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Popular baby names in Poland, 2024

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Flag of Poland

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

  1. Maja, 4,640 baby girls
    • Maja ranked fifth for girls in 2023.
  2. Zofia, 4,470
  3. Zuzanna, 4,144
  4. Laura, 4,036
  5. Hanna, 3,916
  6. Julia, 3,482
  7. Oliwia, 3,420
  8. Pola, 3,166
  9. Alicja, 3,131
  10. Maria, 2,698
  11. Antonina, 2,666
  12. Emilia, 2563
  13. Amelia, 2,550
  14. Liliana, 2,417
  15. Michalina, 2,375
  16. Lena, 2,366
  17. Iga, 2,349
  18. Marcelina, 2,330
  19. Klara, 2,323
  20. Helena, 2,226 (tie)
  21. Wiktoria, 2,226 (tie)
  22. Lucja, 1,898
  23. Gabriela, 1,825
  24. Kornelia, 1,771
  25. Nela, 1,648
  26. Aleksandra, 1,522
  27. Rozalia, 1,487
  28. Blanka, 1,351
  29. Jagoda, 1,343
  30. Lilianna, 1,323
  31. Anna, 1,310
  32. Nadia, 1,238
  33. Róza, 1,186
  34. Mia, 1,181
  35. Natalia, 1,110
  36. Kaja, 1,094
  37. Aurelia, 1,024
  38. Aniela, 1,015
  39. Anastazja, 987
  40. Milena, 947
  41. Sara, 873
  42. Weronika, 821
  43. Nina, 795
  44. Matylda, 792
  45. Nikola, 771
  46. Barbara, 761
  47. Jasmina, 751
  48. Liwia, 734
  49. Adrianna, 609
  50. Eliza, 579

Boy names

  1. Nikodem, 6,388 baby boys
  2. Antoni, 5,404
  3. Jan, 5,277
  4. Aleksander, 5,170
  5. Leon, 4,669
  6. Franciszek, 4,574
  7. Ignacy, 4,229
  8. Jakub, 3,938
  9. Stanislaw, 3,715
  10. Mikolaj, 3,644
  11. Filip, 3,097
  12. Szymon, 2,722
  13. Adam, 2,628
  14. Maksymilian, 2,569
  15. Wojciech, 2,552
  16. Oliwier, 2,510
  17. Tymon, 2,478
  18. Marcel, 2,360
  19. Kacper, 2,199
  20. Wiktor, 1,993
  21. Michal, 1,891
  22. Julian, 1,853
  23. Gabriel, 1,720
  24. Oskar, 1,696
  25. Milosz, 1,678
  26. Igor, 1,638
  27. Tymoteusz, 1,555
  28. Piotr, 1,390
  29. Bruno, 1,089
  30. Hubert, 1,031 (tie)
  31. Dawid, 1,031 (tie)
  32. Tadeusz, 1,020
  33. Krzysztof, 969
  34. Natan, 928
  35. Teodor, 923
  36. Cezary, 911
  37. Henryk, 904
  38. Dominik, 884
  39. Milan, 835
  40. Karol, 779
  41. Bartosz, 774
  42. Mateusz, 732
  43. Ksawery, 755
  44. Artur, 701
  45. Alan, 684
  46. Fabian, 661
  47. Tomasz, 656
  48. Maciej, 650
  49. Leo, 608
  50. 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)

Popular baby names in Slovenia, 2023

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Flag of Slovenia

Last year, the Central European country of Slovenia (not to be confused with the Central European country of Slovakia) welcomed 16,989 babies: 8,312 girls and 8,677 boys.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Ema and Luka.

Here are Slovenia’s top 50+ girl names and top 50 boy names of 2023:

Girl names

  1. Ema, 180 baby girls
  2. Hana, 179
  3. Zala, 177
  4. Mia, 156
  5. Julija, 147
  6. Sofija, 144
  7. Ela, 134
  8. Ajda, 125 – means “buckwheat” in Slovene.
  9. Vita, 123
  10. Mila, 118
  11. Lina, 117
  12. Eva, 114
  13. Lana, 113
  14. Zoja, 109
  15. Lara, 103
  16. Neža, 99 (tie)
  17. Nika, 99 (tie)
  18. Maša, 96
  19. Ana, 95
  20. Sofia, 92
  21. Sara, 91
  22. Zarja, 86
  23. Gaja, 81
  24. Iva, 79
  25. Brina, 77
  26. Pika, 74 – means “dot” in Slovene. In Slovenia, Pippi Longstocking’s first name is Pika.
  27. Klara, 69
  28. Lucija, 67
  29. Lia, 61
  30. Lili, 58
  31. Alina, 57 (tie)
  32. Ula, 57 (tie)
  33. Tinkara, 55
  34. Olivija, 51 (3-way tie)
  35. Ota, 51 (3-way tie)
  36. Tara, 51 (3-way tie)
  37. Olivia, 48
  38. Aurora, 47 (4-way tie)
  39. Iza, 47 (4-way tie)
  40. Maja, 47 (4-way tie)
  41. Zara, 47 (4-way tie)
  42. Naja, 46
  43. Asja, 45
  44. Kaja, 44
  45. Nina, 43
  46. Elena, 42 (tie)
  47. Manca, 42 (tie)
  48. Ava, 41
  49. Živa, 40
  50. Aria, 38 (tie)
  51. Mija, 38 (tie)

