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Popular baby names in Denmark, 2024

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Flag of Denmark

Last year, the Scandinavian country of Denmark welcomed 57,079 babies.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Emma and Oscar.

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

Girl names

  1. Emma, 445 baby girls
  2. Ella, 437
  3. Luna, 423
  4. Alma, 415
  5. Frida, 408
  6. Olivia, 390
  7. Ida, 387
  8. Agnes, 382
  9. Karla, 379
  10. Nora, 373
  11. Sofia, 367
  12. Ellie, 351 (tie)
  13. Lily, 351 (tie)
  14. Freja, 348
  15. Clara, 302
  16. Asta, 296
  17. Anna, 294
  18. Alberte, 276
  19. Esther, 260
  20. Ellen, 256
  21. Aya, 231
  22. Astrid, 227
  23. Isabella, 220
  24. Josefine, 201
  25. Leonora, 199
  26. Hannah, 198 (tie)
  27. Lærke, 198 (tie)
  28. Vilma, 198
  29. Saga, 193
  30. Laura, 187
  31. Vera, 182
  32. Mathilde, 178
  33. Emily, 176
  34. Ingrid, 174
  35. Mille, 173
  36. Maja, 166 (tie)
  37. Marie, 166 (tie)
  38. Elina, 163 (tie)
  39. Liva, 163 (tie)
  40. Solvej, 161
  41. Liv, 156
  42. Eva, 153
  43. Merle, 147
  44. Victoria, 146
  45. Andrea, 145
  46. Molly, 140
  47. Kaja, 138 (3-way tie)
  48. Lea, 138 (3-way tie)
  49. Søs, 138 (3-way tie)
  50. Gry, 137

Boy names

  1. Oscar, 483 baby boys
  2. Carl, 466
  3. William, 457
  4. Noah, 440
  5. August, 437
  6. Aksel, 429
  7. Emil, 428
  8. Oliver, 423
  9. Alfred, 414
  10. Theo, 393
  11. Elliot, 378
  12. Malthe, 361
  13. Hugo, 356
  14. Arthur, 354
  15. Valdemar, 347
  16. Elias, 335
  17. Otto, 334
  18. Viggo, 328
  19. Lucas, 326
  20. Matheo, 290
  21. Lauge, 286
  22. Felix, 276
  23. Theodor, 258
  24. Liam, 256
  25. Conrad, 249
  26. Anker, 247
  27. Magnus, 246
  28. Holger, 244
  29. Erik, 242 (tie)
  30. Louie, 242 (tie)
  31. Luca, 238
  32. Anton, 235
  33. Victor, 234
  34. Ebbe, 227
  35. Vincent, 206
  36. Storm, 180
  37. Pelle, 179
  38. Nohr, 173 (tie)
  39. Walter, 173 (tie)
  40. Kalle, 171
  41. Albert, 166
  42. Atlas, 159
  43. Asger, 158 (tie)
  44. Frederik, 158 (tie)
  45. Vilhelm, 155
  46. Marius, 150
  47. Alexander, 146
  48. Johan, 144
  49. Bjørn, 139
  50. Adam, 138

Frida and Carl, the No. 1 names of 2023, are now in fifth and second place, respectively.

In the girls’ top 10, Nora replaced Sofia.

In the boys’ top 10, August and Theo replaced Malthe and Valdemar.

And the curious girl name Søs — short for Søster, the Danish word for “sister” — has been on the rise recently:

  • 2024: 138 baby girls named Søs in Denmark
  • 2023: 99 baby girls named Søs in Denmark
  • 2022: 79 baby girls named Søs in Denmark
  • 2021: 43 baby girls named Søs in Denmark
  • 2020: 20 baby girls named Søs in Denmark
  • 2019: 18 baby girls named Søs in Denmark

I can’t account for its trendiness, but I can tell you that the English equivalent, Sis, has never appeared in the U.S. data. (The name Sister has, though.)

