In Ukraine, the most popular and rare names for children have been named
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In the first half of 2026, the most popular names among girls were Sofia and Zlata, and among boys — Artem and Oleksandr. Parents also chose rare names, including double, foreign, and historical ones.
In Ukraine, the most popular and rarely used names for newborns in 2026 have been named. The data was provided by the Ministry of Justice, reports UNN.
Popular names
According to the Ministry of Justice, among girls, the leaders were: Sofia, Zlata, Milana, Emilia, Anna, Anastasia, Polina, Maria, Solomiia, and Eva.
Boys were most often given the following names: Artem, Oleksandr, Matvii, Maksym, Tymofii, Bohdan, Davyd, Yaroslav, Roman, and Dmytro.
These names are among the most common in most regions of Ukraine in the first half of 2026.
For example, the name Sofia is among the most popular in most regions - from Vinnytsia and Volyn to Odesa and Kharkiv. The names Artem and Oleksandr are included in the lists of the most popular in the central, western, and eastern regions of Ukraine. Zlata and Milana are especially often chosen in the west and center of the country, while Matvii and Tymofii are popular in the western regions.
Rarely used names
Alongside traditional and popular names, the trend of choosing unique variants persists - from double and complex combinations to foreign, exotic, biblical, and Old Ukrainian ones. This choice shows that parents often seek to combine tradition with modernity and give their child an unusual name.
Among the rarely used names given to newborns in the first half of 2026 were:
- double names and name combinations.
Female: Adelaide-Loredana, Maryam-Nicolette, Dominica-Aniel, Margarita-Kylyna, Abavedaria-Alisa.
Male: Daniel-Arthur Teofim, Roman-Nurislam, Andrii-Andrian, Eliot-Theo, Mark-Gabriel.
- foreign and atypical names for Ukrainian tradition.
Female: Aysel, Imeralina, Delli, Kaylee, Kasia, Patricia, Rose, Sanita, Uma, Esther.
Male: Amir, Leon, Sebastian, Dayan, Liam, Kilian, Ethan, Martin, David, Richard, Evan.
- names of religious and cultural tradition.
Female: Avigea, Bathsheba, Shulamite, Evangelina, Sarah, Theona, Melania, Magdalina, Athena, Juno.
Male: Samiilo, Jesse, Nathanael, Solomon, Emmanuel, Elisha, Jeremiah, Adam, Seraphim, Benjamin.
- historical and archaic names.
Female: Bohuslava, Vladomyra, Dzvinka, Kvitoslava, Lukeria, Olympiada, Roxolana, Kvitka, Yaryna, Orysia.
Male: Dobromyr, Sviatohor, Svietozar, Zoreslav, Askold, Tamerlane, Aeneas, Panteleimon, Myroliub, Yarii.