Svenska Namn
Reading Swedish news, I found this site which ranks the most popular baby names in Sweden. "Top 100 Flickor" is the girl list and "Top 100 Pojkar" is the boy list. There are quite a few interesting names on the lists, although what most caught my attention was that nearly 3/4ths of the girl names end with "A".
Wikipedia
Doing farther research to see if there was similar information for other countries I went to Wikipedia and discovered an interesting trend. Emma has became a popular name throughout Northern Europe and Anglo nations. Emma is the most popular name in New Zealand, Belgium, Finland, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Norway, and Sweden. It is the second most popular in Denmark, Netherlands, Scotland, Canada, and the US (first in 20 states). It is also third in France and tenth in Australia. It seems I'm going to be meeting a lot more Emmas in the next few years.
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