Popular baby names in Croatia, 2021

Last year, the country of Croatia welcomed nearly 37,000 babies — close to 18,000 girls and more than 19,000 boys.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Mia and Luka, yet again.

Here are Croatia’s top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2021:

Girl Names

1. Mia, 539 baby girls
2. Lucija, 407
3. Nika, 405
4. Rita, 391
5. Ema, 389
6. Mila, 347
7. Marta, 341
8. Sara, 307
9. Ana, 278
10. Dora, 266
11. Eva, 263
12. Elena, 250
13. Lana, 243
14. Petra, 241
15. Iva, 239
16. Klara, 216 (tie)
17. Lara, 216 (tie)
18. Marija, 210
19. Lea, 205
20. Hana, 198
21. Ena, 193 – based on Irena
22. Franka, 183
23. Tena, 178 – based on Terezija (Theresa)
24. Leona, 177
25. Laura, 174
26. Emili, 165
27. Maša, 146 – a form of Masha, which is based on Mariya (Maria)
28. Una, 144 (tie)
29. Vita, 144 (tie)
30. Lena, 141 (tie)
31. Nikol, 141 (tie)
32. Magdalena, 138
33. Sofia, 135
34. Karla, 133
35. Tara, 131
36. Tia, 130
37. Katja, 128
38. Lota, 114 – based on Carlotta
39. Tea, 107
40. Nora, 104
41. Maris, 103
42. Bruna, 100
43. Aria, 97
44. Luna, 95
45. Helena, 89 (tie)
46. Sofija, 89 (tie)
47. Mara, 88
48. Lorena, 87
49. Iris, 86 (tie)
50. Roza, 86 (tie)

Boy Names

1. Luka, 867 baby boys
2. David, 563
3. Jakov, 519
4. Ivan, 454
5. Roko, 404
6. Petar, 403
7. Mateo, 390 (tie)
8. Niko, 390 (tie)
9. Matej, 387
10. Fran, 346
11. Josip, 344
12. Noa, 337
13. Mihael, 333
14. Borna, 328 – based on the proto-Slavic word borti, meaning “battle, fight”
15. Toma, 303
16. Filip, 301
17. Leon, 294
18. Karlo, 286 (tie)
19. Marko, 286 (tie)
20. Lovro, 281
21. Jan, 267
22. Ivano, 260
23. Vito, 250
24. Šimun, 249
25. Teo, 246
26. Lukas, 242
27. Ante, 210 (tie) – a form of Anthony
28. Nikola, 210 (tie)
29. Gabriel, 208
30. Leo, 186
31. Viktor, 184
32. Bruno, 178
33. Marin, 162
34. Tin, 160
35. Dominik, 153
36. Oliver, 152
37. Adrian, 150
38. Patrik, 145
39. Noel, 143
40. Toni, 138
41. Rafael, 119
42. Liam, 117
43. Andrej, 114
44. Erik, 112
45. Antonio, 111 (tie)
46. Franko, 111 (tie)
47. Emanuel, 106
48. Lovre, 102
49. Maro, 100
50. Vid, 94 – a form of Wido or Vitus

In the girls’ top 10, Dora replaced Petra.

In the boys’ top 10, Niko and Fran replaced Noa and Filip.

Finally, here’s a link to Croatia’s 2020 rankings, if you’d like to compare.

Sources: Statisticki prikaz – Republika Hrvatska, Most popular baby names in Croatia in 2021 revealed, Behind the Name

Image: Adapted from Civil ensign of Croatia (public domain)