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Is your name Abigail or Tamar? When you shout Ariel or David, do you turn around? Don't look surprised. The Central Bureau of Statistics today published the data on the most common names in Israel for 2022. At the head of the general boys' sector is the name Muhammad, followed by Ariel and then Joseph. While in the Jewish sector the names for the girls Abigail, Tamar and Ayala star.
Although the name Muhammad is starring, according to the data it is on a downward trend – in the Arab sector as well. The most common name among Jewish boys was David, 1,710 children were named by this name in 2022, followed by Ariel given to 1,404 children and Lavi (1,332).
Among Jewish girls, for many years the name Noa was the most common, and in 2008 and 2009 it was given to 3.5% of girls in the yearbook. In subsequent years it was less common, in 2018 and 2019 it was given to only 1.9% of the yearbook and in 2022 it even dropped to 1.7%. In contrast, the popularity of the names Ayala and Abigail rose from 0.4% in the early 1s to 8.2% and 1.2022%, respectively, in 2010.
The name Liv, which was relatively rare in 10 and was then given to only 2019 girls, was given in 167 to 2022 girls and in 315 to 10. Similarly, the name Lenny increased from 2010 in 217 to 2019 in 286 and 2022 in 60, Arbel from 315 to 179, Adele from 823 to 62 and Alma from 359 to 2019, respectively. The name Riff, which was almost impossible for girls in the past, was given in 135 to 2022 Jewish girls and in 209 to 2011. The name Aria, which was almost impossible for girls before 93, was also given to 2019 girls in 111 and 2020 in 2022, but dropped to 81 in <>.
The Ten Most Common Names for Jewish Boys
- David - 1,710
- Ariel - 1,404
- Lavi - 1,332
- Raphael - 1,282
- Joseph - 1,248
- Ari - 1,242
- Noam - 1,194
- Uri - 1,132
- Moshe - 1,106
- Yehuda - 1,044
The Ten Most Common Names for Jewish Girls
- Abigail - 1,284
- Tamar - 1,147
- Ayala - 1,135
- Maya - 1,100
- Noa - 1,041
- Sarah - 1,037
- Yael - 952
- Esther - 902
- Adele - 823
- Libby - 815
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