Popular baby names in Slovakia, 2022

Holy early baby name rankings, Batman!

On November 30, the government of Slovakia — thumbing its nose at the entire month of December — went ahead and released the official list of the country’s top baby names of 2022.

The #1 names? Sofia and Jakub.

Here are Slovakia’s top 20 girl names and top 20 boy names of (the first eleven months of) 2022:

Girl Names

1. Sofia
2. Eliška
3. Nina
4. Ema
5. Viktória
6. Natália
7. Nela
8. Sára
9. Mia
10. Olívia
11. Diana
12. Hana
13. Anna
14. Tamara
15. Júlia
16. Laura
17. Emma
18. Karolína
19. Michaela
20. Rebeka

Boy Names

1. Jakub
2. Samuel
3. Adam
4. Michal
5. Oliver
6. Filip
7. Tomáš
8. Martin
9. Matej
10. Richard
11. Lukáš
12. Alex
13. Matúš
14. Šimon
15. Tobias
16. Ján
17. Peter
18. Dávid
19. Dominik
20. Patrik

The last time I posted rankings for Slovakia, in 2018, the top two names were also Sofia and Jakub.

Sources: Top baby names in Slovakia for 2022 announced, Najoblubenejšími menami detí narodených v roku 2022 sú Sofia a Jakub

Image: Adapted from Flag of Slovakia (public domain)