Most Popular Names Germany 2016
| Description: | Most popular names for male newborns in united Germany 2016 |
| Source: | Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache (GfdS) |
| Series: | Germany |
| Following list: | 2017 |
| Previous list: | 2015 |
| Highest new entries: | |
| Largest rises: | Jonas +2 (now at 8), Elias +2 (now at 1) |
| Largest falls: | Maximilian -2 (now at 3), Luca -2 (now at 10) |
| 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 | Elias |  2 | Graph |
| 2 | Alexander | Graph | |
| 3 | Maximilian |  2 | Graph |
| 4 | Paul | Graph | |
| 5 | Leon + Léon | Graph | |
| 6 | Louis + Luis | Graph | |
| 7 | Ben | Graph | |
| 8 | Jonas | 2 | Graph |
| 9 | Noah + Noa | Graph | |
| 10 | Luca + Luka | 2 | Graph |