Names in Appenzell Ausserrhoden
11,678 first forenames across 2,056 recorded names, 2000 to 2025 – 0.67% of Switzerland.
What sets Appenzell Ausserrhoden (AR) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reto | 0.22% | 0.033% | 26 |
| Andreas | 0.33% | 0.059% | 38 |
| Remo | 0.33% | 0.079% | 38 |
| Andrina | 0.17% | 0.044% | 20 |
| Nadine | 0.30% | 0.082% | 35 |
| Christian | 0.31% | 0.100% | 36 |
| Anina | 0.21% | 0.074% | 25 |
| Ladina | 0.31% | 0.108% | 36 |
| Roman | 0.22% | 0.078% | 26 |
| Pascal | 0.31% | 0.113% | 36 |
| Jasmin | 0.39% | 0.145% | 45 |
| Kilian | 0.34% | 0.131% | 40 |
| Fabian | 0.57% | 0.218% | 66 |
| Nando | 0.17% | 0.068% | 20 |
| Timo | 0.45% | 0.178% | 52 |
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
Appenzell Ausserrhoden recorded 462 births in 2025, so the leading name here was given a handful of times and the order between the top few is chance. The whole-period table below is the one that means something.
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.