The most popular children's names in the USA, Russia, Ukraine and Belarus
While Noah and Emma became the most popular baby names in the USA, Anastasia and Alexander for the second year in a row are leading among the most popular names in Russia.
In the United States, the name of biblical Noah holds the first place for the second year in a row, and the name Emma returned to first place among the names of girls for the first time in seven years.
The classic name James, which was at the top of the 1940-50-s, returned to ninth place in the list of the most popular names in the United States.
The birth of Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana in the UK made the name Charlotte popular among American parents (10 place). Elizabeth on 14 place, and Diana on 297-m, writes CNN
USA (girls):
1. Emma.
2. Olivia.
3. Sofia.
4. Isabel.
5. Aw.
6. Mia.
7. Emily.
8. Abigail
9. Madison.
10. Charlotte.
USA (boys):
1. Noah.
2. Liam
3. Mason.
4. Jacob.
5. William.
6. Ethane.
7. Michael.
8. Alexander.
9. James.
10. Daniel.
It is very easy for American parents to find out how popular the name they have chosen. In the US, there is a special brokerwhere you can enter the name and the year of interest.
Almost the same names are popular in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. But otherwise, when countries are located nearby and often relatives live in each of them.
A database such as in the USA is not, therefore the Internet comes to the rescue.
Increasingly, babies began to appear with ancient Slavic names that replaced the fashionable western. The names Ustim, Lubomir, Zakhar, Kvitoslava, Uliana or Zoreslav are no longer surprising. And more and more young parents are thinking about the continuation of this tradition.
With the help of social networks, we managed to find out the most popular names of boys and girls in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine.
Russia (girls):
1. Anastasia.
2. Maria.
3. Daria.
4. Anna.
5. Elizabeth.
6. Pauline.
7. Victoria.
8. Catherine.
Russia (boys):
1. Alexander.
2. Maksim.
3. Ivan
4. Artem.
5. Dmitriy.
6. Nikita
7. Michael.
8. Daniel.
9. Egor.
10. Andrew.
Belarus (girls):
1. Daria.
2. Anastasia.
3. Maria.
4. Elizabeth.
5. Catherine.
6. Kseniya.
7. Victoria.
8. Valeria.
9. Pauline.
10. Sophia
Belarus (boys):
1. Artem.
2. Vladislav.
3. Kirill.
4. Nikita
5. Zahar
6. Arseny.
7. Gleb.
8. Timofey.
9. Savely.
Ukraine (girls):
1. Anastasia.
2. Alina.
3. Daria.
4. Catherine.
5. Maria.
6. Nataliya.
7. Sofia.
8. Yuliya.
9. Victoria.
10. Elizabeth.
Ukraine (boys):
1. Alexander.
2. Daniel.
3. Maksim.
4. Vladislav.
5. Nikita
6. Artem.
7. Ivan
8. Kirill.
9. Egor.
10. Ilya.