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Here are the most popular names in east vs. west germany in 2009:

East

(formerly German Democratic Republic)

Boys: 1. Paul, 2. Lucas / Lukas, 3. Finn / Fynn, 4. Leon, 5. Jonas, 6. Max, 7. Tim, 8. Ben, 9. Felix, 10. Luca

Girls: 1. Lilli / Lilly, 2. Leonie, 3. Hannah / Hanna, 4. Lena, 5. Lea / Leah, 6. Emma, 7. Mia, 8. Emily / Emilie, 9. Nele / Neele, 10. Anna

West

(formerly Federal Republic of Germany)

Boys: 1. Leon, 2. Jonas, 3. Lucas / Lukas, 4. Luca, 5. Maximilian, 6. Felix, 7. Luis / Louis, 8. Tim, 9. Ben, 10. Finn / Fynn

Girls: 1. Mia, 2. Hannah / Hanna, 3. Anna, 4. Leonie, 5. Lea / Leah, 6. Lena, 7. Marie, 8. Emma, 9. Emily / Emilie, 10. Lara

Babys from Berlin are not included because Berlin belonged to East and West Germany until 1990.

Reference

123.272 german birth notifications from 2009 (19 % of all babys born in 2009), compiled by Knud Bielefeld, Germany (firstnamesgermany.com / beliebte-vornamen.de)

The German word Vorname can be literally translated into English as pre-name. This is a name that German parents give to a newborn child. Among Catholics it often happens that a child has more than one Vorname. However, in informal daily communication people usually call a person by just one name, and this is a Rufname. This is a person’s main name, but it often takes the 2d or the 3d place in official papers, as middle names are considered to be more important.

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