Boy names

  1. Luka, 198 baby boys
  2. Nik, 195
  3. Filip, 185
  4. Jakob, 175
  5. Mark, 173
  6. Lovro, 145
  7. Liam, 134
  8. Tim, 132
  9. Lan, 129 (tie)
  10. Oskar, 129 (tie)
  11. Oliver, 124
  12. Maj, 114
  13. Maks, 101 (tie)
  14. Žan, 101 (tie)
  15. Teo, 100
  16. Jan, 94
  17. Vid, 92
  18. Gal, 89
  19. Bine, 84
  20. Jaka, 80
  21. Leo, 77
  22. David, 75 (tie)
  23. Nace, 75 (tie)
  24. Leon, 74
  25. Izak, 71
  26. Aleks, 69
  27. Brin, 67
  28. Anže, 59 (3-way tie)
  29. Val, 59 (3-way tie)
  30. Vito, 59 (3-way tie)
  31. Lukas, 58
  32. Adam, 54 (3-way tie)
  33. Tine, 54 (3-way tie)
  34. Žiga, 54 (3-way tie)
  35. Anej, 53
  36. Svit, 50 – means “dawn” in Slovene.
  37. Nejc, 49
  38. Bor, 48 (4-way tie) – means “pine tree” in Slovene. It’s also a short form of bor- names, like Boris.
  39. Erik, 48 (4-way tie)
  40. Mateo, 48 (4-way tie)
  41. Matic, 48 (4-way tie)
  42. Aleksej, 47 (tie)
  43. Jon, 47 (tie)
  44. Lenart, 46 (tie)
  45. Matija, 46 (tie)
  46. Lev, 44
  47. Benjamin, 42
  48. Erazem, 41
  49. Tian, 40
  50. Teodor, 39

The girls’ top 100 included Loti (60th), Nuša (86th), Nikolina (90th), and Inja (94th).

The boys’ top 100 included Ožbej (70th), Tilen (73rd), Nai (95th), and the vowelless Crt (97th) — though that “C” should have a caron (which signifies a ch sound).

I didn’t post about Slovenia’s top baby names of 2022, but here are Slovenia’s 2021 rankings.

Sources: Top 100 baby names in 2023 – Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, Births, 2023 – Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, Behind the Name

Image: Adapted from Flag of Slovenia (public domain)

Top baby names in Germany, 2023

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Flag of Germany

Last year, the Central European country of Germany welcomed 692,989 babies.

What were the most popular names among these babies?

We don’t know for sure, because Germany doesn’t release official baby name rankings. But two unofficial sets of rankings — one from the Society for the German Language (GfdS), the other from name researcher Knud Bielefeld — agree that Germany’s top boy name of 2023 was Noah.

(The rankings by the GfdS account for over 90% of the first names bestowed in Germany in 2023, while the rankings by Bielefeld account for about 40% of the babies born in Germany in 2023. Both sets of rankings combine different spellings of the same name.)

Here are Germany’s top girl names, according to both sources:

Girl names (GfdS)Girl names (Bielefeld)
1Sophia/SofiaEmilia
2EmiliaEmma
3EmmaSophia
4MiaHannah
5Hannah/HannaMia
6MilaElla
7LinaMila
8EllaLina
9Klara/ClaraLia
10Lia/LiahLeni

And here are Germany’s top boy names, according to both sources:

Boy names (GfdS)Boy names (Bielefeld)
1NoahNoah
2Matteo/Mattheo/Mateo/MatheoMatteo
3LeonElias
4PaulLeon
5EmilPaul
6Luca/LukaTheo
7Henry/HenriLuca
8EliasFinn
9Louis/LuisLiam
10LiamEmil

Finally, here are Germany’s top names of 2022, if you’d like to compare last year to the year before.

Sources:

Image: Adapted from Flag of Germany (public domain)

Popular and unique baby names in Austria, 2023

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Flag of Austria

Last year, the European country of Austria welcomed 77,605 babies — 37,596 girls and 40,009 boys.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Emilia and Paul.

Here are Austria’s top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2023:

Girl names

  1. Emilia, 638 baby girls
  2. Marie, 554
  3. Emma, 517
  4. Anna, 514
  5. Mia, 509
  6. Sophia, 471
  7. Valentina, 446
  8. Lena, 434
  9. Lea, 427
  10. Laura, 420
  11. Johanna, 413
  12. Lina, 412
  13. Leonie, 387
  14. Sophie, 381
  15. Hannah, 363
  16. Luisa, 362
  17. Ella, 345
  18. Olivia, 334
  19. Lara, 332
  20. Elena, 318
  21. Nora, 312
  22. Magdalena, 273
  23. Amelie, 268
  24. Mila, 264
  25. Antonia, 262
  26. Helena, 260
  27. Hanna, 252
  28. Lia, 240
  29. Valerie, 236
  30. Isabella, 223
  31. Katharina, 215 (tie)
  32. Sarah, 215 (tie)
  33. Sara, 209
  34. Klara, 207
  35. Theresa, 199
  36. Ida, 195 (tie)
  37. Miriam, 195 (tie)
  38. Elisa, 193
  39. Rosa, 191 (tie)
  40. Sofia, 191 (tie)
  41. Julia, 190
  42. Alina, 186
  43. Elina, 182
  44. Marlene, 181 (tie)
  45. Paula, 181 (tie)
  46. Paulina, 180
  47. Livia, 179
  48. Emily, 176
  49. Clara, 173
  50. Rosalie, 162

