Names in Bern
204,278 first forenames across 4,788 recorded names, 2000 to 2025 – 11.68% of Switzerland.
What sets Bern (BE) apart
Names given far more often here than in the rest of Switzerland. The cantons share a name pool – almost every name appears in all of them – so what separates them is proportion, not presence.
| Name | Share here | Share elsewhere | Births here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nick | 0.28% | 0.106% | 575 |
| Jael | 0.27% | 0.108% | 545 |
| Dominic | 0.16% | 0.069% | 337 |
| Lars | 0.38% | 0.169% | 771 |
| Leana | 0.21% | 0.106% | 435 |
| Elin | 0.40% | 0.200% | 821 |
| Mael | 0.21% | 0.105% | 424 |
| Anouk | 0.21% | 0.104% | 419 |
| Fabian | 0.37% | 0.200% | 763 |
| Sven | 0.23% | 0.125% | 476 |
| Luan | 0.26% | 0.139% | 528 |
| Janis | 0.27% | 0.143% | 543 |
| Levin | 0.43% | 0.235% | 882 |
| Ben | 0.39% | 0.211% | 790 |
| Fabienne | 0.17% | 0.096% | 357 |
Share of all first forenames given in the canton, against the same name's share across the other 25, over 26 years.
Top of 2025
Most given, 2000–2025
Source: Bundesamt für Statistik, Vornamen der Neugeborenen. The same records as the national page, by canton. BFS publishes the four bilingual cantons and trilingual Graubünden split by language; those halves are added back together here, and the language cut keeps them apart. A canton is where the birth was registered. The same caveats as the national figures apply, because these are the same records.