Popular baby names in Croatia, 2024

Last year, the European country of Croatia welcomed 32,628 babies — 15,733 girls and 16,895 boys.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Mia and Luka, as usual.

Here are Croatia’s top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2024:

Girl names

1. Mia, 377 baby girls
2. Rita, 363
3. Nika, 328
4. Mila, 296
5. Lucija, 292
6. Ema, 290
7. Marta, 286 (tie)
8. Sara, 286 (tie)
9. Eva, 219
10. Dora, 212
11. Lara, 210
12. Iva, 207
13. Elena, 201
14. Ana, 195
15. Klara, 191
16. Laura, 181
17. Petra, 180
18. Marija, 174
19. Tena, 161
20. Vita, 158
21. Lana, 153
22. Hana, 152
23. Lea, 148 (tie)
24. Una, 148 (tie)
25. Sofia, 147
26. Franka, 143
27. Cvita, 139 (tie)
28. Ena, 139 (tie)
29. Nora, 136
30. Maša, 130
31. Nikol, 126
32. Leona, 125
33. Lena, 123
34. Maris, 116
35. Magdalena, 113
36. Iris, 108 (tie)
37. Tia, 108 (tie)
38. Lota, 106
39. Tara, 105
40. Karla, 104
41. Emili, 102
42. Roza, 101
43. Mara, 100
44. Aria, 99 (tie)
45. Sofija, 99 (tie)
46. Bruna, 95
47. Aurora, 93
48. Katja, 92
49. Kiara, 91 (tie)
50. Tea, 91 (tie)

Boy names

1. Luka, 603 baby boys
2. Jakov, 468
3. Toma, 426
4. David, 420
5. Petar, 376
6. Niko, 365
7. Ivan, 359
8. Mateo, 350
9. Roko, 349
10. Matej, 337
11. Noa, 300
12. Josip, 298
13. Fran, 290
14. Šimun, 274
15. Teo, 273
16. Lovro, 262
17. Vito, 261
18. Mihael, 240
19. Borna, 236
20. Karlo, 235
21. Marko, 231
22. Leon, 225
23. Filip, 223
24. Jan, 220
25. Leo, 211
26. Ante, 206
27. Gabriel, 185
28. Ivano, 181
29. Viktor, 153
30. Lukas, 151
31. Bruno, 147 (tie)
32. Oliver, 147 (tie)
33. Adrian, 143 (tie)
34. Noel, 143 (tie)
35. Rafael, 140
36. Tin, 126
37. Dominik, 125 (3-way tie)
38. Emanuel, 125 (3-way tie)
39. Liam, 125 (3-way tie)
40. Marin, 121
41. Mauro, 117
42. Nikola, 116
43. Maro, 114
44. Toni, 100
45. Duje, 96
46. Antonio, 81 (4-way tie)
47. Franko, 81 (4-way tie)
48. Jona, 81 (4-way tie)
49. Lovre, 81 (4-way tie)
50. Patrik, 78

In the girls’ top 50, Maris, Aria, and Kiara replaced Marla, Luce, and Lora.

In the boys’ top 50, Franko and Jona replaced Erik and Andrej.

I didn’t post about Croatia’s top baby names of 2023, but here are Croatia’s 2022 rankings.

Sources:

• Statisticki prikaz – Ministarstvo pravosuda i uprave Republike Hrvatske (specifically, Document 35 [pdf])
• “Koje vam je najljepše? Ovo su nova imena na popisu najcešcih u Hrvatskoj (i njihova znacenja).” Zadovoljna.hr 2 Apr. 2025.

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