Did you ever wonder what the popular baby names were decades ago? How about German names? Check out these most popular baby names in Germany in the 1900s!
Rank | Girls | Boys |
1 | Gertrud | Walter / Walther |
2 | Anna | Karl / Carl |
3 | Martha / Marta | Hans |
4 | Frieda / Frida | Wilhelm |
5 | Erna | Heinrich |
6 | Margarethe / Margarete | Otto |
7 | Elisabeth | Paul |
8 | Herta / Hertha | Hermann |
9 | Else | Ernst |
10 | Kaethe / Kaethe | Willi / Willy |
11 | Helene | Friedrich |
12 | Marie | Kurt / Curt |
13 | Emma | Erich |
14 | Maria | Alfred |
15 | Luise / Louise | Herbert |
16 | Charlotte | Franz |
17 | Elsa | Fritz |
18 | Hedwig | Rudolf / Rudolph |
19 | Johanna | Richard |
20 | Berta / Bertha | Johannes |
21 | Ella | Max |
22 | Klara / Clara | Gustav |
23 | Elfriede | Werner |
24 | Paula | Adolf / Adolph |
25 | Elli / Elly | Johann |
26 | Anni / Anny | Albert |
27 | Hildegard | Georg |
28 | Alma | Emil |
29 | Minna | Artur / Arthur |
30 | Irma | Bruno |
31 | Ida | August |
32 | Dora | Helmut / Helmuth |
33 | Olga | Josef / Joseph |
34 | Ilse | Robert |
35 | Auguste | Erwin |
36 | Emmi / Emmy | Bernhard |
37 | Wilhelmine | Gerhard |
38 | Irmgard | Henri / Henry |
39 | Erika | Ludwig |
40 | Grete / Grethe | Hugo |
41 | Meta / Metha | Julius |
42 | Agnes | Heinz |
43 | Alice | Peter |
44 | Gretchen | Theodor |
45 | Dorothea | Oskar / Oscar |
46 | Katharina / Catharina / Katarina | Martin |
47 | Anita | Eduard |
48 | Margaretha / Margareta | Waldemar |
49 | Annemarie | Alwin |
50 | Henny / Henni | Ewald |
51 | Elise | GŸnter / GŸnther |
52 | Emilie | Jonni / Jonny / Johnny |
53 | Rosa | Konrad / Conrad |
54 | Wilma | Arnold |
55 | Carla / Karla | Ferdinand |
56 | Sophie / Sofie | Reinhold |
57 | Matilde / Mathilde | John |
58 | Magda | Klaus / Claus |
59 | Anne | Harry / Harri |
60 | Lina | Berthold / Bertold |
61 | Lucy / Lucie | Christian / Kristian |
62 | Gerda | Hinrich |
63 | Edith | Edmund |
64 | Lilly / Lilli / Lily | Alfons |
65 | Magdalene | Joachim |
66 | Alwine | Toni / Tony |
67 | Henriette | Anton |
68 | Anneliese / Annelise | Alexander |
69 | Franziska | Edgar |
70 | Hilda | Wolfgang |
71 | Hermine | Eugen |
72 | Caroline / Karoline | Arno |
73 | Marianne | Jakob / Jacob |
74 | Lisbeth | Rolf |
75 | Antonie | Felix |
76 | Elsbeth | Horst |
77 | Amanda | Hubert |
78 | Lieselotte / Liselotte | Andreas |
79 | Walli / Wally | Leo |
80 | Eva | Stefan / Stephan |
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