Top 50 names in modern Greece

Adapted from a 2009 study by H. Fountalis based on a sample of 97,972 names
1 Γεώργιος, George 10.1% Μαρία, Maria 9.6%
2 Δημήτριος, Demetrios 7.4% Ἑλένη, Helen 5.6%
3 Κωνσταντῖνος, Constantine 7.4%

Αἰκατερίνη, Catherine

4.0%
4 Ἰωάννης, John 7.2% Βασιλική, Vasilike 3.7%
5 Νικόλαος, Nicholas 6.2% Γεωργία, Georgia 2.7%
6 Χρῆστος, Christos 5.3% Σοφία, Sophia 2.7%
7 Παναγιώτης, Panagiotes 4.5% Ἀναστασία, Anastasia 2.5%
8 Βασίλειος, Basil 3.7% Εὐαγγελία, Evangeline 2.5%
9 Ἀθανάσιος, Athanasios 2.9% Ἰωάννα, Joanna 2.4%
10

Εὐάγγελος, Euaggelos

2.1% Δήμητρα, Demetra 2.3%
11 Μιχαήλ, Michael 1.8%

Εἰρήνη, Irene

2.2%
12

Ἀλέξανδρος, Alexander

1.7% Παναγιώτα, Panagiota 2.0%
13 Θεόδωρος, Theodore 1.6% Χριστίνα, Christine 2.0%
14

Ἀναστάσιος, Anastasios

1.6% Κωνσταντίνα, Konstantina 1.7%
15 Σπυρίδων, Spyridon 1.6%

Ἂννα, Anna

1.7%
16

Ἀντώνιος, Anthonios

1.6%

Ἀγγελική, Angelica

1.6%
17

Ἐμμανουήλ, Emmanuel

1.6% Δέσποινα, Despina 1.4%
18

Ἠλίας, Elias

1.5% Παρασκευή, Paraskeue 1.3%
19
Ἀνδρέας, Andreas
1.4% Φωτεινή, Photeine 1.2%
20 Ἀπόστολος, Apostolos 1.3%

Ἀλεξάνδρα, Alexandra

1.2%
21 Χαράλαμπος, Haralampos 1.2% Κυριακή, Kyriake 1.0%
22 Σταῦρος, Stavros
1.0% Θεοδώρα, Theodora 1.0%
23 Πέτρος, Peter 1.0% Σταυρούλα, Stavroula
1.0%
24 Στυλιανός, Sylianos 0.9% Χρυσούλα, Chrysoula
1.0%
25 Σωτήριος, Soterios 0.9% Καλλιόπη, Calliope 0.9%
26 Θωμᾶς, Thomas 0.8%

Ἀθανασία, Athanasia

0.9%
27 Στέφανος, Stephen 0.7%

Ἐλευθερία, Eleutheria

0.9%
28 Ἐλευθέριος, Eleutherios
0.7%

Ἀθηνᾶ, Athena

0.9%
29 Φώτιος, Photios 0.7% Στυλιανή, Styliane 0.8%
30 Γρηγόριος, Gregory 0.6%

Ὄλγα, Olga

0.8%
31

Ἄγγελος, Angelos

0.6% Ζωή, Zoe 0.8%
32 Διονύσιος, Dionysios 0.6% Ἐλισάβετ, Elizabeth 0.7%
33 Παῦλος, Paul
0.5%

Εὐγενία, Eugenia

0.7%
34 Παντελής, Pantelis
0.5% Μαρίνα, Marina 0.6%
35

Εὐθύμιος, Euthymios

0.4%

Εὐθυμία, Euthymia

0.6%
36

Εὐστάθιος, Eustace

0.4% Χαρίκλεια, Charikleia 0.6%
37 Κυριάκος, Kyriakos
0.4% Νίκη, Nike 0.5%
38

Ἀριστείδης, Aristeides

0.4% Ἀντωνία, Antonia
0.5%
39 Λάμπρος, Lampros 0.4% Οὐρανία, Urania
0.5%
40 Λεωνίδας, Leonidas
0.4% Εὐφροσύνη, Euphrosyne
0.4%
41

Εὐστράτιος, Eustratios

0.4% Μαγδαληνή, Magdalene 0.4%
42 Θεοδόσιος, Theodosios 0.1% Χρυσάνθη, Chrysanthe 0.4%
43 Πολυχρόνης, Polychrones 0.1%

Ἀφροδίτη, Aphrodite

0.4%
44

Ἀλκιβιάδης, Alcebiades

0.1% Σπυριδούλα, Spyridoula 0.4%
45

Ὀδυσσεὺς, Ulysses

0.1%

Ἀργυρῶ, Argyro

0.4%
46

Εὐριπίδης, Euripides

0.1% Σωτηρία, Soteria 0.4%
47 Δαμιανός, Damien 0.1% Μαργαρίτα, Margaret 0.4%
48 Μαρίνος, Marinos
0.1% Βάϊα, Vaia 0.4%
49

Ὀρέστης, Orestes

0.1%

Εὐανθία, Euanthia

0.4%
50

Ἀβραάμ, Abraham

0.1%

Εὐτυχία, Eutychia

0.4%

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