Most Popular Baby Boy Names in Germany

For each year, try to guess the 20 most popular baby boy names in Germany.

source: http://www.beliebte-vornamen.de

The source data sometimes groups together different spellings of the same name

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2020	2010	2000	1990	1980	1970
Noah	Leon	Lukas	Jan	Christian	Stefan
Ben	Lukas	Jan	Tobias	Michael	Michael
Matteo	Ben	Tim	Christian	Sebastian	Andreas
Finn	Finn	Finn	Alexander	Stefan	Thomas
Leon	Jonas	Leon	Daniel	Jan	Frank
Elias	Paul	Niklas	Patrick	Daniel	Markus
Paul	Luis	Tom	Dennis	Martin	Christian
Henry	Maximilian	Jonas	Sebastian	Dennis	Oliver
Luis	Luca	Jannik	Marcel	Alexander	Matthias
Felix	Felix	Luca	Philipp	Thomas	Torsten
Luca	Tim	Philipp	Florian	Markus	Martin
Emil	Elias	Alexander	Kevin	Matthias	Sven
Jonas	Max	Marvin	David	Andreas	Alexander
Theo	Noah	Maximilian	Fabian	Tobias	Dirk
Lukas	Philipp	Daniel	Matthias	Benjamin	Karsten
Anton	Niklas	Julian	Felix	Patrick	Ralf
Liam	Julian	Jakob	Benjamin	Sven	Jörg
Maximilian	Moritz	Kevin	Sven	Florian	Jan
Jakob	Jan	Lennard	Jonas	Christoph	Mark
Leo	David	Paul	Lukas	Philipp	Peter

1960	1950	1940	1930	1920	1910
Thomas	Peter	Peter	Günther	Hans	Walther
Michael	Hans	Klaus	Hans	Karl	Karl
Andreas	Wolfgang	Hans	Karl	Heinz	Hans
Peter	Klaus	Jürgen	Heinz	Kurt	Wilhelm
Frank	Manfred	Dieter	Werner	Werner	Otto
Uwe	Jürgen	Günther	Gerhard	Walther	Kurt
Klaus	Michael	Horst	Horst	Günther	Heinrich
Stefan	Bernd	Manfred	Helmut	Herbert	Hermann
Jürgen	Werner	Uwe	Walther	Helmut	Paul
Jörg	Günther	Wolfgang	Kurt	Gerhard	Helmut
Ralf	Uwe	Karl	Klaus	Willy	Herbert
Hans	Dieter	Werner	Herbert	Rudolf	Rudolf
Wolfgang	Karl	Rolf	Rolf	Otto	Willy
Bernd	Helmut	Heinz	Harald	Ernst	Werner
Reiner	Reiner	Gerhard	Wolfgang	Heinrich	Erich
Martin	Gerhard	Helmut	Ernst	Hermann	Ernst
Torsten	Horst	Gerd	Jürgen	Wilhelm	Alfred
Holger	Harald	Bernd	Erich	Erich	Friedrich
Jens	Joachim	Walther	Alfred	Horst	Georg
Karsten	Rolf	Harald	Hermann	Alfred	Gustav

Level 81

Jul 28, 2012

Love this quiz! Any chance you'll be making more for other countries? :)

Level 14

Aug 1, 2012

Glad you like it. Not sure, cause it's pretty big and took a lot of time. But I'll try to add other countries.

Level 20

Oct 17, 2016

Please take my quizzes it is a friendly competition against my friend

Level 20

Aug 2, 2012

99/103 I would have finished but ran out of time :(

Level 84

May 9, 2014

Interesting that Thomas and Tom are not considered the same, as they would be in England.

Level 75

May 18, 2017

I was surprised that Thomas didn't automatically fill in Tom. Are they considered two separate names?

Level 74

Feb 17, 2018

Usually, abbreviations are considered seperate names. Tom and Thomas, Max and Maximilian, Heinz and Heinrich. Some of them are accepted here together, though.

Level 78

Aug 13, 2018

Historically, Tom has been the short form of Thomas only in English-language countries, and when Germans started to use it a few decades ago many of them wouldn't even know the connection.

Level 22

Jan 10, 2015

you should accept Janik, Luka and Willhelm.

Level 68

Aug 30, 2018

I've never seen one of these. But I've seen lots of Jannik's, Luca's/Lukas', and Wilhelm's. So... no, they shouldn't be accepted.

Level 71

Mar 8, 2019

Luka is often though

Level 65

May 22, 2015

ONly guessed Hans because of The Book Thief

Level 14

May 22, 2015

It says Rolf twice....just saying

Level 62

May 23, 2015

You should accept more alternative spellings. I entered "Chris" but didn't get "Christian", and yet "Fred" was accepted for "Manfred" but not "Alfred".

