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The sauna-loving country of Finland is located in Northern Europe and shares a border with three other countries: Sweden, Norway, and Russia.

Most of the people in Finland speak Finnish (85.9%), but the rest of the population speaks Swedish (5.2%), Sami (0.04%), or some other language (8.9%) such as Russian, Estonian, or Arabic.

Last year, Finland welcomed 46,809 babies. At the time the country released its baby name data (in mid-April), 46,486 of these babies — 22,742 girls and 23,744 boys — had been named.

What were the most popular names overall? Olivia and Leo.

Finland’s baby name data is broken down by language group, so let’s kick things off with the Finnish speakers…

Finnish speakers

Of the 37,365 (named) babies born to Finnish speakers in Finland last year, 18,261 were girls and 19,104 were boys. Here are the top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2022:

Girl Names

1. Olivia, 276 baby girls
2. Aino, 256
3. Aada, 248
4. Lilja, 238
5. Eevi, 235
6. Isla, 232
7. Helmi, 227
8. Venla, 219
9. Sofia, 212
10. Ellen, 210
11. Aava, 209
12. Hilla, 200
13. Emma, 199
14. Linnea, 194
15. Pihla, 193
16. Viola, 191 (tie)
17. Kerttu, 191 (tie)
18. Ella, 188
19. Emilia, 156 (tie)
20. Elli, 156 (tie)
21. Enni, 148
22. Seela, 136
23. Hilma, 134 (tie)
24. Hilda, 134 (tie)
25. Elsa, 133
26. Livia, 132
27. Alisa, 131
28. Alma, 128
29. Oona, 124
30. Ilona, 121
31. Mila, 119
32. Alina, 118
33. Frida, 115
34. Elsi, 114
35. Matilda, 113
36. Minea, 111
37. Vilma, 108
38. Mette, 105
39. Aurora, 102
40. Hertta, 101 (tie)
41. Lumi, 101 (tie)
42. Amanda, 100 (tie)
43. Selma, 100 (tie)
44. Viivi, 98
45. Nella, 95
46. Bea, 93
47. Saimi, 89 (tie)
48. Vivian, 89 (tie)
49. Siiri, 87
50. Stella, 86

Boy Names

1. Leo, 376 baby boys
2. Väinö, 364
3. Eino, 349
4. Oliver, 342
5. Elias, 316
6. Onni, 313
7. Emil, 239
8. Eeli, 225
9. Toivo, 216
10. Leevi, 210
11. Noel, 199
12. Hugo, 186
13. Joel, 185
14. Aatos, 184 (tie)
15. Vilho, 184 (tie)
16. Alvar, 181
17. Eemil, 172
18. Oiva, 169
19. Otso, 159
20. Nooa, 156
21. Mikael, 154
22. Aarni, 153 (tie)
23. Viljami, 153 (tie)
24. Niilo, 149
25. Lenni, 148
26. Luka, 144
27. Daniel, 139
28. Benjamin, 137
29. Anton, 135
30. Kasper, 132
31. Edvin, 129
32. Aaron, 128
33. Viljo, 126
34. Jooa, 121
35. Julius, 120 (tie)
36. Eetu, 120 (tie)
37. Olavi, 119
38. Aapo, 118
39. Milo, 115
40. Eelis, 114
41. Lukas, 113
42. Eemi, 112
43. Leon, 111
44. Matias, 105
45. Urho, 104
46. Rasmus, 101 (tie)
47. Max, 101 (tie)
48. Samuel, 99 (tie)
49. Luukas, 99 (tie)
50. Iivo, 97

Swedish speakers

Of the 3,157 (named) babies born to Swedish speakers in Finland last year, 1,552 were girls and 1,605 were boys. Here are the top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names:

Other languages

Of the 5,964 (named) babies born in Finland last year to parents who speak something other than Finnish or Swedish, 2,929 were girls and 3,035 were boys. Here are the top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names:

Finally, here are Finland’s 2021 rankings, if you’d like to compare last year to the year before.

Sources: Most popular children’s names – Digital and Population Data Services Agency, Olivia and Leo are still the most popular children’s names in Finland, Population and Society – Statistics Finland

Image: Adapted from Flag of Finland (public domain)