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These are the most popular names of 2019
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The most popular names for girls and boys determined by the German Language Association
Credit: dpa / Frank Rumpenhorst
Prospective parents are particularly concerned with this question: What should the child be called? In 2019, the choice fell mainly on Hanna and Noah. Linguists also discovered two special characteristics when evaluating the lists.
HAnna and Noah have been the most popular baby names in 2019. This was announced by the German Language Society (GfdS) on Monday in Wiesbaden. In the girl category, Emma took second place for the most common names, just one point down, followed by Mia in third place. In boys, Ben and Paul are in the highest ranks.
Especially for girls, soft names remain dominant, explained GfdS linguist and board member Professor Damaris Nübling. The top ten include Emilia (four), Lina (six), and Mila (nine).
“The children’s names are more colorful in some ways,” said Nübling. Its vowel and consonant spectrum is significantly richer. Luis (five), Felix (seven) and Finn (ten) made it to the list of the most popular names. For the first time this year, the GfdS has consistently differentiated between the name and the later names. In the past, language researchers have primarily evaluated a general list. The GfdS is based on data from 700 registry offices across the country, which would cover 89 percent of all births.
Children’s names are becoming more feminine
The scientist pointed out that almost nothing fundamentally changes in the appointment from year to year. However, this looks very different if you look at the decades.
In the 1950s and 1960s, short and somewhat harsh boy names were modern, like Peter, Werner, or Klaus, Nübling explained. In contrast, the girls at the time were often called Gabriele, Ursula, or Angelika, so they had longer, more fluid names. It was not until the 1970s that the boy’s names became longer and more colorful, with Michael, Christian or Andreas.
It became interesting again from the 1990s, as children’s names became increasingly feminine, until in the 2000s even names like Luka or Noah reached the top of the ranking. The vowel “a” at the end of the name was previously only conceivable for girls, Nübling said.
According to the expert, the favorites of the coming years are flourishing on the back of the current 2019 name lists: here, the kids have been working on Matteo (rank 13), Liam (20) or Milan (14) for several years. In girls, the expert sees potential for Ida (18), Frieda (13) or Charlotte (17).
Linguist Nübling has also observed that families are increasingly giving their pets human names. “On the playground, you often don’t know if someone calls the boy or the dog,” he said. Meanwhile, Maja, Emma or Lilly are also typical names for dogs or cats. Men or hangovers were sometimes called Paul, Felix, or Oskar. “It used to be different,” said Nübling. “Dogs were often called Bello or Fiffi, Lumpi or Rex, regardless of gender.”
