Recently, the Ministry of Public Security released the "2021 National Name Report".
The use of words in the name of the newborn
As of December 31, 2021, a total of 8.873 million newborns born in 2021 and registered with the public security organs were registered, of which 4.681 million were male newborns, accounting for 52.75%, and 4.192 million were female newborns, accounting for 47.25%. The 10 cities with the largest number of newborns born and registered at or above the prefecture level are: Chongqing, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Beijing, Bijie, Linyi, Zhoukou, Shenzhen, Xi'an and Zhengzhou.
(a) The 50 most used names of newborns in 2021
Among the names of newborns born in 2021 and have been registered for household registration, the 50 words with the highest frequency of use are Ze, Zi, Zi, Yu, Mu, etc. Compared with 2020, the words Xi, Rui, Lin, and Hang are favored.
(ii) The 10 most used names for male newborns in 2021
Compared with 2020, except for Haoyu, Yichen and Yuxuan, the rest of the names entered the top ten for the first time, of which the number of users of "Muchen" reached 23,000, reaching the top of the list and becoming the first choice for male newborn names.
(iii) The 10 most used names for female newborns in 2021
Compared with 2020, Ruoxi, Yihan and Xiangmu entered the top ten for the first time, of which the number of users of "Ruoxi" reached 18,000, reaching the top of the list and becoming the first choice for female newborn names.
Common surnames are geographically distributed
Surnames have obvious geographical distribution characteristics in the mainland, and the traditional distribution of surnames according to blood and geography has gradually formed the current distribution pattern due to the influence of successive regime changes, economic development, population migration, ethnic integration and other factors.
Common names are geographically distributed
Through statistical analysis of the geographical distribution of common names, we found that names also have specific geographical distribution characteristics. Among the national household registration population, in addition to surnames, single-character names accounted for 13.97%, two-character names accounted for 84.55%, and other word-count names accounted for 1.48%.
(1) The 10 most used word names in the country and their geographical distribution
Among the national household registration population, the 10 single-character names with the highest frequency of use are: Wei, Min, Jing, Jie, Li, Yong, Tao, Yan, Jun, and Qiang. Among them, "Wei" ranked first, with 3.236 million users. The words used more by men are wei, jie, yong, tao, jun, and qiang; the words that are more used by women are named min, jing, li, and yan.
(2) The 10 most used two-character names and geographical distribution in the country
Among the national household registration population, the 10 most frequently used two-character names are: Xiuying, Guiying, Xiulan, Yulan, Tingting, Jianhua, Guilan, Yumei, Xiuzhen, and Haiyan. Among them, "Xiuying" ranked first, with 2.169 million users.
Transferred from the China Police Network
Source: YNTV2 Urban Barcode