The country of Austria, home to nearly 9 million people, is located in Central Europe and shares a border with eight other countries (including Germany, Italy, and Switzerland).
Last year, Austria welcomed 82,627 babies — 40,060 girls and 42,567 boys.
What were the most popular names among these babies? Emma and Maximilian.
Here are Austria’s top 25 girl names and top 25 boy names of 2022:
Girl Names
- Emma, 659 baby girls
- Emilia, 632
- Marie, 625
- Mia, 593
- Anna, 589
- Sophia, 549
- Laura, 534
- Valentina, 525
- Lena, 518
- Johanna, 502
- Lea, 483
- Hannah, 467
- Leonie, 426
- Sophie, 421
- Lina, 410
- Luisa, 380
- Lara, 376
- Elena, 362
- Ella, 356
- Nora, 351
- Hanna, 318
- Olivia, 310
- Magdalena, 309
- Helena, 290
- Mila, 287
Boy Names
- Maximilian, 735 baby boys
- Felix, 722
- Paul, 708
- Jakob, 693
- Noah, 671
- Elias, 666
- David, 636
- Jonas, 629
- Leon, 616
- Lukas, 587
- Tobias, 560
- Leo, 498
- Matteo, 469
- Alexander, 468
- Fabian, 454
- Julian, 446
- Valentin, 429
- Moritz, 417
- Simon, 406
- Theo, 399
- Luca, 386
- Anton, 379
- Liam, 352
- Raphael, 348
- Samuel, 346
The top names in Austria in 2021 were Marie and Paul.
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)
