In the Irkutsk region, about 11 thousand civil status acts were registered in the first months of 2015. The number of official marriages slightly decreased from last year, while divorces fell by 20 percent. The article discusses seasonal wedding changes, Irkutsk residents attitude to beautiful dates, and that such dates give no advantages. It also gives statistics on popular and rare newborn names, from Artem and Anastasia to Nicoletta Ekaterina, Zorro and Almaz.

The number of registered civil status acts in the territory of the Irkutsk Region for the first half of 2015 is about 11 thousand. However, the statistics do not take into account actual and informal marriages, which in recent times have become popular not only among young people.
In 2014, from January to July, there were 11,540 officially registered marriages; for the same period in 2015, their number was 10,765. There is a trend toward a decrease in marriages.
In marriage statistics, seasonal fluctuations can be observed – these relatively stable trends of an increase or decrease in the number of registered marriages have their reasons. Among them are:
First, the most popular months among newlyweds are the summer months. The minimum number of marriages is concluded in January, February, March, and May.
There are superstitious people who do not want to start a family in leap years – this is the second reason.
And third, minor fluctuations occur on days and in months when church weddings are prohibited.
These are the main reasons, but each person may have their own personal ones.
There is also a flip side to the coin, there is also undesirable statistics, which include divorces.
However, the number of divorces in the first half of 2015 decreased by 20% compared with the same period in 2014.
These data are also interesting: many Irkutsk residents want to legalize their relationships on beautiful dates. Contrary to popular belief, Irkutsk registry offices do not note a rush around beautiful dates and are ready to accept applications from everyone interested on working weekdays and weekends.
For newlyweds’ information: marriages registered on a date with a beautiful number have no advantages; they are also subject to dissolution.
All young couples have children. It is interesting what names Irkutsk residents give their newborn babies?
The most popular male names still remain Artem, Kirill, Alexander, Ivan, Maxim, and Dmitry. Girls are most often named Anastasia, Daria, Valeria, Maria, Anna, and Victoria.
The civil registry offices of the Irkutsk Region also registered newborns with double and rare names: Nikoletta-Ekaterina, Anna-Elizaveta, Maya-Victoria, Julia, Elizabeth, Evangeline, Virginia, Monica, Robert, Zorro, Almaz. Such rare names are given to children in isolated cases, but the no less rare name Spartak these days is borne by four boys in the Irkutsk Region this year.