The country of Slovenia is located in Central Europe and bordered by Italy, Austria, Hungary, and Croatia.
Last year, Slovenia welcomed almost 19,000 babies — over 9,000 girls and nearly 10,000 boys.
What were the most popular names among these babies? Ema and Filip.
Here are Slovenia’s top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2021:
Girl Names
- Ema, 248 baby girls
- Zala, 219
- Mia, 202
- Julija, 188
- Hana, 178
- Sofija, 159
- Ajda, 145 (tie)
- Vita, 145 (tie)
- Lana, 135
- Neža, 130 (tie)
- Nika, 130 (tie)
- Mila, 129 (tie)
- Sara, 129 (tie)
- Ela, 124
- Ana, 118 (tie)
- Eva, 118 (tie)
- Maša, 117
- Zoja, 116
- Zarja, 114
- Lara, 108
- Iva, 99
- Sofia, 97
- Brina, 96
- Iza, 94
- Lina, 92
- Gaja, 90
- Klara, 84
- Kaja, 78
- Ula, 72
- Tara, 66
- Alina, 59 (tie)
- Lia, 59 (tie)
- Lili, 55 (tie)
- Nina, 55 (tie)
- Mija, 54
- Neja, 53 — a diminutive of Jerneja
- Lucija, 52
- Maja, 51
- Tinkara, 50
- Inja, 48
- Sia, 47 (tie)
- Živa, 47 (tie)
- Pia, 46
- Ava, 45 (3-way tie)
- Naja, 45 (3-way tie)
- Ota, 45 (3-way tie)
- Manca, 43 (3-way tie)
- Olivija, 43 (3-way tie)
- Viktorija, 43 (3-way tie)
- Tia, 41
Boy Names
- Filip, 264 baby boys
- Luka, 239 — had been the #1 name for 22 consecutive years before slipping in 2021
- Nik, 217
- Mark, 211
- Jakob, 197
- Liam, 191
- Lan, 173
- Oskar, 165 (tie)
- Tim, 165 (tie)
- Lovro, 139
- Žan, 128
- Maks, 127
- Jaka, 124
- Gal, 123 (tie)
- Vid, 123 (tie)
- Jan, 114
- Maj, 111
- Oliver, 110
- Bine, 92
- David, 89
- Leon, 88
- Anže, 85
- Val, 83
- Žiga, 81
- Brin, 76 (tie)
- Matija, 76 (tie)
- Nejc, 69 — a diminutive of Jernej
- Adam, 68 (3-way tie)
- Bor, 68 (3-way tie)
- Teo, 68 (3-way tie)
- Anej, 67 (3-way tie)
- Izak, 67 (3-way tie)
- Lukas, 67 (3-way tie)
- Erik, 66
- Nace, 65
- Lev, 64
- Matic, 63
- Patrik, 62
- Leo, 60
- Aleks, 56
- Tine, 55
- Vito, 54
- Lenart, 52 (3-way tie)
- Matevž, 52 (3-way tie)
- Miha, 52 (3-way tie)
- Aleksej, 51 (tie)
- Aljaž, 51 (tie)
- Benjamin, 49 (3-way tie)
- Kris, 49 (3-way tie)
- Tilen, 49 (3-way tie)
Overall, about 1,300 girl names and about 1,300 boy names were bestowed in Slovenia last year. Roughly 60% of these names were used just once.
I didn’t blog about Slovenia’s 2020 rankings, but I did post the 2019 rankings, which were topped by Zala and Luka.
Sources: Top 100 baby names in 2021 – Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia; Births, 2021 – Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
Image: Adapted from Flag of Slovenia (public domain)