Sources: Baby names – Statistics Denmark, Births – Statistics Denmark, Søs – Nordic Names

Image: Adapted from Flag of Denmark (public domain)

Popular baby names in Ukraine, 2023

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Flag of Ukraine

The country of Ukraine is located in Eastern Europe. It shares a border with Russia, Belarus, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Moldova.

According to Ukraine’s Ministry of Justice, the top baby names of 2023 in the center-west part of the country — the city of Kyiv plus five nearby oblasts (Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Khmelnytskyi, Zhytomyr, Cherkasy) — were Mariya (Maria) and Yeva (Eva) for girls and Mark and Oleksandr (Alexander) for boys.

Here’s a visual of the area:

Map of Ukraine
Map of Ukraine

Below you’ll find the top names for each of the six locations. Rankings weren’t specified, so, in the tables below, I’ve written the names in the order in which they appeared in the news release.

Kyiv (city)

Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, has a population of over 2.9 million. Here are Kyiv’s top baby names of 2023:

Girl namesBoy names
City of KyivMariya
Solomiya
Yeva
Polina		Maksym
Mark
Tymofiy
Oleksandr
Danylo
Mykhaylo

The city’s rare names included…

  • Girls: Paulina, Oriyana, Yevdokiya, Klara, Vesna, Vedana, Dana, Astrid, Dzvinka-Iya, Sakhara, Oktaviya, Vohnena, Ariya, Afina-Penelopa, Yaruna, Dzvinka, Kylyna, Emmanuela, Ilariya, Mahda, Yustyna, Freya, Hlafira, Matilda, Iulianiya, Inha, Lili, Leonida, Zoreslava, Afina, Nefa
  • Boys: Zoreslav, Leslav, Yanislav, Veles, Ratmyr, Kyy, Lyutsyfer, Hraf, Korniy, Budymyr, Vir, Eney, Serafym, Yerofiy, Lyuksor, Elizar, Ioann, Harri, Adonis, Ares, Iliodor, Mars, Teo, Yan, Domian, Zevs, Hrey, Kay

Lyutsyfer and Lyuksor are the Ukrainian versions of Lucifer and Luxor, and Veles is the Slavic god of the underworld.

Kyiv Oblast

Kyiv Oblast has a population of over 1.7 million. Here are the region’s top baby names of 2023:

Girl namesBoy names
Kyiv OblastDaryna
Zlata
Polina
Sofiya
Yeva
Solomiya
Anna		Tymofiy
Tymur
Maksym
Mark
Bohdan
Oleksandr
Dmytro

The region’s rare names included…

  • Girls: Alisi, Luna, Snyezhka, Mane, Lisanna, Yesfir, Eluna, Virsaviya, Dominika, Roksana, Adel, Francheska, Armine, Slavyana, Yeremiya
  • Boys: Reyan, Leon, Karim, Sayan, Mikhey, Elman, Ruvim, Iliya, Teodor, Lavrin

Vinnytsia Oblast

Vinnytsia Oblast has a population of over 1.5 million. Here are the region’s top baby names of 2023:

Girl namesBoy names
Vinnytsia OblastMilana
Anna
Daryna
Alina
Anastasiya		Oleksandr
Dmytro
Tymofiy
Denys
Andriy
Maksym

The region’s rare names included…

  • Girls: Aviva-Svitantsvitayne, Infiniti-Marta, Nana, Ariella, Yesfir, Aya, Yevnika, Zarichna, Hloriya, Madonna, Vilena, Zhasmina, Daliya, Ayla, Dzhulyeta, Yustiniya, Liyel
  • Boys: Ruvym, Isaak, Kamil, Kimran, Yunus, Nikolos, Akim, Ernest, Ustym, Samuel, Vidar, Ilay, Ksavyer, Avel, Rozhden, Ioana

Svitantsvitayne appears to be an invented name based on the Ukrainian word svitanok, meaning “dawn.”

