"Mohammed" and "Zayed" are the most common names for newborns in the country
3.6 births .. The average childbearing age of Emirati women
Maryam, Fatima, and Aisha ... the most common female name in the country.
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A report issued by the Federal Center for Competitiveness and Statistics revealed that the average number of births that an Emirati woman gives birth to during her reproductive life is 3.6.
He added that the most common names for male births annually in the country are: Muhammad, Zayed, Abdullah, Ahmed, Saif and Ali, while the names of Maryam, Fatima and Aisha, the most common female names in the country, came.
In detail, the center clarified, in a report obtained by "Emirates Today", a copy of it, that the names of citizens' births are the most widespread in the country over the years, respectively: Mohammed, Zayed, Abdullah, Rashid, Ahmed, Saif, Ali, Hamad and Sultan, And Saeed, while the most common names for births are female citizens in the country, they are respectively: Maryam, Fatima, Sheikha, Salama, Mahra, Shamma, Meera, Aisha, Hessa, and Hind.
The center indicated that the names of non-citizen births, the most widespread in the country over the years, respectively: Muhammad, Ahmed, Omar, Adam, Youssef, Abdullah, Zayed, Ali, Rayan and Seif, while the names of Maryam, Fatima, Sarah, and Aisha came. , Meera, Maria, Alia, Reem, Noor, and Haya are the most common births among non-UAE citizens.
The center stated, through the report, that the name Muhammad alone accounts for 10.1% of the total names of male citizens born annually, and is repeated about 1703 times annually, and the name Zayed came in second place after Muhammad at 8.1%, and it is repeated about 1362 times annually. And in third place is Abdullah, with a rate of 5.6%, and it is repeated about 946 times annually.
While the name Maryam occupied the first place with 5.4% of the names of female citizens born annually, and it was repeated about 875 times annually, and in the second place came the name of Fatima at a rate of 5.3%, and it was repeated about 851 times annually, and the name of Sheikha was replaced in the third by 4%, and repeated about 640 times annually.
The report revealed that the average number of births an Emirati woman gives birth to during her reproductive life is 3.6.
According to the report, the percentage of births supervised by skilled health professionals in the country reached 100% annually, while the percentage of children under five years of age whose births are registered is 100% annually.
The numbers also indicated that there is a high balance between the sexes at birth in the country, unlike many other countries, where the gender ratio at birth was 1.05 for every male, for every female.
List of non-citizens
A report issued by the Federal Center for Competitiveness and Statistics stated that the name Muhammad accounted for 12.9% of the total male births of non-citizens in the country, and it was repeated about 4,015 times annually, and the name Ahmed came in second place at a rate of 2.6%, and it was repeated about 804 times annually. Third age, by 2.2%, and it was repeated about 699 times annually.
It is noted that the name Zayed is among the most common names among non-citizens in the country, as it came seventh in relation to the most common names for non-citizens, and it is repeated about 406 times annually, while the name Maryam came first with 2.6% of the total female births of non-citizens. Around 787 times a year, and the name Fatima came second at a rate of 2.1%, and it was repeated about 630 times a year, and in the third place the name of Sarah, by 1.6%, and repeated about 482 times annually.
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"Competitiveness and Statistics": "A high balance between the sexes at birth in the country."
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