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The most popular given names vary nationally, regionally, and culturally. Lists of widely used given names can consist of those most often bestowed upon infants born within the last year, thus reflecting the current naming trends , or else be composed of the personal names occurring most often within the total population .
The most popular given names by state in the United States vary. This is a list of the top 10 names in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia for the years 1998 through 2023. This information is taken from the "Popular Baby Names" database maintained by the United States Social Security Administration. [1]
The total fertility rate (births per woman) for Africa is 4.7 as of 2018, the highest in the world according to the World Bank. [5] The most populous African country is Nigeria with over 206 million inhabitants as of 2020 and a growth rate of 2.6% p.a. [6]
In Scotland, the name Brenda was first heavily used in the 1940s: ranked at #47 on the tally of the most popular names for newborn girls in Scotland for the year 1950, [13] the name Brenda remained popular in Scotland until the 1970s when its popularity took a steep drop: in 2014, 14 newborn girls in Scotland were registered as being named ...
According to a 2013 study by Abrahams, [73] South Africa has the fourth highest rate of female homicide with 12.9 per 100,000 women being murdered by intimate partners in South Africa annually. With a rate of 7.5/100,000 women, women in South Africa are four times more likely to be murdered with a gun than a woman in the United States. [74]
Religion. Religious names are extremely popular in the United States. Most of the popular names are rooted in the Christian Bible, but other religions are represented, such as in the popular name Mohammed. Names like Jacob, Noah, Elijah, John, Elizabeth, Leah, and Jesús consistently rank very high.
The top seven names for boys in 2024 were exactly the same as last year, while the bottom three shifted with Ezra rising a spot to No. 8, Asher rising two spots to No. 9, Leo falling two spots to ...
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