Daan and Sophie solve Shem and Tess off as popular children’s names – AD.nl

Daan and Sophie solve Shem and Tess off as popular children's names – AD.nl

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13-1-15 – 13:06 Source: Reuters © Thinkstock.

Daan and Sophie in 2014 have recaptured their lead from popular children’s names. They dissolve Shem and Tess off, that in 2013 the name list of the Social Insurance Bank (SVB) argued. Last year, 836 girls were named Sophie. Among newborn boys recorded the civil affairs department 751 times the name Daan.

When Tess girl names tumbled out of the top position in 2013 to fifth place. The top three consists of the familiar trio Sophie, Emma and Julia, a trio that dominates the rankings since 2008.

Over the past six years, it stood only two times for other names in the top of the rankings . Except Tess Ellen graduated in 2008 instead of three, but she has now dropped to place nineteen. Mila is the girls a strong performer:. Of an eighteenth place in 2012 through the seventh in 2013 to fourth place last year

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Among boys tumbled Sem also from the first to the fifth position. Daan gets to head the company of Bram (2) and Milan (3). It is penetrating the top in terms of boys’ names. Thus, the difference between Milan (given 700 times), Finn (694) in fourth place and Sem (693) to place five negligible.

The SVB publish annually a list of names that their parents children have given. In 2014, approximately 174,000 children were born. The approximately 89,000 boys got together 11 657 unique names. For the nearly 85,000 girls choice with 13 402 different names were even greater.

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SVB annual returns 3.2 billion to child benefit to 3.4 million children. In this way, the benefits agency can see exactly what names are given to newborn children.

From the ranking proves popular names in the top ten are becoming less given. Future parents use that list of SVB among others to check names or searching. Parents are increasingly looking for an original name, which is different from the crowd.

To help parents, the SVB launches today a separate children’s section especially on its website. Then also find a list of all the names in each province.

Top 10 most popular girls’ names

1. Sophie
2. Emma
3. Julia
4. Mila
5. Tess
6. Isa
7. Zoe
8. Anna
9. Eva
10. Sara

The ten most popular boys’ names

The name Liam was in 2014, the largest gains among the boys names. Liam rose from nine to seventeen place.

1. Daan
2. Bram
3. Milan
4. Finn
5. Sem
6. Lucas
7. Luuk
8. Levi
9. Liam
10. Noah