The survey results showed that the most common names for children born this year were ``Ao'' and ``Nagi'' for boys, and ``Hiroaki'' for girls.
This survey is conducted by Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance every year based on the information of policyholders, and this time it covered more than 17,000 names.
As a result, the most common name notation for boys is ``Ao'' in ``Souten'', which represents the blue sky, and there are other readings such as ``Aoi'' and ``Ao''.
In addition, the Chinese character for "calm", which indicates that the wind has stopped and the waves are calm, also topped the list for the first time since the survey began.
The next most popular name was the kanji character for the plant lotus.
In addition, the most common name notation for girls was ``Yo Aoi'', which was read as ``Himari'' or ``Hinata'' by combining the character for ``Yang'' for the sun and the character for ``Aoi'' for plants.
The 2nd place was "Rin", and the 3rd place was a name that can be read as "Uta" in one character of the poet's "poetry".
On the other hand, looking at how to read the name, the most common boy name for 14 years in a row was "Haruto," followed by "Aoto," followed by "Riku."
For girls, "Ema" was the first to top, followed by "Mei" and then "Sana".
On the other hand, in terms of names related to the World Cup, "Ao", which has the same notation as Aoi Tanaka, ranked 4th, and "Ritsu", which has the same notation as Ritsu Doan, ranked 25th.
The company that conducted the survey said, ``Names that evoke images of calm nature are gaining popularity in the context of the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic and Russia's invasion of Ukraine. "I'm talking.