Popular baby names in Austria, 2021

Flag of Austria
Flag of Austria

The mountainous country of Austria, located in the southern part of Central Europe, shares a border with eight other countries (including Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Hungary, Italy, and Slovenia).

Last year, Austria welcomed over 86,000 babies — 41,841 girls and 44,237 boys.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Marie and Paul.

Here are Austria’s top 25 girl names and top 25 boy names of 2021:

Girl Names

  1. Marie, 795 baby girls
  2. Emilia, 690
  3. Anna, 684
  4. Emma, 671
  5. Lena, 634
  6. Mia, 596
  7. Laura, 575
  8. Valentina, 544
  9. Hannah, 541
  10. Lea, 536
  11. Sophia, 522
  12. Sophie, 495
  13. Johanna, 488
  14. Leonie, 436
  15. Lina, 423
  16. Nora, 406
  17. Ella, 405
  18. Lara, 396
  19. Luisa, 388
  20. Elena, 379
  21. Magdalena, 334
  22. Hanna, 332
  23. Olivia, 323
  24. Amelie, 315
  25. Helena, 295

Boy Names

  1. Paul, 810 baby boys
  2. Jakob, 779
  3. Maximilian, 771
  4. Elias, 747
  5. David, 711
  6. Felix, 697
  7. Leon, 663
  8. Tobias, 647
  9. Jonas, 637
  10. Noah, 616
  11. Lukas, 609
  12. Alexander, 555
  13. Moritz, 513
  14. Leo, 508
  15. Julian, 483
  16. Simon, 460
  17. Matteo, 456
  18. Fabian, 441
  19. Valentin, 429
  20. Raphael, 419
  21. Emil, 401
  22. Luca, 400
  23. Samuel, 398
  24. Anton, 376
  25. Florian, 375

Here are Austria’s 2020 rankings, if you’d like to compare last year to the year before.

Sources: First names of newborns – Statistics Austria, Atlas der Vornamen – Statistics Austria, Demographic characteristics of newborns – Statistics Austria

Image: Adapted from Flag of Austria (public domain)

2 thoughts on “Popular baby names in Austria, 2021”

  1. This is the least trendy current list I’ve seen. I guess Austrians don’t go in for fashion much and mostly stick to reliable saints’ names.

  2. I think it has a lot to do with the country’s baby name laws/guidelines, which seem fairly restrictive.

    The Austrian newspaper Kurier ran an article about the types of names that are off-limits in Austria a few months ago. Here’s a bit of it (translated into English, thanks to Google):

    However, too much creativity in naming can be problematic. Because not all first names are allowed in Austria. There is a name book in every registry office. The names listed there are based on the well-being of the children.

    First names must not be ridiculous or offensive. Basically, the name must provide information about the gender of the child. In addition, names should be common. But it’s one of those things when it comes to usage. As proof of this, personal and even internet research are also permissible. At the same time, the children’s names should be rooted in reality. Fantasy figures therefore tend not to go through. 

    In Austria, car brands, cities and heroes from comic series are taboo as first names.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.