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
- Mia, 377 baby girls
- Rita, 363
- Nika, 328
- Mila, 296
- Lucija, 292
- Ema, 290
- Marta, 286 (tie)
- Sara, 286 (tie)
- Eva, 219
- Dora, 212
- Lara, 210
- Iva, 207
- Elena, 201
- Ana, 195
- Klara, 191
- Laura, 181
- Petra, 180
- Marija, 174
- Tena, 161
- Vita, 158
- Lana, 153
- Hana, 152
- Lea, 148 (tie)
- Una, 148 (tie)
- Sofia, 147
- Franka, 143
- Cvita, 139 (tie)
- Ena, 139 (tie)
- Nora, 136
- Maša, 130
- Nikol, 126
- Leona, 125
- Lena, 123
- Maris, 116
- Magdalena, 113
- Iris, 108 (tie)
- Tia, 108 (tie)
- Lota, 106
- Tara, 105
- Karla, 104
- Emili, 102
- Roza, 101
- Mara, 100
- Aria, 99 (tie)
- Sofija, 99 (tie)
- Bruna, 95
- Aurora, 93
- Katja, 92
- Kiara, 91 (tie)
- Tea, 91 (tie)
Boy names
- Luka, 603 baby boys
- Jakov, 468
- Toma, 426
- David, 420
- Petar, 376
- Niko, 365
- Ivan, 359
- Mateo, 350
- Roko, 349
- Matej, 337
- Noa, 300
- Josip, 298
- Fran, 290
- Šimun, 274
- Teo, 273
- Lovro, 262
- Vito, 261
- Mihael, 240
- Borna, 236
- Karlo, 235
- Marko, 231
- Leon, 225
- Filip, 223
- Jan, 220
- Leo, 211
- Ante, 206
- Gabriel, 185
- Ivano, 181
- Viktor, 153
- Lukas, 151
- Bruno, 147 (tie)
- Oliver, 147 (tie)
- Adrian, 143 (tie)
- Noel, 143 (tie)
- Rafael, 140
- Tin, 126
- Dominik, 125 (3-way tie)
- Emanuel, 125 (3-way tie)
- Liam, 125 (3-way tie)
- Marin, 121
- Mauro, 117
- Nikola, 116
- Maro, 114
- Toni, 100
- Duje, 96
- Antonio, 81 (4-way tie)
- Franko, 81 (4-way tie)
- Jona, 81 (4-way tie)
- Lovre, 81 (4-way tie)
- 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)