Baby Name: Julian

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

1. Emma, 657 baby girls
2. Olivia, 634
3. Nora, 614
4. Julia, 607
5. Sophie, 581
6. Mila, 579
7. Noor, 547
8. Yara, 539
9. Sara, 492
10. Zoë, 487
11. Tess, 459
12. Elin, 457
13. Luna, 450
14. Maeve, 447 (tie)
15. Milou, 447 (tie)
16. Nina, 443
17. Saar, 425 – short form of Sarah
18. Evi, 418
19. Eva, 407
20. Mia, 403
21. Lotte, 400
22. Liv, 382
23. Maud, 378
24. Sofia, 373
25. Anna, 369
26. Emily, 368
27. Ella, 354
28. Lauren, 348
29. Lina, 347
30. Lynn, 341
31. Sophia, 333
32. Sofie, 332
33. Noa, 319
34. Julie, 316
35. Lily, 313
36. Fleur, 311
37. Loïs, 310
38. Hailey, 308
39. Lieke, 306 – diminutive form of several names (such as Angelique)
40. Livia, 302
41. Hannah, 298
42. Fenna, 288 – feminine form of Fen, a Frisian short form of Ferdinand
43. Nova, 287
44. Noé, 284 (tie)
45. Sarah, 284 (tie)
46. Fien, 260 – short form of Josefien, the Dutch form of Josephine
47. Jasmijn, 252
48. Isa, 250 (3-way tie)
49. Isabella, 250 (3-way tie)
50. Romée, 250 (3-way tie) – French feminine form of Romeo

Boy names

1. Noah, 922 baby boys
2. Luca, 755
3. Lucas, 730
4. Liam, 660
5. Sem, 618 – Dutch form of Shem
6. Mees, 606 – short form of Bartholomeus, the Dutch form of Bartholomew
7. Noud, 582 – short form of Arnoud, the Dutch form of Arnold
8. Levi, 579
9. James, 557
10. Adam, 538
11. Finn, 529
12. Daan, 519
13. Sam, 514
14. Milan, 506
15. Luuk, 473
16. Guus, 468
17. Zayn, 461
18. Mats, 436
19. Mason, 424
20. Bram, 397
21. Siem, 377 – short form of Simon
22. Boaz, 373
23. Oliver, 364
24. Olivier, 355
25. Benjamin, 353
26. Gijs, 347 – short form of Gijsbert
27. Floris, 334
28. Jesse, 330
29. Joep, 315
30. Teun, 312 – short form of Antonius
31. Otis, 311
32. Jake, 310 (3-way tie)
33. Lio, 310 (3-way tie)
34. Morris, 310 (3-way tie)
35. Moos, 303 – short form of Mozes, the Dutch form of Moses
36. Jens, 300
37. Ties, 293 – diminutive form of several names (such as Matthijs and Diederik)
38. Elias, 286
39. Abel, 284
40. Owen, 280
41. Thomas, 275
42. Ted, 272
43. Max, 268
44. David, 263 (tie)
45. Julian, 263 (tie)
46. Jan, 262
47. Mohammed, 255
48. Jurre, 252 (tie) – short form of Jurryt, the Frisian form of Gerard
49. Tobias, 252 (tie)
50. 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)