Khmelnytskyi Oblast

Khmelnytskyi Oblast has a population of over 1.27 million. Here are the region’s top baby names of 2023:

Girl namesBoy names
Khmelnytskyi OblastAnastasiya
Anna
Viktoriya
Yeva
Zlata
Oleksandra
Solomiya
Sofiya		Artem
Bohdan
Vladyslav
Danylo
Mark
Matviy
Myroslav
Tymofiy

The region’s rare names included…

  • Girls: Ayisha, Ameliya, Hoar, Eteri, Liliana, Miray, Tsvitana, Yaremiya
  • Boys: Bohomir, Yoan, Murat, Nektariy, Nikola, Nolan, Ovsiy, Radyslav

Zhytomyr Oblast

Zhytomyr Oblast has a population of over 1.21 million. Here are the region’s top baby names of 2023:

Girl namesBoy names
Zhytomyr OblastAnastasiya
Anhelina
Daryna
Yeva
Milana
Solomiya
Tetyana
Yuliya		Bohdan
Vladyslav
Danylo
Dmytro
Zakhar
Yevhen
Ivan
Roman
Taras
Yaroslav

Zakhar is a form of Zacharias, and Taras is based on the Ancient Greek name Tarasios.

The region’s rare names included…

  • Girls: Avreliya, Ahata, Ahnesa, Ahlaya, Ada-Mariya, Adel, Aymel, Alana, Aliche, Aliya, Amaliya, Ariel, Afina, Beatrysa, Versaviya, Vitsentina, Hnata, Ester, Zhasmin, Kamila-Rafaila, Kvitoslava, Laura, Nila-Ester, Samira, Teona, Tereza, Faustyna, Khafsa
  • Boys: Azmir, Alan, Artyom, Domyen, Elkhan, Ernest, Emmanuyil, Yehoriy, Zhdan, Ilay, Isa, Yonatan, Maverik, Matfyey, Monik, Myrolyub, Mukhammed Ali, Natan, Nikolas, Ostin, Ruvym, Savva

Myrolyub is made up of Slavic elements meaning “peace” and “love” — very good concepts to be focused on during wartime.

Cherkasy Oblast

Cherkasy Oblast has a population of close to 1.2 million. Here are the region’s top baby names of 2023:

Girl namesBoy names
Cherkasy OblastAnastasiya
Anna
Emiliya
Yeva
Zlata
Miya
Solomiya		Andriy
Bohdan
Zakhar
Maksym
Matviy
Oleksandr
Tymofiy

The region’s rare names included…

  • Girls: Alisiya, Vlastelina, Dinara, Elzara, Zakariya, Luana, Muna, Ruta, Teona
  • Boys: Alim, Vakula, Dobrynya, Edem, Yeseniy, Zlatan, Ilay, Remus, Samedin, Yarem

Vakula is the protagonist of the short story “Christmas Eve” (1832) by Ukrainian-born Russian writer Nikolai Gogol (Ukranian: Mykola Hohol).

P.S. Ukraine’s Ministry of Justice released the top baby names of 2022 for Kyiv and each of the five oblasts, but not for the center-west part of the country overall.

Sources:

Image: Adapted from Flag of Ukraine (public domain)
Map: Adapted from Ukraine (1991-2014) location map by NordNordWest under CC BY-SA 3.0.

Popular baby names in Belgium, 2024

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Flag of Belgium

Last year, the European country of Belgium welcomed 108,150 babies.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Olivia and Noah, yet again.

