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# Sofia and Mikhail were the most popular names for newborns in Russia last year
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/sofiia-i-mikhail-stali-samymi-populiarnymi-imenami-dlia-novorozhdennykh-v-rossii-v-proshlom-godu/
- Published: 2026-02-06T14:21:32.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:27:04.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Observations, Mores, Society

In 2025 the names most often given to girls were Sofia, Eva, Anna, Maria and Varvara.  
For boys: Mikhail, Alexander, Artyom, Matvey and Timofey.

One would like to believe this bright tale, but the statistics are a little unexpected: I cannot make out where the names of, shall we say, Arabic origin have gone?