Paul and Marie: These were the top 2021 baby names in Austria. The name Marie managed to defend her place as number 1 in 2020, Paul is the most popular boy’s name for the first time since 2018. While more babies were named Valentina and Laura last year, Lea and David fell in the rankings. This data was used in Statistics Austria’s annual hit list of first names, which counts the baby’s first name in its original form without any special characters.
In 2021, 41,841 girls were born in Austria, of whom 1.9 percent – or 795 babies – were named Marie. Of the 44,237 born boys, 1.8 percent of the parents, so for 810 babies, chose the name Paul. Marie was already the girl’s name number 1 in 2020 and it was also popular in the years before. In 2009, Marie rose to number 9 in the list of the ten most common first names for girls and became increasingly popular, in 2016 and 2017 the name was on the podium with number 3. The name Paul, on the other hand, has been listed every year since 2012. in the list and was ranked number 9 10 in 2012, 2017 and 2019 in 2nd place and 2018 as a leader.
The top ten
The 2021 hit list looks like this: Na Marie follows in the top list of girls names Emilia3rd and 4th place are taken by the names Anna and Emma. 5th and 6th place Lena and Miais in 7th place Laurafollowed by Valentina. The names bring out the back Hannah and Lea.
The hit list of boy names follows Paul von Jacob continued. Maximilian and Elias Taking 3rd and 4th place, 5th place is the name David. Finish in 6th and 7th place Felix and Leonfollowed by Tobias and Jonas in 8th and 9th place. Noah It reached the Statistics Austria chart for the first time with a 10th place.
Valentina as top climber
Besides Marie, Valentina and Laura were also popular girl names. Valentina rose to 8th place in 2021, which was four places higher than the year before, Laura jumped from 10th to 7th. Paul is both the number 1 among boys names in 2021 and the name that has climbed the highest in the rankings. “He was also the top climber, good for four places compared to the previous year. Lea and David, on the other hand, were down three places each compared to the previous year,” said Tobias Thomas, Director General of Statistics Austria.
Source: Krone
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