The country of Poland is located in Central Europe and shares a border with seven other countries (including Russia, Germany, and Slovakia).
Last year, Poland welcomed approximately 305,000 babies — 290,000 of which were born to Polish parents and 15,000 of which were born to non-Polish parents (many of them Ukrainian refugees).
What were the most popular names among all these babies? Zofia and Antoni.
Here are Poland’s top 50 girl names and top 50+ boy names of 2022:
Girl Names
- Zofia, 5,714 baby girls
- Zuzanna, 5,558
- Hanna, 5,261
- Laura, 5,095
- Maja, 4,979
- Julia, 4,936
- Oliwia, 4,440
- Alicja, 4,261
- Pola, 4,087
- Lena, 3,811
- Maria, 3,732
- Emilia, 3,188
- Amelia, 3,143
- Antonina,3,133
- Wiktoria, 3,037
- Liliana, 2,860
- Iga, 2,847 – a diminutive of either Jadwiga or Ignacja
- Michalina, 2,749
- Marcelina, 2,720
- Helena, 2,680
- Klara, 2,523
- Aleksandra, 2,370
- Gabriela, 2,220
- Anna, 1,965
- Kornelia, 1,927
- Lucja, 1,862
- Blanka, 1,853
- Nela, 1,840
- Nadia, 1,792
- Natalia, 1,734
- Jagoda, 1,554
- Lilianna, 1,472
- Milena, 1,467
- Anastazja, 1,297
- Mia, 1,217
- Kaja, 1,213
- Nikola, 1,109
- Nina, 1,102
- Weronika, 1,081
- Róza, 1,074
- Rozalia, 1,072
- Aniela, 1,039
- Sara, 998
- Barbara, 993
- Matylda, 968
- Karolina, 887
- Martyna, 840
- Liwia, 821
- Agata, 811
- Eliza, 756
Boy Names
- Antoni, 6,670 baby boys
- Jan, 6,341
- Aleksander, 6,201
- Nikodem, 6,155
- Franciszek, 5,696
- Jakub, 5,535
- Leon, 5,091
- Mikolaj, 4,499
- Stanislaw, 4,265
- Filip, 4,107
- Ignacy, 4,086
- Szymon, 4,069
- Wojciech, 3,539
- Adam, 3,348
- Kacper, 3,251
- Tymon, 3,164
- Marcel, 3,081
- Maksymilian, 3,055
- Michal, 2,758
- Wiktor, 2,709
- Oliwier, 2,551
- Tymoteusz, 2,278
- Milosz, 2,234
- Igor, 2,226
- Julian, 2,040
- Piotr, 1,987
- Oskar, 1,932
- Gabriel, 1,712
- Dawid, 1,489
- Krzysztof, 1,352
- Bartosz, 1,315
- Dominik, 1,271
- Natan, 1,222
- Bruno, 1,214
- Mateusz, 1,209
- Hubert, 1,152
- Karol, 1,141
- Alan, 1,058
- Fabian, 1,014
- Tomasz, 977
- Maciej, 975
- Henryk, 948
- Cezary, 892 (tie)
- Tadeusz, 892 (tie)
- Artur, 858
- Ksawery, 849 – a form of Xavier
- Pawel, 753
- Milan, 727
- Daniel, 717
- Kazimierz, 674 (tie)
- Kuba, 674 (tie)
(Because L-with-a-stroke doesn’t render properly on my site, you’ll have to imagine one exists in several of the above: the girl name Lucja and the boy names Mikolaj, Stanislaw, Michal, Milosz, and Pawel.)
Poland’s data goes all the way down to names with just two instances of usage, so here’s a sampling of the rare baby names at the opposite end of the spectrum:
| Rare Girl Names | Rare Boy Names |
| Aglaja, Beyza, Celestyna, Dasza, Esenia, Freyja, Harper, Illia, Jaga, Koralia, Lilibet, Melanija, Nurana, Oktavia, Penelope, Radochna, Sviatoslava, Tekla, Ustina, Vasylisa, Yeseniya, Zyta | Affan, Bronislav, Caspian, Demjan, Elisey, Florin, Gajusz, Henrik, Igo, Jarogniew, Klimek, Lian, Matwej, Neo, Przemek, Rishi, Salwador, Timo, Vadzim, Witosz, Yuri, Zorian |
The two Lilibets were likely named with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s daughter Lilibet Diana (b. 2021) in mind.
Finally, here are Poland’s 2021 rankings, if you’d like to compare last year to the year before.
Sources: Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce – Otwarte Dane, Poland’s birth rate in decline shows study – The First News, Behind the Name
Image: Adapted from Flag of Poland (public domain)
