by Pamela Redmond Satran

　　When we published our exclusive lists of most popular urban baby names around the world a few months ago, you cheered….and complained.

　　You loved knowing which names were most popular among Nameberry readers in our cities with the most visitors, from London to Los Angeles, Chicago to Sydney.

　　But you wanted more. You were curious about name popularity in not just Anglophone cities, but in a diverse range of metropolises on every continent from a variety of cultures.

　　So we analyzed the most-visited names of the past year in a far-flung collection of 23 cities. We tried to balance traffic numbers and city size and diversity. Sure, we have more visitors from Houston and Manchester than we do from Berlin and Lagos, but we wanted to include more cities where English was not the primarily language. And yes, Mexico City and Lima are much larger cities than Kingston, but we have twice as many visitors from the Jamaican capital.

　　A few observations: A handful of names such as Olivia, Cora, and Amara for girls, various forms of Alexander and Jack for boys are favored in such a wide range of cities that they can truly be considered international favorites.

　　Other names that rank highly in one city do so for understandable reasons: Of course parents in Tel Aviv search for Israeli favorite Noa while Dublin parents choose the Irish Laoise and Donnacha, while parents in Lagos like Desmond after African human rights activist tutu and parents in Kingston favor Kymani, the name of a son of Bob Marley, along with place-name Kingston.

　　And then there are those names whose popularity can be understood only by a native. Why is Antonious a top boys’ name in Berlin, for instance, while Parisians love the Welsh girls’ name Sian? What makes Celestine a favorite for girls in Manila while in Nairobi parents favor Byron? Please, enlighten us!!

　　Amsterdam

　　Charlotte

　　Olivia

　　Jolie

　　Lilou

　　Sadie

　　Soren

　　Casper

　　Flint

　　Oskar

　　Riley

　　Auckland

　　Eleanor

　　Charlotte

　　Cora

　　Maeve

　　Violet

　　Charlie

　　Thomas

　　Arthur

　　Asher

　　Cohen

　　Bangkok

　　Amara

　　Nara

　　Alice

　　Claire

　　Fleur

　　Atticus

　　Chad

　　Quincy

　　Theodore

　　Wyatt

　　Beijing

　　Arianna

　　Audrey

　　Amara

　　Claire

　　Layla

　　Ace

　　Allegro

　　Amory

　　Davis

　　Jack

　　Bengaluru

　　Alizeh

　　Asha

　　Kannika

　　Elsa

　　Jerusha

　　Aryan

　　Aarav

　　Revel

　　Alfie

　　Anson

　　Berlin

　　Sienna

　　Aura

　　Fenna

　　Myra

　　Sebastia

　　Bastian

　　Beckett

　　Jasper

　　Antonious

　　Aro

　　Calgary

　　Amelia

　　Esme

　　Emilia

　　Isabella

　　Aurelia

　　Angus

　　Atticus

　　Axel

　　Bodhi

　　Felix

　　Cape Town

　　Aurora

　　Leah

　　Amelia

　　Caitlin

　　Keziah

　　Jasper

　　Matthew

　　Thomas

　　Xavier

　　Austin

　　Dubai

　　Alizeh

　　Mary

　　Amara

　　Ava

　　Olivia

　　Atticus

　　Alec

　　Alexander

　　Aryan

　　Christian

　　Dublin

　　Isla

　　Sadie

　　Evie

　　Laoise

　　Maisie

　　Jack

　　Donnacha

　　Charlie

　　Harry

　　Ruadhan

　　Hong Kong

　　Charlotte

　　Olivia

　　Hailey

　　Hazel

　　Audrey

　　Axel

　　Jack

　　Xavier

　　Adrian

　　Anson

　　Istanbul

　　Alisa

　　Arabella

　　Aurora

　　Caia

　　Talia

　　John

　　Lucian

　　William

　　Adam

　　Alan

　　Kingston

　　Adelaide

　　Jade

　　Milani

　　Talia

　　Tiana

　　Kingston

　　Kymani

　　Lliam

　　Merrick

　　Zachary

　　Lagos

　　Mirabel

　　Annabel

　　Isabella

　　Juliet

　　Christabel

　　Desmond

　　Henry

　　Nathaniel

　　Charles

　　Oscar

　　Manila

　　Athena

　　Mae

　　Kathleen

　　Olivia

　　Celestine

　　Axel

　　Xavier

　　Atticus

　　Caius

　　Kian

　　Nairobi

　　Lucy

　　Olivia

　　Ivy

　　Jasmine

　　Juliet

　　Jayden

　　Calvin

　　Asher

　　Byron

　　Judah

　　Paris

　　Anouk

　　Astrid

　　Maeva

　　Millicent

　　Sian

　　Julian

　　Albert

　　Joaquin

　　Roman

　　Saul

　　Sao Paolo

　　Olivia

　　Beatrice

　　Eleanor

　　Mia

　　Rae

　　Alex

　　Oliver

　　Henrique

　　Maverick

　　Piers

　　Seoul

　　Leah

　　Olivia

　　Anais

　　Elsie

　　Eva

　　Daniel

　　Leonardo

　　Rory

　　Rufus

　　Ulysses

　　Singapore

　　Giselle

　　Cora

　　Eleanor

　　Isabella

　　Kyra

　　Jasper

　　Xavier

　　Ezekiel

　　Raphael

　　Ryker

　　Stockholm

　　Olivia

　　Alba

　　Seraphina

　　Sienna

　　Amara

　　Otis

　　Benjamin

　　Finn

　　Jack

　　Julian

　　Tel-Aviv-Yafo

　　Naya

　　Noa

　　Cora

　　Elisheva

　　Evangeline

　　Adam

　　Ariel

　　Ido

　　James

　　Lenny

　　Warsaw

　　Apollonia

　　Cleo

　　Mila

　　Selene

　　Tallulah

　　Theodore

　　Amadeus

　　Flynn

　　Gui

　　Joachin