Popular Baby Names in Switzerland, 2013

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August 21, 2014

Switzerland’s (many) top baby names of 2013 were announced recently.

According to data from the Swiss Federal Statistical Office, the country’s most popular baby names last year were:

• Emma and Gabriel for French-speakers,
• Mia and Noah for German-speakers,
• Sofia and Gabriel for Italian-speakers, and
• Chiara and Jonas for Romansh-speakers.

Here are Switzerland’s top girl names and top boy names of 2013 within each language group.

French-speakers:

Girl Names	Boy Names
1. Emma (125 baby girls) 2. Chloé (98) 3. Léa (93) 4. Eva (90) 5. Alice (86) 6. Zoé (84) 7. Sofia (76) 8. Camille (75)	1. Gabriel (142 baby boys) 2. Liam (120) 3. Théo (112) 4. Noah (109) 5. Luca (104) 6. Nathan (104) 7. Léo (100) 8. Thomas (97)

The fastest risers from 2012 to 2013 were Liam (11th to 2nd) and Camille (16th to 8th).

German-speakers:

Girl Names	Boy Names
1. Mia (313 baby girls) 2. Alina (281) 3. Sara (248) 4. Laura (247) 5. Lea (244) 6. Sophia (241) 7. Leonie (238) 8. Emma (227)	1. Noah (307 baby boys) 2. Leon (281) 3. Luca (271) 4. Julian (243) 5. Levin (241) 6. David (234) 7. Nico (229) 8. Gian (219)

The fastest risers from 2012 to 2013 were Sara (13th to 3rd) and Sophia (16th to 6th).

Italian-speakers:

Girl Names	Boy Names
1. Sofia (33 baby girls) 2. Emma (28) 3. Emily (26) 3. Giulia (26) 5. Alice (23) 5. Melissa (23) 7. Mia (21) 8. Noemi (19)	1. Gabriel (35 baby boys) 2. Leonardo (34) 3. Mattia (29) 4. Matteo (27) 5. Alessandro (26) 6. Nathan (24) 7. Samuele (21) 8. Federico (20)

The fastest risers from 2012 to 2013 were Emily (32nd to 3rd) and Noemi (19th to 8th).

Romansh-speakers:

Girl Names	Boy Names
1. Chiara (4 baby girls)	1. Jonas (3 baby boys)

Last year, when I posted about the 2012 names, I mentioned Switzerland’s small Romansh-speaking population. What were their top names? Cool to see some data being released this year!

Sources: Swiss parents steadfast in baby name choices, Swiss Statistics – The most popular first names