Level 82

Jul 21, 2016

I did far better for 1890 than any other year. Gotta love the classics...

Level 22

Oct 10, 2017

didn't even guess my own name d'oh

Level 18

Jul 12, 2018

I filled in the 1981 column completely with boys I went to elementary school with. Our parents were not very creative.

Level 64

May 12, 2020

"Rheinhardt" is an uncommon spelling. Should be "Reinhard" first, "Reinhardt" second.

Level 71

Jul 26, 2020

I believe most Germans would spell Philipp with double p in the end.

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Level ∞

Mar 21, 2021

When people in China and Saudi Arabia start naming their kids Noah and Liam, we will know that Anglo cultural hegemony is complete.

Level 73

Mar 22, 2021

No Muhammed?

Level 63

Mar 25, 2021

Feeling threatened? Don't support imperialist wars and you won't have millions of refugees seeking safety in western Europe.

Level 66

Mar 28, 2021

I don't support warfare and I don't the want migrants here.

Level 75

Mar 29, 2021

Settle on mars then

Level 78

Mar 28, 2021

35th most popular in 2020

Level 84

Mar 22, 2021

Only got forty-nein. Footballers' names were useful, especially older players, as were WW II figures. Got 3 just from NFL kickers. The Red Baron helped, as did the dad from "The Sound of Music" and Blofeld from the James Bond movies. Didn't do particularly well, but this was fun.

Level 71

Mar 28, 2021

Ok, who tried Adolf and was surprised?

Level 71

Mar 28, 2021

Not in recent history--that name fell out of favor pretty quickly after WW2. But I would've thought it was a major German name in the earlier decades of the 1900s, especially in 1940 when Germany was completely indoctrinated with Nazism.

Level 81

Mar 28, 2021

I sincerelly expected Fritz to be here...

Level 68

Mar 28, 2021

and Franz

Level 68

Mar 28, 2021

That was really interesting. Most of my ancestor are German/Swiss and I've been working on a genealogy chart, so I had lots of names to try. Didn't do all that well, though

Level 68

Aug 16, 2021

Same!!!

Level 57

Mar 28, 2021

I thought some variation of Mohamed would be there because of Turkish immigrants. Didn't think Adolf would be there but still tried it of course.

Level 59

Mar 28, 2021

I DID NOT expect the top name for 2020 to be the same for US and Germany

Level 67

Mar 28, 2021

There is a documented phenomenon called "Kevinism," by which Germans look down on people with "Anglo" names on the assumption that they are from lower-class backgrounds: https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/the-strange-german-disease-called-kevinism-can-a-lame-name-mess-up-your-life

Level ∞

Mar 29, 2021

That's interesting. We are highly judgmental about names here in the United States as well, but we don't have a term for it.

Level 78

Mar 29, 2021

Many people from the East were named Maik pre-1990. They wanted to have a fancy Anglo name like Mike but needed to alter it to make it look German. Now they're stuck with a name that is designated as Anglo and Eastern, which is a most unlucky combo.

Level 39

Aug 9, 2023

I also know someone named Meikel, same reason and situation.

Level 72

Mar 30, 2021

This is a thing in France as well.

Level 81

Jan 2, 2023

I have literally never heard of this

Level 22

Mar 29, 2021

I was doing well until i realized that this was for germany

Level 64

Mar 29, 2021

Wow, some of those are very...not German.

Level 78

Mar 29, 2021

Most of the stereotypical German names have gone out of style. A boy named Hans or Fritz or Wilhelm will stand out like a sore thumb. I once told a 20-something year old Helmut that he and my grandpa share the name. The poor guy was miserable. He can't go anywhere without someone telling him that his grandpa has the same name.

Level 79

Mar 31, 2021

I always tend to do better on the 'older' names than the more recent ones.

Level 16

Mar 31, 2021

adolf was very popular in '37-44

Level 54

Apr 1, 2021

Popular german boy names now arent even German

Bring back Hans and Helmut

Level 34

Apr 7, 2021

how is franz not included 😩

Level 52

Jan 11, 2022

Surprised names like Josef and Ronny are missing. Guess they've only been popular in certain regions.

Level 53

May 7, 2022

Sad actual German names aren't even in the top 10 today

Level 48

Jul 16, 2022

I tried to think of the most stereotypical German names... and still managed to miss off Hans -.-

Level 72

Oct 6, 2023

Got 32 thanks to football players and german politicians I could remember of

Level 69

Nov 21, 2023

70/99

Got Dirk and Marvin, blacked out on obvious choices like Wolfgang or Oliver.

Dann, that was hard.

Level 17

Apr 24, 2024

I did not expect my name to work "Anton" Like how?!?!?!

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