As I noticed that my grandparents and all of their friends’ names are quite different to my and my siblings’ names, I thought it would be interesting to look into the most popular names over time. To find out whether or not this change just happens in the society that I live or if it happens in various other countries, I thought I’d investigate and this is what I found:
France 1910 (f)
|
France 2010 (f)
|
France 1910 (m)
|
France 2010 (m)
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1
|
Marie
|
Emma
|
Jean
|
Nathan
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2
|
Jeanne
|
Léa
|
André
|
Lucas
|
3
|
Marguerite
|
Chloé
|
Louis
|
Enzo
|
4
|
Madeleine
|
Manon
|
Pierre
|
Léo
|
5
|
Germaine
|
Inès
|
Marcel
|
Louis
|
6
|
Yvonne
|
Lola
|
Henri
|
Hugo
|
7
|
Suzanne
|
Jade
|
René
|
Gabriel
|
8
|
Louise
|
Camille
|
Joseph
|
Ethan
|
9
|
Marcelle
|
Sarah
|
Georges
|
Mathis
|
10
|
Lucienne
|
Louise
|
Maurice
|
Jules
|
Spain 1910 (f)
|
Spain 2010 (f)
|
Spain 1910 (m)
|
Spain 2010 (m)
| |
1
|
María
|
Sofía
|
Juan
|
Santiago
|
2
|
Carmen
|
Valentina
|
Antonio
|
Sebastián
|
3
|
Josefa
|
Isabella
|
Manuel
|
Matías
|
4
|
Dolores
|
Camila
|
Francisco
|
Nicolás
|
5
|
Francisca
|
Valeria
|
José
|
Samuel
|
6
|
Antonia
|
Mariana
|
Pedro
|
Alejandro
|
7
|
María-Carmen
|
Gabriela
|
Miguel
|
Mateo
|
8
|
Isabel
|
Sara
|
Luis
|
Diego
|
9
|
Pilar
|
Daniela
|
Ramón
|
Benjamín
|
10
|
Concepción
|
María-José
|
Ángel
|
Daniel
|
USA 1910 (f)
|
USA 2010 (f)
|
USA 1910 (m)
|
USA 2010 (m)
| |
1
|
Mary
|
Sophia
|
John
|
Aiden
|
2
|
Helen
|
Isabella
|
James
|
Jacob
|
3
|
Margaret
|
Olivia
|
William
|
Jackson
|
4
|
Dorothy
|
Emma
|
Robert
|
Ethan
|
5
|
Ruth
|
Chloe
|
George
|
Jayden
|
6
|
Anna
|
Ava
|
Joseph
|
Noah
|
7
|
Elizabeth
|
Lily
|
Charles
|
Logan
|
8
|
Mildred
|
Madison
|
Frank
|
Caden
|
9
|
Marie
|
Addison
|
Edward
|
Lucas
|
10
|
Alice
|
Abigail
|
Henry
|
Liam
|
At first, I saw that the name “Mary” and its variations were the most popular female names of those born in 1910 from these countries. I believe that this was because of the influence of Christianity in these countries. When I made this observation, I compared it to the males’ names. The equivalents of “John” in these countries seemed to also be very popular. This intrigued me because I found that the most popular names were Christian, I guess this proves how important people felt that their religious beliefs were.
However, if we compare 1910 to 2010, we see that the most popular names in each of the different countries are not variations of each other. By this, I mean they’re not Michel (FR), Miguel (SP) and Michael (US). Instead, they are diverse and there isn’t any visible connection or link. The only reason that I can think of to explain this result is that people are perhaps not as traditional as they used to be and have learnt to be more accepting of change.
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