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

Girl names

  1. Olivia, 531 baby girls
  2. Emma, 455
  3. Louise, 432
  4. Lina, 354
  5. Sofia, 345
  6. Eva, 335
  7. Mila, 327
  8. Alice, 323
  9. Juliette, 305
  10. Mia, 298
  11. Anna, 289
  12. Nora, 284
  13. Inaya, 266
  14. Lucie, 258
  15. Elena, 257
  16. Jade, 251
  17. Julia, 243
  18. Alba, 242
  19. Ella, 239
  20. Nina, 228
  21. Luna, 225
  22. Noor, 221
  23. Victoria, 220
  24. Ellie, 219 (tie)
  25. Marie, 219 (tie)
  26. Giulia, 218
  27. Mona, 198
  28. Léa, 195
  29. Renée, 183
  30. Liv, 182
  31. Lou, 181
  32. Chloé, 179
  33. Billie, 174
  34. Livia, 173
  35. Nour, 172
  36. Jeanne, 170
  37. Amélie, 163
  38. Lily, 162
  39. Amira, 161
  40. Lena, 158
  41. Emilia, 157
  42. Rose, 156 (tie)
  43. Zoé, 156 (tie)
  44. Camille, 153
  45. Maryam, 149 (tie)
  46. Romy, 149 (tie)
  47. Alix, 148
  48. Aya, 145
  49. Ambre, 142 (tie)
  50. Lara, 142 (tie)

Boy names

  1. Noah, 582 baby boys
  2. Arthur, 559
  3. Jules, 478
  4. Louis, 476
  5. Liam, 461
  6. Adam, 439
  7. Gabriel, 413
  8. Victor, 340
  9. Lucas, 322
  10. Leon, 295
  11. Oscar, 287
  12. Mohamed, 263
  13. Matteo, 259
  14. Luca, 253
  15. Léon, 248
  16. Lewis, 244
  17. Finn, 227
  18. Rayan, 210
  19. Théo, 209
  20. Mathis, 207
  21. Raphaël, 203
  22. Elias, 201
  23. Hugo, 200
  24. Amir, 199 (tie)
  25. Otis, 199 (tie)
  26. Achille, 197
  27. Léo, 192
  28. Sacha, 187
  29. Marcel, 185
  30. Felix, 174 (tie)
  31. Theo, 174 (tie)
  32. Leo, 168
  33. Emile, 166
  34. Henri, 160 (3-way tie)
  35. Ibrahim, 160 (3-way tie)
  36. Lou, 160 (3-way tie)
  37. Eden, 159
  38. Emiel, 158
  39. Naël, 155
  40. Basile, 152
  41. Maël, 151
  42. César, 150 (3-way tie)
  43. Lio, 150 (3-way tie)
  44. Oliver, 150 (3-way tie)
  45. Charles, 149 (tie)
  46. Isaac, 149 (tie)
  47. David, 148 (4-way tie)
  48. Milo, 148 (4-way tie)
  49. Mohammed, 148 (4-way tie)
  50. Nathan, 148 (4-way tie)

And here’s a selection of names from the other end of the spectrum — names that were given to just 5 babies each in Belgium last year:

Rare girl namesRare boy names
Afia, Bitania, Cézan, Dima, Ecaterina, Femke, Gioïa, Hatice, Inês, Jinthe, Kiki, Lies, Maëlyne, Nine, Ombeline, Rho, Suus, Tenzin, Vanina, Yumi, ZelihaAkim, Brieuc, Camil, Deen, Edzio, Foss, Giacomo, Hektor, Ibe, Jimmy, Kenji, Lowenn, Mélyo, Nawfel, Orso, Roger, Stefano, Taïm, Vasile, Yoel, Zeger

Lies (pronounced LEES) is a Dutch diminutive of Elisabeth, Nine (pronounced NEE-nah) is a Frisian short form of Katherine, and Suus is a palindromic Dutch short form of Susanna.

Brieuc may be a reference to the French city of Saint-Brieuc, which was named after a 5th-century Welsh monk called Brioc.

Finally, here are Belgium’s 2023 rankings, if you’d like to compare last year to the year before.

Sources: First names for boys and girls – STATBEL, Births 5.0% lower in 2024 than the average for 2020-2023 – Statbel, Behind the Name

Image: Adapted from Flag of Belgium (public domain)

Popular baby names in Gibraltar, 2024

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Flag of Gibraltar

Last year, the British overseas territory of Gibraltar welcomed 331 babies — 148 baby girls and 183 baby boys.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Olivia for girls and Noah/Thomas (tie) for boys.

