1237 births registered in September

Press release No. 160

According to the data of the Population Facts Department of the Ministry of the Interior, 1237 births were registered in September by the vital statistics offices of Estonia; 657 of the babies were boys and 580 were girls. 23 pairs of twins were born in September (13 pairs of boys, 6 pairs of girls and 4 paternal twin pairs).

The most popular names given to boys in August were Marten/Martin, Aleksander/Aleksandr/Alexander, Kaspar/ Kasper, Rasmus, Kevin, Nikita, Markus and Sander.
The most frequent names given to girls were Liis/Liisa/Liisi, Maria/Marie/Marija, Darja, Anastasia/Anastasija/ Anastassia, Laura, Lisete/Lisette and Sandra.

According to the statistics for September of 2006, compiled by the Population Facts Department of the Ministry of the Interior, the births of 465 babies were registered in Tallinn, 145 in Tartumaa, 116 in Ida-Virumaa, 119 in Harjumaa, 66 in Lääne-Virumaa, 86 in Pärnumaa, 38 in Viljandimaa, 20 in Järvamaa, 17 in Võrumaa, 29 in Raplamaa, 26 in Jõgevamaa, 22 in Saaremaa, 30 in Valgamaa, 30 in Põlvamaa, 19 in Läänemaa and 9 in Hiiumaa. 8 babies were stillborn.
806 marriages were contracted in September, 51 of them by ministers of religion. The vital statistics offices registered 288 divorces.
31 people were granted new names by a directive of the Minister for Regional Affairs, four of whom changed their first name, 25 their surnames and two both first names and surnames.

In September, the deaths of 1286 persons were registered in the population register.

In August 2006, 1345 births were registered, 696 of them boys and 649 girls.
In September 2005, 1262 births, 683 marriages (33 of them by ministers of religion), 262 divorces, 94 name changes and 1387 deaths were registered.
You can view the names given to children on the website of the Ministry of the Interior at www.siseministeerium.ee by going to the Kasulik teada /Useful to know/ menu, selecting the Names Act section and opening the first names statistics.