Poland’s top baby names of 2013 were announced a couple of weeks ago.
According to provisional data from the country’s Ministry of the Interior, the most popular baby names last year were Lena and Jakub.
Here are Poland’s projected top 20 girl names and top 20 boy names of 2013:
Girl Names
1. Lena
2. Julia
3. Zuzanna
4. Maja
5. Zofia
6. Amelia
7. Hanna
8. Aleksandra
9. Wiktoria
10. Natalia
11. Oliwia
12. Alicja
13. Nikola
14. Maria
15. Emilia
16. Anna
17. Nadia
18. Gabriela
19. Martyna
20. Antonina
Boy Names
1. Jakub
2. Kacper
3. Filip
4. Szymon
5. Jan
6. Antoni
7. Michal
8. Wojciech
9. Mateusz
10. Bartosz
11. Adam
12. Franciszek
13. Piotr
14. Aleksander
15. Mikolaj
16. Wiktor
17. Igor
18. Marcel
19. Dawid
20. Alan
Baby names that increased in popularity last year include Antonina, Iga, Liliana, Maksymilian, Stanislaw and Zofia.
The rare baby names mentioned in the press release were Jessika, Leah, Nathalie, Raisa, Vivian, Collin, Jack, Philipp, Yasin, Elif, Emi, Kenza, Zoya, Mieczyslaw, Siemowit, Witalij and Wadim.
Source: Lena i Jakub – to najpopularniejsze imiona mijajacego roku
Image: Adapted from Flag of Poland (public domain)
Interesting that they also publish the least common names with at least 3 babies. Have you seen that anywhere else?
Sure. The England/Wales list goes down that low. In some places, *all* the names are released. (Quebec comes to mind.)
Thanks, will go digging deeper into those lists from now on!