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

Girl names

  1. Olivia, 5 baby girls
  2. Emilia, 4
  3. Matilda and Zara, 3 each (tie)

Boy names

  1. Noah and Thomas, 5 baby boys each (tie)
  2. Luca and Sebastian, 4 each (tie)
  3. Leon, Liam, Oliver, Ryan, Theo, and Tommy, 3 each (6-way tie)

The name Jamie was also given to three babies, but my source didn’t include much information on gender, so I don’t know if these three babies were boys, girls, or a mix of both.

The 36 names given to two babies each were Addison, Alexander, Annabelle, Arabella, Ariana, Axel, Celine, Charles, Emily, Emma, Enzo, Evan, George, Hugo, Jacob, Jesse, Julia, Kai, Kylian, Leo, Lucia, Luna, Maisie, Mia, Michael, Mila, Nicolas, Riley, Robyn, Romeo, Romy, Salma, Sofia, Stella, Thiago, and Zack.

And the 200+ names bestowed just once in Gibraltar last year were…

Adah, Adam, Adonis, Aiden, Aidon, Ajay, Alba, Albert, Aleia, Alesia, Alessandro, Alice, Alistair, Amara, Amber, Amelia, Amina, Amine, Amoura, Ana, Anas, Anaya, Andrew, Antonio, Archie, Aria, Arianna, Arley, Arlo, Arthur, Ava, Aya, Ayla, Azaria, Bella, Billy, Blake, Bodhi, Brenda, Caleb, Callie, Camden, Cara, Catharine, Cecilia, Charlie, Charlotte, Christian, Cleo, Connor, Cora, Danah, Daniella, Darcie, Darcy, Delilah, Duyna, Dylan, Edward, Eladio, Elena, Elia, Elian, Elias, Ella, Elliot, Ellis, Elowyn, Elton, Eric, Esmae, Esteban, Everleigh, Evie, Ezra, Frankie, Freya, Furkan, Gabriella, Geremiah, Gia, Gigi, Giorgia, Giorgio, Grace, Gracie, Hadley, Halo, Hannah, Haroun, Harper, Harry, Haven, Henry, Hudson, Ian, Inaaya, Inaya, Isabella, Isadora, Isla, Islam, Ivy, Jack, Jae, Jake, James, Jason, Javier, Jax, Jay, Jaylan, Joylisa, Jude, Jules, Kaine, Kallie, Katie, Kenzie, Kenzo, Khylo, Koby, Kody, Lara, Laurie, Lee, Lewis, Lilliana, Liya, Lorena, Louis, Luciano, Luke, Maeve, Manxin, Marcel, Martin, Mason, Matthew, Max, Milan, Millie, Mollie, Moshe, Mya, Myla, Naia, Naiomi, Naira, Nariah, Nellie, Niall, Nicola, Nylah, Osayd, Peter, Posie, Rachel, Rafaella, Ralfs, Ramy, Rayan, Reign, Reuven, Rian, Rina, Rio, Roan, Robbie, Robert, Roman, Rosa, Rose, Rotem, Ruairi, Ruben, Ruhe, Rupert, Sarah, Scarlett, Sean, Seth, Shashana, Shivika, Sophia, Sophie, Spencer, Sunny, Sykes, Talia, Tassim, Theodore, Tiana, Timothy, Tobias, Tristan, Tyler, Valentina, Victor, Yaakov, Zachary, Zayd, Zoe, Zyna, Zyon

Finally, here are Gibraltar’s 2023 rankings, if you’d like to compare last year to the year before.

Source: “Thomas, Noah & Olivia the most popular baby names in 2024.” GBC News 25 Mar. 2025.

Image: Adapted from Flag of Gibraltar (public domain)