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The ranking of the most given first names in 2022 was published by INSEE on Tuesday. In Guadeloupe, Inaya for girls and Gabriel for boys were acclaimed.
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Published on July 9, 2023 at 03:00
Giving a name to your newborn is never easy. Two currents coexist: on the one hand, parents who want to be original and on the other, those who opt for simplicity.
Each year, the ranking of first names published by INSEE lets you know what were the choices of the French for their little ones.
Last year, Jade for girls and Lyam for boys occupied the first places in Guadeloupe.
In 2022, in France, Gabriel for boys and Jade for girls, for the second consecutive year, occupy the top of the rankings.
First names that are also found in Guadeloupe, well classified. In all, 4,195 births were recorded in our archipelago in 2022.
Ranking of girls’ first names in 2022 in Guadeloupe
Inaya
Jade and Mia
Leah
Emma
Chloe and Thais
A classification that could be upset by the spelling. Indeed, the same first name can be written in several different ways. As for example, Lia, Lyah or Lya. There were respectively 3, 6 and 7 births of babies with these first names. And 7 small Inayah. In two years, the playgrounds will be full of kindergarten students with these first names.
Alma, Ambre and Eva are also doing well.
Ranking of boys’ first names in 2022 in Guadeloupe
Gabriel
Ayden
Jayden
Noah
Ethan
First names like Maël or Liam follow, which are also found with the spelling Lyam. Mathéo, Kayden or Théo are also popular. So does Kingsley. First name probably made popular by Guadeloupean football player Kingsley Coman. The first name Kylian was popular in 2009 with 22 births.
Very popular twenty years ago, the first name Océane seems to have gone out of fashion. No little girl was named this way in 2022, compared to 52 in 2000. Same observation for the first name Dylan. 64 little Dylans were born in 2000, 70 in 2021. In 2021, the parents of 6 infants chose to name their son Dylan.
In recent years, parents have preferred short names more. Malo, Evan or Ayan…