Boy names

  1. Paul, 687 baby boys
  2. Jakob, 660
  3. Elias, 625
  4. Maximilian, 620
  5. Felix, 596
  6. Noah, 577
  7. Leon, 572
  8. David, 535
  9. Tobias, 528
  10. Jonas, 520
  11. Leo, 506
  12. Lukas, 484
  13. Moritz, 447
  14. Matteo, 411
  15. Alexander, 406
  16. Theo, 397
  17. Anton, 389
  18. Fabian, 385
  19. Liam, 374
  20. Julian, 369
  21. Simon, 363
  22. Emil, 350
  23. Valentin, 337
  24. Luca, 320
  25. Florian, 315
  26. Matthias, 313
  27. Samuel, 308
  28. Johannes, 283
  29. Gabriel, 279 (tie)
  30. Raphael, 279 (tie)
  31. Lorenz, 272 (tie)
  32. Luis, 272 (tie)
  33. Theodor, 263
  34. Benjamin, 251
  35. Sebastian, 222
  36. Oskar, 216
  37. Niklas, 215
  38. Levi, 213
  39. Finn, 209
  40. Emilio, 207 (tie)
  41. Jonathan, 207 (tie)
  42. Adam, 206 (tie)
  43. Michael, 206 (tie)
  44. Ben, 201
  45. Oliver, 200
  46. Fabio, 193
  47. Mateo, 191
  48. Konstantin, 189 (tie)
  49. Max, 189 (tie)
  50. Luka, 183

In the boys’ top 100 were Ferdinand (60th), Erik (75th), Clemens (84th), and Muhammed (95th).

In the girls’ top 100 were Aurelia (61st), Frida (78th), Mathea (83rd), and Lotta (92nd).

Lower down in the rankings I spotted…

  • Girl names:
    • Finja (53 babies)
    • Dunja (22) – means “quince” in several South Slavic languages
    • Florentine (10)
    • Pelin (8) – means “wormwood” in Turkish
    • Neele (6)
    • Hannelore (4)
    • Philia (3)
  • Boy names:
    • Fridolin (184 babies)
    • Nepomuk (6) – refers to St. John of Nepomuk
    • Amadeus (4)
    • Thorin (4)
    • Atdhe (3) – means “fatherland” in Albanian
    • Pirmin (3) – refers to St. Pirmin
    • Toprak (2) – means “earth, soil,” “land,” or “country” in Turkish

Thousands of other names were given to a single baby each in Austria last year. Here’s a selection of the names that were bestowed just once:

Unique girl namesUnique boy names
Aristhea, Berivan, Cleophea, Diola, Elfriede, Fancy, Filianore, Galia, Helly, Irmlind, Julita, Katalia, Lysithea, Mitravinda, Nihira, Orbita, Priska, Qunut, Rudolfina, Silke, Thabea, Uresa, Valina, Weiyu, Xena, Ylenia, ZilliAnadin, Bendix, Crown, Dastan, Elino, Frowin, Guntram, Hannan, Itgelt, Jaryl, Kordian, Lambert, Medardus, Metatron, Nainoa, Oswald, Pim, Qibin, Reinhold, Siegfried, Torger, Uriel, Volodymyr, Willibald, Xichen, Yuzuru, Zinar

Some possible influences/associations for a few of the above:

  • Filianore is a character in the video game Dark Souls III (2016) — specifically, in the downloadable content pack Dark Souls III: The Ringed City (2017).
  • St. Frowin of Engelberg was a 12th-century Swiss German abbot.
  • Itgelt is likely based on the Mongolian word itgel, meaning “faith, belief.”
  • Kordian is the main character of the Polish drama Kordian (1834) by Juliusz Slowacki.
  • Lysithea refers to several figures in Greek mythology, as well as to a character in the video game Fire Emblem: Three Houses (2019).
  • Metatron is an archangel mentioned in Jewish folklore.
  • Volodymyr Zelenskyy is the president of Ukraine.
  • St. Willibald was an 8th-century Englishman who became a bishop in Bavaria.

Finally, here’s a link to Austria’s 2022 rankings, if you’d like to compare last year to the year before.

Sources: First names of newborns – Statistics Austria (in German), Atlas der Vornamen – Statistics Austria, Demographic characteristics of newborns – Statistics Austria, Behind the Name, Wiktionary

Image: Adapted from Flag of Austria (public domain)