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what was the popular baby name in the first half of 2021?

"Baby Naming Ranking" in the first half of 2021

Many babies are born in this world this year 2021 as well. If you notice, one of the interesting parts when a baby born? it will be naming the baby. So what was the name of the baby that was popular in the first half of 2021?

Introducing the 30 best from the "Free Baby Naming" Web with 4 million monthly access and the "2021 Baby Naming 1st Half Trend Access Best 100" announced by the app.

First of all, we will announce the 30th to 16th place! It is a ranking for mixed gender.

2021 Baby Naming 1st Half Trend Ranking

30th to 16th

30th Haru
29th Gen
28th Ren
27th Ao
26th Hina
25th Minato
24th Ki
23rd Kaede
22nd Kouse or koki
21st Hiiragi
20th Yu
19th Sodai
18th Futou
17 Hikari
16th place Itsuki

There were as many as 10 single-letter names in the 30th to 16th places.

Kanji that are reminiscent of nature, such as "light," "yu," "blue," and "warm," seem to be popular.

Next, we will release from 15th to 1st place!

15th to 1st

15th Daisho or Hiroto
14th Saku
13th Itsuki
Aoi 12th Yima 11th Aoi
9th &10th Ao
Suishin 8th
7th Mio
6th 颯 Sou
5th Ifuki
4th Tsumugi
3rd Rin
2nd place Kokoro Sakura
1st place Yosho

The one who won first place was "Yosho". It has risen significantly from 42nd place last year and won 1st place for the first time this time. The second place is "Kokoro Sakura". It is a popular name that has won first place four times in the past eight "Baby Naming First Half Trend Access Best 100".

Yosho-Kun has various readings such as "Haruto Hinato Hinata Hiroto Akito", and Kokoro Sakura-chan has various readings such as "Kokoro Koharu Kokonami Miomi Misashi Mira Sakura". isn't. There may be many people who apply the reading to the kanji they want to use. The most used kanji in the top 30 was "yang". With a bright and cheerful image, it's a popular kanji for both boys and girls!

In addition, many names with one kanji character were ranked in this time, but 14th place "Saku", 17th place "Hikaru", 24th place "Itsuki", The 29th place "Gen" and the 30th place "Haru" were the names that ranked in for the first time this year.

I'm looking forward to seeing how the popular babies' names will change as the times change!

Reference: Free baby naming (Miyuki Hayashi) © Baby naming