Last year, the European country of Switzerland welcomed 80,024 babies.
What were the most popular names among these babies? Mia and Noah.
Here are Switzerland’s top 50+ girl names and top 50 boy names of 2023:
Girl names
- Mia, 380 baby girls
- Emma, 376
- Sofia, 358
- Emilia, 313
- Elena, 286
- Lia, 260 (tie)
- Olivia, 260 (tie)
- Lina, 259
- Nora, 240
- Mila, 239
- Ella, 208
- Lara, 207
- Lena, 202
- Luna, 200
- Lea, 196
- Malea, 194
- Anna, 192
- Alice, 191 (3-way tie)
- Sophia, 191 (3-way tie)
- Valentina, 191 (3-way tie)
- Yara, 188
- Elina, 183
- Nina, 182
- Alina, 181
- Leonie, 178
- Aurora, 176
- Giulia, 172
- Chiara, 170
- Eva, 164
- Elin, 162 (3-way tie)
- Julia, 162 (3-way tie)
- Laura, 162 (3-way tie)
- Amelia, 156 (tie)
- Emily, 156 (tie)
- Livia, 155
- Luana, 154
- Sophie, 147
- Alma, 145
- Maria, 133
- Elisa, 131
- Juna, 130
- Sara, 126
- Yuna, 125
- Zoé, 124
- Dua, 120
- Ayla, 118 (tie)
- Clara, 118 (tie)
- Malia, 117 (tie)
- Mara, 117 (tie)
- Inaya, 114 (4-way tie)
- Jana, 114 (4-way tie)
- Lou, 114 (4-way tie)
- Victoria, 114 (4-way tie)
Boy names
- Noah, 495 baby boys
- Liam, 442
- Matteo, 362
- Gabriel, 284
- Leano, 282
- Leo, 273
- Luca, 271
- Leon, 255
- Elias, 246
- Lio, 245
- Louis, 241
- Nino, 201
- Leonardo, 196
- Aaron, 193
- Ben, 189
- Elio, 187
- Elia, 186
- Theo, 182
- Luan, 180 (tie)
- Samuel, 180 (tie)
- David, 173 (tie)
- Levi, 173 (tie)
- Livio, 172
- Malik, 168
- Mateo, 166
- Nico, 161
- Arthur, 160
- Adam, 158 (tie)
- Lian, 158 (tie)
- Leandro, 157
- Diego, 155
- Julian, 151
- Finn, 150 (tie)
- Mattia, 150 (tie)
- Noé, 146
- Emil, 143 (tie)
- Enea, 143 (tie)
- Nael, 141
- Mael, 140
- Levin, 138
- Oliver, 137
- Milo, 133
- Kian, 132
- Rayan, 131
- Enzo, 130
- Daniel, 129 (tie)
- Robin, 129 (tie)
- Emilio, 126 (tie)
- Lino, 126 (tie)
- Lucas, 124
The girls’ top 100 included Lynn (65th), Amira (76th), Kiara (89th), and Aurelia (94th).
The boys’ top 100 included Laurin (58th), Nevio (72nd), Andrin (88th), and Nils (93rd).
Switzerland has four national languages: German, French, Italian, and Romansh. Here are the top baby names among the speakers of each of these languages:
| Girl names | Boy names | |
| German speakers (62.3% of the population) | 1. Mia, 289 2. Emilia, 287 3. Sofia, 249 | 1. Noah, 323 2. Matteo, 282 3. Liam, 279 |
| French speakers (22.8% of pop.) | 1. Emma, 125 2. Olivia, 103 3. Alice, 94 | 1. Noah, 143 2. Gabriel, 140 3. Liam, 139 |
| Italian speakers (8.0% of pop.) | 1. Emma, 25 2. Aurora, 24 3. Ginevra/Sofia, 21 each | 1. Leonardo, 38 2. Noah, 28 3. Enea, 26 |
| Romansh speakers (0.5% of pop.) | 1. Amalia/Gianna/Hannah, 2 each | 1. Mauro, 4 2. Luca/Nino, 3 each |
And here’s a selection of uncommon names that were given to just two babies each in Switzerland in 2023:
| Rare girl names | Rare boy names |
| Aulona, Binja, Colombe, Dorela, Elsi, Flutra, Geraldine, Helbest, Ikonija, Joanna, Katia, Lorenza, Monika, Nephele, Orlane, Palmyre, Rivka, Sira, Théodora, Ursina, Vinia, Winnie, Yma, Zerin | Alerio, Brusk, Clovis, Décio, Elimelech, Fiete, Glen, Hanno, Ishan, Jigdel, Kenneth, Lulzim, Matty, Nordhen, Ousmane, Pieter, Rolf, Sherwin, Tristán, Urs, Vinzent, Waylon, Yonah, Zayon |
Helbest is a Kurdish word meaning “poem,” while Lulzim is based on an Albanian verb meaning “to bloom,” “to flourish.”
Finally, here are Switzerland’s 2022 rankings, if you’d like to compare last year to the year before.
Sources: First names of newborns – Federal Statistical Office, Languages of Switzerland – Wikipedia, Wiktionary
Image: Adapted from Flag of Switzerland (public domain)
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