Perm City Registry Office announces “Sasha” and “Nastya” the most popular baby names.

Perm City Registry Office announced the top female baby name in Perm for 2008 was Nastya (short for Anastasia); for baby boys it was Sasha (Alexander).

The top five boys and girls names for 2008 are:
Boys:
Alexander
Artyom
Nikita
Dmitriy
Mikhail

Girls:
Anastasia
Daria
Maria
Polyna
Yelizaveta

Some parents gave their baby boys such old-fashioned names as Prokhor, Zakhar, Myron, Sava, Yeremey, etc. Baby girls were often given foreign names: Madyna, Carolina, Ellina, and Melissa.