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The country of the Netherlands, located in Northwestern Europe, is bordered by both Belgium and Germany.

Last year, from January to November, the Netherlands welcomed more than 168,000 babies — over 82,000 girls and over 86,000 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 2022:

Girl Names

1. Emma, 677 baby girls
2. Julia, 655
3. Mila, 624
4. Sophie, 620
5. Olivia, 591
6. Yara, 559
7. Saar, 532 – short form of Sarah
8. Nora, 524
9. Tess, 509
10. Noor, 501
11. Milou, 489
12. Sara, 486
13. Liv, 482
14. Zoë, 473
15. Evi, 466
16. Anna, 455
17. Luna, 451
18. Lotte, 423 (tie)
19. Nina, 423 (tie)
20. Eva, 405
21. Emily, 389
22. Lauren, 386
23. Maeve, 384
24. Lina, 383
25. Elin, 379
26. Maud, 368
27. Sarah, 350
28. Nova, 345
29. Loïs, 340 (tie)
30. Sofia, 340 (tie)
31. Mia, 339
32. Sofie, 332
33. Lieke, 330
34. Fleur, 328
35. Isa, 325
36. Fien, 324 – short form of Josefien
37. Lynn, 319
38. Hailey, 312
39. Roos, 297
40. Julie, 290
41. Livia, 288
42. Fenna, 284 – feminine form of Fen (a Frisian short form of Ferdinand)
43. Ella, 279
44. Sophia, 275
45. Bo, 274
46. Lily, 252
47. Ivy, 248
48. Romée, 246
49. Lena, 244
50. Noé, 241

Boy Names

1. Noah, 871 baby boys
2. Liam, 666
3. Luca, 664
4. Lucas, 652
5. Mees, 621 – short form of Bartholomeus
6. Finn, 596
7. James, 594
8. Milan, 591
9. Levi, 585
10. Sem, 582
11. Daan, 538
12. Noud, 533 – short form of Arnoud (the Dutch form of Arnold)
13. Luuk, 518
14. Adam, 508
15. Sam, 495
16. Bram, 470
17. Zayn, 447
18. Mason, 440
19. Benjamin, 409
20. Boaz, 369
21. Siem, 360 – short form of Simon
22. Guus, 356
23. Morris, 353
24. Olivier, 349 (tie)
25. Thomas, 349 (tie)
26. Teun, 346 – short form of Antonius
27. Gijs, 335 (tie) – short form of Gijsbert
28. Mats, 335 (tie)
29. Max, 326
30. Jesse, 317
31. Julian, 315
32. Otis, 314
33. Floris, 312
34. Lars, 307
35. David, 304 (tie)
36. Jake, 304 (tie)
37. Moos, 303 – short form of Mozes
38. Rayan, 300
39. Jens, 291
40. Joep, 289
41. Owen, 286
42. Thijs, 273
43. Jan, 270 (3-way tie)
44. Oliver, 270 (3-way tie)
45. Willem, 270 (3-way tie)
46. Mick, 269
47. Jack, 262
48. Jurre, 259 – short form of Jurryt (the Frisian form of Gerard)
49. Abel, 254
50. Kai, 253

Dutch onomastician Gerrit Bloothooft noted that, if similar names had been counted together, the name-groups Saar/Sara/Sarah and Luca/Lucas/Luuk would have topped the girls’ list and the boys’ list, respectively.

The girls’ top 100 included Cato (55th), Veerle (60th), Puck (75th), and Merel (83rd).

The boys’ top 100 included Jaxx (56th), Sven (64th), Hidde (72nd), and Jip (78th).

Finally, here are the Netherlands’ 2021 rankings, if you’d like to compare.

Sources: Kindernamen home | Kindernamen | SVB, Emma en Noah de populairste kindernamen van 2022, Population growth almost doubled in 2022, Behind the Name