Most Popular Names Germany 2012
| Description: | Most popular names for male newborns in united Germany 2012 |
| Source: | Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache (GfdS) |
| Series: | Germany |
| Following list: | 2013 |
| Previous list: | 2011 |
| Highest new entries: | Léon (new at 6) |
| Largest rises: | Luca +6 (now at 1), Luka +6 (now at 1) |
| Largest falls: | Leon -2 (now at 6), Luis -1 (now at 9) |
| Note: | Rankings with limited informative value: First names and second names are counted equally despite second names playing a rather small role in everyday life of Germans |
| Rank | Name | +/- | Graph |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luca + Luka |  6 | Graph |
| 2 | Maximilian |  1 | Graph |
| 3 | Alexander | 1 | Graph |
| 4 | Paul | 1 | Graph |
| 5 | Ben | Graph | |
| 6 | Leon + Léon | 2 | Graph |
| 7 | Lukas + Lucas | 1 | Graph |
| 8 | Elias | 1 | Graph |
| 9 | Luis + Louis | 1 | Graph |
| 10 | Jonas | Graph |