Panorama.am

13:37 02/02/2008

MILENA AND NAREK MOST POPULAR NAMES FOR NEWLY BORN

Last year Milena was the name that was most given to
newly born girls, 863 children, National Statistics
Service Census and Population department informs.
According to the source, last year this name was again
the most popular. Some 728 girl children were named
Milena.

In 2007, boys were mostly named Narek, 938 children.
In 2006, this name was again one of the most given
names (908 children).

Ani, Elen, Anahit, Mariam are also names that were
mostly given to girl children. For boys, popular names
are Davit, Haik, Erik, Gor.

In the words of Karine Kuiumjyan, head of census and
population department at the national statistics
services, 1093 more girls and 1410 more boys were born
in 2007 as against 2006. Last year the rate of
marriage also went up exceeding the 2006 indicator by
1255. The rate of divorce went down by 134.

Source: Panorama.am