Emma and Maximilian topped the charts of first names given to newborn babies in Austria, as Statistics Austria reports.
This result is based on the list of first names in original spelling and without special characters.
In total, names of 41.372 newborn girls and 43.580 boys were analysed. Parents chose the name Emma 766 times (1.9%) for girls and Maximilian 841 times (1.9%) for boys.
Emma reached the number one position for the first time since entering the top ten in 2010. Maximilian topped the list for the third time since entering the top ten in 2005.
Also, Anna and Lukas were the most common names in 2019, both for more than 20 years.
