Fun & Famous

The most popular baby names of 2016

The end of the year means, of course: time for lists. This time regarding the cutest population of our country, namely: babies. 2015 was still a year in which parents decided it would be fun to name their child Surprise, and even Ruig, Helder, My-Son, Dikshit and X’Jeàneyshá-Treángelys (I kid you not) came by. Nice, right, such parents. Not. But fortunately, there were also plenty of Emma’s and Liam’s born. Those were the two most popular baby names from 2015.

And this year? Emma and Liam are still on the list, although they have dropped a few places and Liam is no longer in the top 10. Make way for the most popular names for kids from the past year:

Girls:                                       Boys:

1. Anna                                        1. Daan

2. Julia                                         2. Noah

3. Tess                                         3. Sem

4. Sophie                                     4. Lucas

5. Emma                                      5. Jesse

6. Sara                                         6. Finn

7. Mila                                          7. Milan

8. Evi                                           8. Max

9. Zoë                                          9. Levi

10. Eva                                        10. Bram

And since English names also always do very well in the Netherlands, here are the top 10 from the UK.

Girls:                                       Boys:

1. Olivia                                       1. Ezra

2. Amelia                                     2. Asher

  3. Charlotte                                 3. Atticus

    4. Ava                                           4. Declan

  5. Isla                                           5. Oliver

 6. Arabella                                   6. Milo

7. Aurora                                      7. Silas

8. Adeline                                    8. Levi

  9. Isabella                                     9. Wyatt

    10. Mia                                         10. Henry

So, expanding your family with your boy? Now you know which names always do well. But originality is of course also always nice. As long as it’s not Aykut or Sippie. Really. You wouldn’t do that to your child, would you?