At the time of the balance sheets, the civil status service of the city of Montluçon (Allier) can only note a stability in the number of birth certificates in 2021 compared to the previous year. Deaths are up slightly.
The relaxation of health measures has also benefited marriages, more numerous in 2021 than in 2020.
A very stable number of births
There was exactly the same number of birth certificates in Montluçon in 2021 as in 2020, i.e. 965. The number of boys (484) is almost equal to that of girls (481).
Of the 965 birth certificates, 293 relate to children domiciled in Montluçon. If we add the twenty-two birth notices outside (children of Montluçonnais born in another municipality) 315 little Montluçonnais were born in 2021 i.e. 19 less than in 2020.
The most given names
As in 2020, Emma was the most popular female name. It was given to our little girls front Louise (eight) and Anna (seven). Léna was given six times. Then come Alba, Ambre and Lou, given five times each.
Jade, who was fighting for first place last year with Emma, has disappeared from the Top 7 this year.
Among the boys, it’s the big comeback of Jules at the top of the ranking. The first name was given twelve time. He is ahead Léo (ten), Hugo and Louis (seven times each). Arthur, Gabin and Maël, awarded six times each, complete the ranking.
The most popular boy’s first name in Montluçon in 2020, Tom, like Jade, has disappeared from the Top 7.
The most original first names
Like every year, some parents have shown imagination to baptize their little one. Here are some of the most original first names for boys: Aloïs, Cody, Tilio, Ezio, Jaïan, Siméo, Timao or even Kaïs.
Among the girls, we find Imaé, Aélys, Alessiyah, Amélina, Cataleya, Kelianna, Léyana, Naïcy, Loëline.
The choice of surname
The 96 couples whose first child was had to choose his surname.
Forty-five chose to transmit the double name father/mother, twenty-nine the name of the father, thirteen the double name mother/father and nine the name of the mother.
223 births and almost as many first names at the Saint-Flour maternity hospital (Cantal) in 2021
Marriages on the rise
In 2020, marriages had been very penalized by the various confinements. Fifty-three deeds had been drawn up. They are on the rise in 2021 with 86 marriage certificates established.
Divorces are also increasing with sixty judgments registered on marriages celebrated in Montluçon against 52 in 2020.
The PACS they are falling. Eighty-five PACS were registered in 2021 compared to 91 in 2020.
What are the first names at the top of the 2021 list in Moulins (Allier)?
Deaths on the rise
Last year, 1,101 death certificates were drawn up compared to 1,061 in 2020. One thousand deaths in Montluçon (419 domiciled in Montluçon, 572 domiciled outside Montluçon and nave children without life).
101 death transcriptions (Montluçonnais who died in another municipality) were recorded.
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