2020
for its statistics
.
Baby name hit list 2020: exciting as never before https://t.co/EzKlSjkVs8 pic.twitter.com/VLMtpuuGoG
- Knud Bielefeld (@kbfeld) December 30, 2020
Most popular first names 2020: Emilia and Matteo continue to advance
The rise of
Emilia
and
Matteo was
foreseeable, both of which have
climbed
step by step in the list of the most popular first names in recent years
.
"If I have to predict: I expect
Matteo and Emilia
to be number one
next year
if the upward trend continues", Bielefeld was certain.
The
name researcher also
dealt
with the hottest
middle
names.
In 2020
Sophia, Marie
and
Maria
as well as
Alexander, Elias
and
Maximilian were right
at the front.
An international touch can also be seen at the top of the popularity scale - mainly with an
English
and
Scandinavian
background.
But
older German names
are apparently also in vogue.
“
Emil, Anton, Paul, Emma, Anna
- these are older names that we have known for a long time.
Gerda
climbs higher from year to year and
the name
Kurt
has now
become more and more popular
in Saxony
.
Most popular first names 2020: Greta falls a hundred places in the ranking
There is also a big
"loser"
in the name ranking.
The girl's first name
Greta
has lost a lot of its popularity.
However, Bielefeld saw it
coming in the summer
- despite prominent namesake such as the Swedish
climate activist Greta Thunberg
.
Now the first name Greta slipped from position 30 to position 130. “This is really the most remarkable observation I have ever made since these statistics.
Such a steep fall ”, Bielefeld recognized almost historical proportions.
In addition to winners and losers, the
exotic ones caught
the eye
as usual
.
In 2020, parents again gave their children extraordinary names.
Among the
girls
, for example,
Amore, Divora
and
Marvelous
appeared.
Some
guys
will go by the names
Archibald, Hotte, Rhett
and
Denver
.
(dpa / kh)
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