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Names in St. Gallen

109,762 first forenames across 4,053 recorded names, 2000 to 2025 – 6.28% of Switzerland.

What sets St. Gallen (SG) 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
Ladina 0.27% 0.098% 297
Ramon 0.22% 0.083% 245
Nando 0.15% 0.063% 165
Andrin 0.42% 0.190% 459
Mauro 0.19% 0.090% 213
Lorena 0.39% 0.185% 423
Alea 0.19% 0.093% 209
Damian 0.21% 0.105% 234
Leano 0.25% 0.124% 276
Sandro 0.23% 0.113% 251
Nevio 0.28% 0.141% 309
Sarina 0.19% 0.096% 209
Sina 0.25% 0.126% 272
Leandra 0.19% 0.097% 208
Fabio 0.45% 0.239% 493

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
1Sofia29
2Malea27
3Lia23
4Emma21
4Fiona21
6Emilia20
7Mia19
8Lina18
8Luana18
10Alina17

Boys

#NameThat year
1Leano30
2Noah29
3Luca26
3Leo26
5Kian22
6Elias21
6Liam21
8Elia19
8Lio19
10Nino18

Most given, 2000–2025

Girls

#NameBirths
1Laura684
2Lea624
3Mia624
4Lena608
5Alina599
6Sara573
7Leonie569
8Lara533
9Julia529
10Nina523
11Anna511
12Elena455
13Jana454
14Chiara448
15Lina435
16Lorena423
17Livia408
18Lia397
19Emilia376
20Emma372

Boys

#NameBirths
1Noah800
2Luca708
3Leon637
4Nico623
5David614
6Jonas579
7Jan509
8Dario507
9Elias497
10Fabio493
11Lukas462
12Andrin459
13Levin437
14Julian430
15Leandro428
16Samuel420
17Simon418
18Gian418
19Tim410
20Fabian407

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.