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The most popular baby names in 2020: Marie and Jacob took first place

The most popular baby names in 2020: Marie and Jacob took first place

According to Statistics Austria, Marie and Jacob topped the list of newborn first names in 2020. This is shown by evaluating the first names (in the original spelling, without special characters) for all 40,669 girls and 42,934 boys born this year. For girls, parents chose the name Marie 734 times (1.8 percent) and for boys 794 times (1.8 percent) the name Jacob, the Austrian Statistics Authority said in a broadcast on Monday. In 2019 Emma and Maximilian won. “Marie is the top climber among the most popular baby names for 2020. Compared to the previous year, she moved up three places and took the number one spot. Jacob, a new name for boys, also took the lead. It was next,” said Tobias Thomas, General Manager of Statistics Austria.

Marie climbed to number eight on the list of the top 10 girls’ names in 2009 and is becoming more and more popular year after year. In 2016 and 2017, reaching third place in each case, Jacob dropped to 10th for the first time in 2010 and consistently ranks in the top 10 (except for 2012: 11th) and 3rd in 2015, 2018 and 2019.

2020 girls names list

On the 2020 song list for girl names, it was followed by Anna Marie at number two, who has been in the top ten since 1991 and has been in the top three since 1996, 13 times including 1. Emilia was in third. In fourth place is Emma, ​​who has fallen three places compared to the previous year. As in 2019, Mia and Lena ranked fifth and sixth. Another climber followed him in seventh with Leah (2019: ninth). Joanna, as famous as 2019, became the eighth. In ninth place is Sofia, who climbed two places compared to the previous year. Laura has fallen in tenth place three times compared to 2019.

Hit Boys Name List 2020

The boy names list for 2020 will continue after Jacob in second place by David, who moved up two places compared to the previous year. Last year’s winner Maximilian came third. Felix finished fourth, one place better than last year. In fifth place is Paul, who has fallen three times compared to the previous year. As in 2019, Elias ranked sixth. Jonas placed seventh, up one place compared to the previous year. With Lyon, the third-best climber came in eighth (2019: 10th). Lukas, which was the most popular boy name between 1996 and 2010, only placed ninth in 2020. The tenth position went to Tobias, returning in the top ten (2019: eleventh, previously in the top ten since 2000).