Top Popular Japanese Baby Names 2011

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Each year in Japan the most popular Japanese baby names are tabled and presented to the press and media. Some names continue to remain popular year after year while other names fall from favor.

This year, 2011, saw a number of new entries in the popular Japanese baby names lists. Here we list both male and female names in separate list. We have also included a number of useful statistics for this year's list.

Top Japanese Baby Boy Names 2011

Rank	Name	Kanji	Hiragana	Babies Born	Pecentage	2010 Rank
１	Hiroto	大翔	���	119	0.66%	2
２	Ren	蓮	れん	113	0.63%	1
３	Yuuma	悠真	ゆ��	97	0.54%	4
４	Souta	颯太	���	92	0.51%	3
５	Sora	蒼空	�ら	84	0.47%	5
６	Shouta	翔太	�ょ��	79	0.44%	13
７	Yamato	大和	や��	73	0.41	11
８	Haruto	陽斗	�る�	70	0.39	19
９	Riku	陸	り�	64	0.36%	22
10	Haruto	陽翔	�る�	64	0.36%	18

Top Japanese Baby Girl Names 2011

Rank	Name	Kanji	Hiragana	Babies Born	Pecentage	2010 Rank
１	Yui	�衣	ゆ�	109	0.66%	2
２	Aoi	葵	���	104	0.63%	3
３	Yua	�愛	ゆ�	102	0.62%	1
４	Rin	凛	りん	100	0.61%	5
５	Hina	陽�	��	99	0.60%	4
6	Yuina	��	ゆ��	99	0.60%	8
７	Sakura	��ら	��ら	74	0.45%	7
8	Mana	愛�	��	74	0.45%	43
９	Sak	咲希	��	71	0.43%	28
１�	Yuuna	優奈	ゆ��	66	0.40%	12

The biggest jumpers this year on the top 10 was Riku for boy , up from #22 into 2010 to #9 in 2011. For the popular baby girl names we can see a massive jump for the name Mana which jumped up from #43 in 2010 to #8 in 2011. When names display such a jump in popularity one can usually look to popular culture such as movie stars, singers and celebrities for the answer.

As far as the name Mana goes it is no doubt related to the popularity of Mana Ashida, a 7 year old Japanese child actress and singer who starred in a number of movies and TV dramas during 2011 . She also became the youngest artist to have a single and album both rank in the top 10 music charts of Japan. Now she can claim another top 10 - a position in the most popular Japanese baby names of 2011 !