Last year, from January to November, the Netherlands welcomed 165,594 babies — 80,604 girls and 84,990 boys.
What were the most popular names among these babies? Emma and Noah.
Here are the Netherlands’ top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2024:
Girl names
- Emma, 657 baby girls
- Olivia, 634
- Nora, 614
- Julia, 607
- Sophie, 581
- Mila, 579
- Noor, 547
- Yara, 539
- Sara, 492
- Zoë, 487
- Tess, 459
- Elin, 457
- Luna, 450
- Maeve, 447 (tie)
- Milou, 447 (tie)
- Nina, 443
- Saar, 425 – short form of Sarah
- Evi, 418
- Eva, 407
- Mia, 403
- Lotte, 400
- Liv, 382
- Maud, 378
- Sofia, 373
- Anna, 369
- Emily, 368
- Ella, 354
- Lauren, 348
- Lina, 347
- Lynn, 341
- Sophia, 333
- Sofie, 332
- Noa, 319
- Julie, 316
- Lily, 313
- Fleur, 311
- Loïs, 310
- Hailey, 308
- Lieke, 306 – diminutive form of several names (such as Angelique)
- Livia, 302
- Hannah, 298
- Fenna, 288 – feminine form of Fen, a Frisian short form of Ferdinand
- Nova, 287
- Noé, 284 (tie)
- Sarah, 284 (tie)
- Fien, 260 – short form of Josefien, the Dutch form of Josephine
- Jasmijn, 252
- Isa, 250 (3-way tie)
- Isabella, 250 (3-way tie)
- Romée, 250 (3-way tie) – French feminine form of Romeo
Boy names
- Noah, 922 baby boys
- Luca, 755
- Lucas, 730
- Liam, 660
- Sem, 618 – Dutch form of Shem
- Mees, 606 – short form of Bartholomeus, the Dutch form of Bartholomew
- Noud, 582 – short form of Arnoud, the Dutch form of Arnold
- Levi, 579
- James, 557
- Adam, 538
- Finn, 529
- Daan, 519
- Sam, 514
- Milan, 506
- Luuk, 473
- Guus, 468
- Zayn, 461
- Mats, 436
- Mason, 424
- Bram, 397
- Siem, 377 – short form of Simon
- Boaz, 373
- Oliver, 364
- Olivier, 355
- Benjamin, 353
- Gijs, 347 – short form of Gijsbert
- Floris, 334
- Jesse, 330
- Joep, 315
- Teun, 312 – short form of Antonius
- Otis, 311
- Jake, 310 (3-way tie)
- Lio, 310 (3-way tie)
- Morris, 310 (3-way tie)
- Moos, 303 – short form of Mozes, the Dutch form of Moses
- Jens, 300
- Ties, 293 – diminutive form of several names (such as Matthijs and Diederik)
- Elias, 286
- Abel, 284
- Owen, 280
- Thomas, 275
- Ted, 272
- Max, 268
- David, 263 (tie)
- Julian, 263 (tie)
- Jan, 262
- Mohammed, 255
- Jurre, 252 (tie) – short form of Jurryt, the Frisian form of Gerard
- Tobias, 252 (tie)
- Kai, 246
The girls’ top 100 included Bo (53rd), Puck (58th), Feline (tied for 82nd), and Benthe (98th).
The boys’ top 100 included Melle (59th), Loek (63rd), Stijn (70th), and Wout (tied for 85th).
And what about gender-neutral names? According to the Dutch SVB, the top three were Charlie (given to 156 girls & 156 boys last year), Robin (68 girls & 64 boys), and Sammy (11 girls & 10 boys).
Finally, here are the Netherlands’ 2023 rankings, if you’d like to compare last year to the year before.
Sources: Kindernamen home | Kindernamen | SVB, Emma en Noah de populairste kindernamen van 2024, Behind the Name
Image: Adapted from Flag of the Netherlands (public domain)
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