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Names in Zurich

325,546 first forenames across 4,920 recorded names, 2000 to 2025 – 18.62% of Switzerland.

What sets Zurich (ZH) 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
Maximilian 0.23% 0.101% 764
Moritz 0.18% 0.082% 589
Felix 0.23% 0.115% 742
Henry 0.16% 0.082% 525
Alexander 0.34% 0.178% 1,120
Vincent 0.19% 0.101% 633
Emil 0.16% 0.095% 532
Luis 0.25% 0.146% 816
Hannah 0.15% 0.095% 492
Zoe 0.21% 0.133% 671
Linus 0.19% 0.125% 622
Finn 0.26% 0.178% 860
Sophia 0.35% 0.239% 1,152
Oliver 0.21% 0.146% 681
Ella 0.26% 0.185% 853

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

#NameThat year
1Emma72
2Mia62
3Mila58
4Sofia53
5Sophia50
5Lia50
5Olivia50
8Emilia49
9Elena44
9Lina44

Boys

#NameThat year
1Noah73
2Liam60
3Louis58
4Leon55
4Theo55
6Leo53
7Matteo51
7Gabriel51
9Luca47
10Finn46

Most given, 2000–2025

Girls

#NameBirths
1Mia1,551
2Anna1,524
3Lara1,458
4Laura1,413
5Sara1,392
6Lea1,370
7Emma1,334
8Julia1,313
9Nina1,285
10Elena1,230
11Alina1,212
12Sophie1,191
13Sofia1,190
14Leonie1,179
15Chiara1,173
16Sophia1,152
17Lena1,108
18Lina1,082
19Emilia993
20Lia951

Boys

#NameBirths
1Noah1,846
2Leon1,690
3Luca1,632
4David1,573
5Tim1,350
6Liam1,264
7Julian1,181
8Nico1,179
9Leandro1,160
10Matteo1,151
11Jan1,132
12Alexander1,120
13Elias1,066
14Lukas1,021
15Robin1,018
16Gabriel1,007
17Leo998
18Samuel979
19Gian956
20Louis946

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.