Last year, from January to November, the Netherlands welcomed 164,269 babies — 80,074 girls and 84,195 boys.
What were the most popular names among these babies? Julia and Noah.
Here are the Netherlands’ top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2023:
Girl names
- Julia, 681 baby girls
- Olivia, 605
- Mila, 603
- Emma, 596
- Sophie, 578
- Nora, 543
- Yara, 493
- Saar, 491
- Noor, 488
- Tess, 478
- Sara, 469
- Milou, 449
- Evi, 446
- Zoë, 441
- Luna, 428
- Liv, 425
- Elin, 423
- Anna, 421
- Nina, 405
- Maeve, 403
- Lina, 392
- Lauren, 391
- Lotte, 380
- Eva, 372
- Mia, 368
- Maud, 360
- Sofia, 357
- Sarah, 353
- Emily, 344
- Lynn, 333
- Sofie, 328
- Ella, 325
- Loïs, 324
- Livia, 318
- Hailey, 310
- Fleur, 309
- Lieke, 306
- Julie, 301
- Isa, 300
- Nova, 299
- Fenna, 296
- Noa, 291
- Roos, 275
- Noé, 266
- Sophia, 259
- Lily, 253
- Romée, 251
- Hannah, 246
- Fien, 242
- Bo, 238
Boy names
- Noah, 888 baby boys
- Luca, 674
- Lucas, 648
- Liam, 643
- Levi, 601
- Sem, 587
- Daan, 573
- Mees, 571
- Noud, 567
- James, 561
- Milan, 534
- Adam, 532
- Finn, 527
- Sam, 521
- Zayn, 495
- Luuk, 489
- Mason, 432
- Bram, 420
- Mats, 397
- Guus, 372
- Siem, 366
- Boaz, 360
- Benjamin, 356 (tie)
- Gijs, 356 (tie)
- Jesse, 353
- Thomas, 333
- Olivier, 331
- Otis, 324
- Teun, 320
- Owen, 310
- Oliver, 305 (tie)
- Thijs, 305 (tie)
- Morris, 304
- Moos, 303
- Jens, 299
- Floris, 298
- Joep, 294
- Jan, 289
- Ties, 286
- Mick, 282
- Max, 279
- Abel, 276
- Jake, 275
- David, 273 (tie)
- Tobias, 273 (tie)
- Julian, 270
- Jip, 266
- Lars, 264
- Hugo, 260
- Mohammed, 255
The girls’ top 100 included Juna (tied for 59th), Lizzy (tied for 71st), Loua (76th), and Novi (tied for 88th).
The boys’ top 100 included Jurre (tied for 52nd), Fedde (59th), Aiden (74th), and Cas (96th).
Home to nearly 18 million people, the Netherlands is divided into 12 provinces. The most popular baby names within each of the 12 provinces last year were…
| Top girl name | Top boy name | |
| South Holland (21.4% of the population) | Olivia | Noah |
| North Holland (16.6% of pop.) | Olivia | Noah |
| North Brabant (14.7% of pop.) | Saar | Noud |
| Gelderland (12.0% of pop.) | Julia | Noah |
| Utrecht (7.8% of pop.) | Nora | Lucas |
| Overijssel (6.6% of pop.) | Julia | Luca |
| Limburg (6.3% of pop.) | Emma | Noah |
| Friesland (3.7% of pop.) | Lieke | Hidde |
| Groningen (3.3% of pop.) | Elin | Noah |
| Drenthe (2.8% of pop.) | Lotte | Daan |
| Flevoland (2.5% of pop.) | Hailey | Jan |
| Zeeland (2.2% of pop.) | Olivia | Lucas |
Finally, here are the Netherlands’ 2022 rankings, if you’d like to compare last year to the year before.
Sources: Kindernamen home | Kindernamen | SVB, Julia en Noah de populairste kindernamen van 2023, Regionale kerncijfers Nederland – CBS StatLine
Image: Adapted from Flag of the Netherlands (public domain)
Map: Adapted from Provinces of the Netherlands by Arz under CC BY-SA 3.0.
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