Names in Schaffhausen

14,828 first forenames across 2,545 recorded names, 2000 to 2025 – 0.85% of Switzerland.

What sets Schaffhausen (SH) 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
Nevio	0.36%	0.148%	53
Levi	0.33%	0.143%	49
Enya	0.18%	0.079%	26
Leona	0.20%	0.094%	30
Elea	0.16%	0.080%	24
Amar	0.16%	0.077%	23
Amelie	0.22%	0.116%	33
Moritz	0.19%	0.099%	28
Lio	0.26%	0.136%	38
Ronja	0.26%	0.145%	39
Samira	0.19%	0.105%	28
Luis	0.29%	0.164%	43
Nico	0.59%	0.337%	87
Leon	0.69%	0.399%	102
Malea	0.22%	0.125%	32

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

Girls

#	Name	That year
1	Mila	6
2	Leni	5
3	Elena	4
3	Lia	4
3	Lina	4
3	Giulia	4
3	Zoe	4
8	Lea	3
8	Sofia	3
8	Luana	3

Boys

#	Name	That year
1	Leon	6
2	Elias	5
2	Leo	5
2	Adam	5
5	Emil	4
5	Lean	4
5	Nelio	4
8	Matteo	3
8	Levi	3
8	Lio	3

Most given, 2000–2025

Girls

#	Name	Births
1	Mia	112
2	Laura	82
3	Alina	71
4	Elena	69
5	Lea	67
6	Lara	65
7	Lena	64
8	Emma	64
9	Jana	63
10	Anna	60
11	Sara	59
12	Julia	58
13	Sofia	55
14	Leonie	55
15	Lina	53
16	Lia	53
17	Emilia	52
18	Nora	50
19	Nina	48
20	Giulia	47

Boys

#	Name	Births
1	Noah	107
2	Leon	102
3	Nico	87
4	Luca	85
5	Tim	75
6	David	73
7	Simon	71
8	Elias	67
9	Jonas	62
10	Leandro	61
11	Levin	55
12	Matteo	54
13	Julian	54
14	Robin	54
15	Nevio	53
16	Jan	53
17	Nils	51
18	Nino	51
19	Lukas	50
20	Levi	49

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.