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Sophia and Lukas are popular first names in Bavaria in 2023

Which name should the next generation get? According to an analysis, the choice of the most popular names is different in Bavaria than in Germany.

,   and  Anne Legman
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In one classroom, trays are labeled with the students' first names. Photo.aussiedlerbote.de
In one classroom, trays are labeled with the students' first names. Photo.aussiedlerbote.de

The first names Sophia and Lukas are particularly popular among children born in Bavaria in 2023. They are at the top of a list presented on Friday by amateur name researcher Knud Bielefeld from Ahrensburg (Schleswig-Holstein). They are followed by the male first names Felix, Maximilian, Leon and Elias. According to the list, the most popular female first names also include Hannah, Emilia, Emma and Marie.

According to name researcher Knud Bielefeld, he recorded more than 280,000 birth registrations from clinics and registry offices across Germany for the year 2023. This corresponds to around 40 percent of all babies born in Germany. The analysis is based on sources from 412 cities, with 456 cities having a maternity clinic.

In the nationwide first name statistics, the most common first names for girls born in 2023 are Emilia, Emma, Sophia, Hannah and Mia in the top five places. For boys, it is Noah, Matteo, Elias, Leon and Paul.

Bielefeld has been publishing the rankings of first names since 2006. The Society for the German Language also publishes similar statistics - albeit with around 90 percent of all data from the registry offices, according to its own figures.

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  1. Knud Bielefeld, the name researcher from Ahrensburg in Schleswig-Holstein, discovered that Sophia and Lukas are the most popular first names among children born in Bavaria in 2023.
  2. During his research, Bielefeld analyzed statistics from over 280,000 birth registrations in clinics and registry offices across Germany, which corresponds to around 40% of all babies born in the country.
  3. The city of Munich, located in Bavaria, could potentially have children with these popular first names in their leisure time activities.
  4. Bielefeld's analysis also revealed that the most common female first names for girls born in Germany in 2023 include Sophia, Hannah, Emilia, Emma, and Mia, while Noah, Matteo, Elias, Leon, and Paul are the most common for boys.
  5. It's interesting to compare the first name trends in Bavaria, where Sophia and Lukas are popular, with those in other regions of Germany, such as in the city of Bielefeld.

Source: www.stern.de

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