Popularity of names in Slovenia, 2016
Luka is, once again, the top boy name in Slovenia, now in its 17th year on the throne. However, another takeover has happened on the girls’ side where Zala topples Ema to become the top girl name.
The 1995 British Macaula/ey Spike
When Culkin arrived at the international big screen when he starred as the main character in the film, Home Alone, in late 1990, the usage of the name in Britain picked up. But there’s a big spike that occurred in 1995.
List Lists: Rare-ish 19th-century Old Testament names in England & Wales
For this List Lists post, we will be taking a look at some of the Old Testament names which had been rarely used (but not too rarely used) in England & Wales from 1838-1899.
Popularity of names in Spain, 2016
Disclaimer: All the names provided here are written exactly as it is shown in the data provided in the source below, meaning there are no diacritics added to these names. Hugo and Lucia are, once again, the top Spanish baby names, according to INE’s latest data, which have just been released today (22nd June). Hugo […]
Popularity of male names in Manila, Philippines, 1977
Well, it look longer than I had hoped for, but here are the top males for Manila, the capital of the Philippines, in 1977. To find out the results for the female names, please see this post and the PDF that is linked there.
List Lists: Uncommon-rare native Korean names
Areum, Boram, Seulgi, these were some of the popular names of the late 80s and early 90s and they all derive from words of native Korean origin (as opposed to Korean words of Chinese origin). On this ‘List Lists’ post, I will be taking a look at those names which are uncommonly or rarely used in […]
Popularity of names in Spain, 2010s (so far)
Note: All the names provided on this post and on the PDFs are written exactly as it is shown in the original data (in other words, there are no diacritics). Lucia and Daniel are the top baby names of the current decade so far and while Lucia is expected to remain in her position by […]
