Last year, the European country of Poland welcomed approximately 252,000 babies.
What were the most popular names among these babies? Maja and Nikodem.
Here are Poland’s top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2024:
Girl names
- Maja, 4,640 baby girls
- Maja ranked fifth for girls in 2023.
- Zofia, 4,470
- Zuzanna, 4,144
- Laura, 4,036
- Hanna, 3,916
- Julia, 3,482
- Oliwia, 3,420
- Pola, 3,166
- Alicja, 3,131
- Maria, 2,698
- Antonina, 2,666
- Emilia, 2563
- Amelia, 2,550
- Liliana, 2,417
- Michalina, 2,375
- Lena, 2,366
- Iga, 2,349
- Marcelina, 2,330
- Klara, 2,323
- Helena, 2,226 (tie)
- Wiktoria, 2,226 (tie)
- Lucja, 1,898
- Gabriela, 1,825
- Kornelia, 1,771
- Nela, 1,648
- Aleksandra, 1,522
- Rozalia, 1,487
- Blanka, 1,351
- Jagoda, 1,343
- Lilianna, 1,323
- Anna, 1,310
- Nadia, 1,238
- Róza, 1,186
- Mia, 1,181
- Natalia, 1,110
- Kaja, 1,094
- Aurelia, 1,024
- Aniela, 1,015
- Anastazja, 987
- Milena, 947
- Sara, 873
- Weronika, 821
- Nina, 795
- Matylda, 792
- Nikola, 771
- Barbara, 761
- Jasmina, 751
- Liwia, 734
- Adrianna, 609
- Eliza, 579
Boy names
- Nikodem, 6,388 baby boys
- Antoni, 5,404
- Jan, 5,277
- Aleksander, 5,170
- Leon, 4,669
- Franciszek, 4,574
- Ignacy, 4,229
- Jakub, 3,938
- Stanislaw, 3,715
- Mikolaj, 3,644
- Filip, 3,097
- Szymon, 2,722
- Adam, 2,628
- Maksymilian, 2,569
- Wojciech, 2,552
- Oliwier, 2,510
- Tymon, 2,478
- Marcel, 2,360
- Kacper, 2,199
- Wiktor, 1,993
- Michal, 1,891
- Julian, 1,853
- Gabriel, 1,720
- Oskar, 1,696
- Milosz, 1,678
- Igor, 1,638
- Tymoteusz, 1,555
- Piotr, 1,390
- Bruno, 1,089
- Hubert, 1,031 (tie)
- Dawid, 1,031 (tie)
- Tadeusz, 1,020
- Krzysztof, 969
- Natan, 928
- Teodor, 923
- Cezary, 911
- Henryk, 904
- Dominik, 884
- Milan, 835
- Karol, 779
- Bartosz, 774
- Mateusz, 732
- Ksawery, 755
- Artur, 701
- Alan, 684
- Fabian, 661
- Tomasz, 656
- Maciej, 650
- Leo, 608
- Daniel, 587
The news release made note of two names — Wieslawa (given to 2 baby girls) and Waclaw (given to 3 baby boys) — that were once quite popular, but today are “almost forgotten” (niemal zapomniane) in Poland.
P.S. The Polish letters L-with-a-stroke, Z-with-an-overdot, and S-with-an-accent don’t render properly on my site, so please imagine they exist in several of the above: the girl names Lucja, Róza, Jasmina, and Wieslawa, and the boy names Stanislaw, Mikolaj, Michal, Milosz, Waclaw.
Sources: Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce – Otwarte Dane, Najpopularniejsze imiona nadawane dzieciom w 2024 roku – Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji – Portal Gov.pl, Annual births in Poland hit new postwar low as population decline accelerates – Notes from Poland
Image: Adapted from Flag of Poland (public domain)