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Names in Neuchâtel

35,844 first forenames across 3,136 recorded names, 2000 to 2025 – 2.05% of Switzerland.

What sets Neuchâtel (NE) 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
Léane 0.20% 0.029% 73
Méline 0.16% 0.024% 56
Esteban 0.24% 0.041% 85
Ilan 0.23% 0.041% 84
Océane 0.25% 0.048% 91
Morgane 0.19% 0.036% 67
Romane 0.17% 0.034% 60
Théo 0.59% 0.123% 211
Arnaud 0.22% 0.046% 79
Eliott 0.24% 0.050% 86
Kylian 0.19% 0.040% 67
Jade 0.36% 0.080% 129
Evan 0.47% 0.107% 170
Enzo 0.53% 0.122% 191
Léna 0.17% 0.039% 61

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
1Olivia12
2Sofia10
3Emma9
3Zoé9
5Mia8
6Alice7
6Alma7
8Eva6
8Luna6
8Chiara6

Boys

#NameThat year
1Noah9
2Elio8
3Léo7
4Luca6
4Gabriel6
4Lucas6
7Théo5
7Matteo5
7Samuel5
7Liam5

Most given, 2000–2025

Girls

#NameBirths
1Emma287
2Eva202
3Léa197
4Chloé169
5Zoé156
6Elisa146
7Alice142
8Camille141
9Lara135
10Emilie133
11Sofia133
12Sara132
13Jade129
14Lucie129
15Laura126
16Julie126
17Olivia120
18Mathilde116
19Mia113
20Giulia113

Boys

#NameBirths
1Noah242
2Nathan215
3Luca211
4Théo211
5Matteo204
6Gabriel192
7Enzo191
8Lucas184
9Samuel181
10Evan170
11Nolan167
12Arthur167
13Liam166
14Léo162
15Louis161
16Maxime157
17Ethan153
18Hugo148
19Diego147
20Thomas143

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.