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The most popular given names vary nationally, regionally, and culturally. more...
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Lists of widely-used given names can consist of those most often bestowed upon infants born within the last year, thus reflecting the current onomastic trends, or else be composed of the personal names occurring most within the total population.
Popularity by region
The names listed in the following tables, unless otherwise noted, represent the most current top 10 breakdowns of what newborn children are commonly being christened in the various regions of the world.
Asia & Pacific
Male names
Female names
Europe
Male names
Female names
North & South America
Male names
Female names
United States
Every year, the US Social Security's Office of the Chief Actuary publishes a list of the most popular names given at birth for males and females in the US (website).
Category:Lists of popular names has a lookup for most popular names by year from 1880 through 2005.
They are also linked from here:
1880s - 1890s - 1900s - 1910s - 1920s - 1930s - 1940s - 1950s - 1960s - 1970s - 1980s - 1990s - 2000s
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