I stumbled across the list (top 100) of most common given name in Belgium between 1900 and this year. The statistics are broken down by gender and region. Heavy immigration from Morocco and other Muslim countries has left its traces... Mohamed has been the most common male given name in the Brussels Region since the 1980's. If we merge the stats for "Mohamed" and "Mohammed" (just a spelling difference), it was already the most common in the 1960's and 70's, and 5th most common in the 1950's !
Let's note that other Muslim names top the 2000's list in Brussels, such as Ayoub (3rd), Bilal (5th), Mehdi (6th), Yassine (9th) or Hamza (11th) for boys, and Imane (3rd), Rania (4th), Yasmine (6th) or Yousra (7th) for girls.
Belgium-wide, Thomas has been the most common male given name since the 1990's, following Kevin in the 1980's, David in the 1970's and Patrick in the 1960's. Before that it had been "Jean" since the 1930's.
For female given names, Laura has been the most popular since the 1990's, following Julie (80's), Nathalie (70's), Martine (60's). Before that it had always been "Maria" since the early 1900's ("Marie" in Wallonia).
The early 2000's have seen the rise of previously unusual names such as Manon, Léa, Océane or Margaux for girls in Wallonia. Boys names remain more standard, except for Lucas (5th most common in the early 2000's) or Dylan (22th).
Figures for the whole population in 2002 show that no less than 3% of the people (6% of women) in Belgium are named "Maria" or "Marie".
This table shows the 100 most common family names in Belgium by region
Let's note that other Muslim names top the 2000's list in Brussels, such as Ayoub (3rd), Bilal (5th), Mehdi (6th), Yassine (9th) or Hamza (11th) for boys, and Imane (3rd), Rania (4th), Yasmine (6th) or Yousra (7th) for girls.
Belgium-wide, Thomas has been the most common male given name since the 1990's, following Kevin in the 1980's, David in the 1970's and Patrick in the 1960's. Before that it had been "Jean" since the 1930's.
For female given names, Laura has been the most popular since the 1990's, following Julie (80's), Nathalie (70's), Martine (60's). Before that it had always been "Maria" since the early 1900's ("Marie" in Wallonia).
The early 2000's have seen the rise of previously unusual names such as Manon, Léa, Océane or Margaux for girls in Wallonia. Boys names remain more standard, except for Lucas (5th most common in the early 2000's) or Dylan (22th).
Figures for the whole population in 2002 show that no less than 3% of the people (6% of women) in Belgium are named "Maria" or "Marie".
This table shows the 100 most common family names in Belgium by region