Many parents find it difficult to choose a first name. The trend was towards short names in 2021, as the new ranking by name researcher Knud Bielefeld shows.
Ahrensburg / Hessen – The most popular first names for newborns in Hessen * in 2021 were Emilia and Noah. As can be seen from the statistics published by the name researcher in Ahrensburg (Schleswig-Holstein), Emilia was the most popular first name for girls not only in Hesse, but also nationwide. Noah, however, was only in second place nationwide. The most common names for sons in Germany in 2021 were Matteo. The trend towards short names has been evident for a long time.
You can find other popular girls and boys first names in 2021 at fuldaerzeitung.de *.
For the statistics, Bielefeld and his helpers evaluated the baby galleries of maternity clinics and half of the data from the registry offices of 465 locations. For the year 2021, he recorded and evaluated almost 230,000 birth notifications from all over Germany. That corresponds to around 30 percent of all children born in 2021. Bielefeld has published the evaluation of the most popular first names since 2006. * fuldaerzeitung.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA
