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Sofia and Noah top the list of names given in 2025 <\/p>\n
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Sofia was Switzerland\u2019s most popular girls\u2019 name last year, while Noah remained the top choice for boys, according to figures published on Friday by the Federal Statistical Office.\n<\/p>\n
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Having ranked third the previous year, Sofia has now overtaken Emma and Mia, names that have featured prominently in the top three for several years. <\/p>\n
+ Emma and Noah most popular Swiss baby names in 2024<\/a><\/p>\n Noah also remains a regular at the top of the boys\u2019 list, having topped the rankings 12 times since 2010. Last year, it again ranked ahead of Liam and Gabriel.<\/p>\n \n More<\/p>\n More <\/p>\n Swiss Politics\n <\/p>\n The three-child trap: where the Swiss family model hits a wall <\/p>\n This content was published on <\/p>\n Jul 29, 2026 <\/p>\n Across the globe, rising childlessness is the main driver for plunging birth rates. Switzerland, however, tells a different story. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Read more: The three-child trap: where the Swiss family model hits a wall In French-speaking Switzerland, Sofia also tops the list, ahead of Olivia and Alma. Among boys, Gabriel ranks first, with Noah in second place and Arthur completing the top three.<\/p>\n +\u00a0How we produce news in English<\/a> Articles in this story <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sofia and Noah top the list of names given in 2025 Keystone-SDA Sofia was Switzerland\u2019s most popular girls\u2019…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":118428,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[101,312,100,103,17],"class_list":["post-118427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-switzerland","tag-article","tag-beat-various","tag-latest-news","tag-production-type-deepl-autotranslation","tag-switzerland"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/117132842221920964","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/290486325_highres.jpg\")
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