Why the choice of a first name says a lot about his time
The first names are a reflection of the air of time, fashion effects and even linguistic orientations as explained to us, in 2018, Elodie Razy, of the laboratory of social and cultural anthropology and professor of anthropology at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Uliège.
Is your first name still attributed today?
The figures, over 30 years, of Statbel allow to have an idea of ​​the trends for most of the first names (provided that it was allocated at least 5 times over the year).
Arnaud (at random), was he still a first name attributed to newborns in 2024? Yes for 32 of them. It is a little more than in 2022 and 2023 … but it is ten times less than in 1997 when 370 boys received this first name.
Take the test with the and the first names of your choice to know their evolution between 1995 and 2024.
How have developed female first names
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How have the male names have evolved
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