Ao (碧), Rin (凛) most popular baby names in Japan in 2024

Asahi...! What a beautiful and brilliant name for a grandchild! Google translates it as 燈燈 (dēng dēng), however...

Our first grandchild (grandson) was named Asahi (no. 6 on the chart), but with vastly different Kanji characters. 旦燈 Everyone reads it as Tanto. LOL.

An indicator of the kinds of people who reproduce!

The readings for some of those kanji are baffling. Furigana is a friend to these poor kids.

Finally getting the recognition I deserve - in a no. 7 on the boys list.

Sorry typo

I have students with 19 of the 20 names on the list just need a すい　for a bingo

I have students with 18 of the 20 names on the list just need a すい　for a bingo

Japanese first names (as well as those in other countries) that can be both male or female are annoying. But I guess I'm just old fashioned.

Not a single Hiroshi. What's the world coming to?

You probably only needed 100 babies with that name to win.