The Population and Immigration Authority on Tuesday published its annual list of the most popular names in the country, with Mohammad again crowned the overall champion.
Over the course of the past year there were 181,000 babies born in the country, PIA reported.
Of those, 1,740 newborn boys were given the name Mohammad, followed by Yosef/Yousef (1,201) with Adam a close third (1,196). Mohammad also topped the boys’ list in 2023 with 1,777 babies.
Among girls, the most popular name was Avigail (1,156) followed by Miriam/Mariam (1,015) and Tamar (841). The most popular Jewish girls’ name was Avigail at 1,137, then Tamar (833) and Yael (714).
Ariel was the most popular boys’ name in the Jewish community, with 1,013 this year. Next were David (990) and Lavi (944).
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Some Jewish and Arabic names though spelled differently in English, are spelled the same in Hebrew, such as Yosef and Yousef.
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