Crescent-shaped Croatia is located on the Balkan peninsula. It shares land borders with five other countries: Slovenia, Hungary, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro.
Last year, Croatia welcomed 34,414 babies — 16,904 girls and 17,510 boys.
What were the most popular names among these babies? Mia and Luka (yet again).
Here are Croatia’s top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2022:
Girl Names
- Mia, 452 baby girls
- Lucija, 371
- Nika, 370
- Mila, 365
- Ema, 351
- Marta, 335
- Rita, 333
- Sara, 321
- Eva, 267
- Dora, 253
- Ana, 246 (tie)
- Elena, 246 (tie)
- Iva, 220
- Lea, 202
- Petra, 200
- Klara, 192 (tie)
- Tena, 192 (tie)
- Lara, 191
- Laura, 184
- Lana, 182
- Hana, 180
- Marija, 171
- Franka, 170
- Ena, 169
- Sofia, 159
- Leona, 158 (tie)
- Maša, 158 (tie)
- Una, 139
- Nikol, 133
- Emili, 130
- Magdalena, 128
- Lena, 125
- Vita, 124
- Tia, 121
- Tara, 120
- Katja, 117
- Nora, 110
- Karla, 108
- Helena, 103
- Bruna, 99
- Aurora, 98 (tie)
- Roza, 98 (tie)
- Iris, 96
- Cvita, 94 (tie) – a form of the Slovene name Cvetka, based on the Slovene word cvet, meaning “flower, blossom”
- Sofija, 94 (tie)
- Aria, 91
- Mara, 89
- Lota, 88
- Doris, 85 (tie)
- Maris, 85 (tie)
Boy Names
- Luka, 774 baby boys
- Jakov, 478
- David, 474
- Petar, 427
- Ivan, 408
- Roko, 365 – a form of Rocco
- Mateo, 354
- Fran, 347
- Niko, 328
- Matej, 318
- Mihael, 312
- Josip, 306
- Toma, 305
- Leon, 293
- Lovro, 286
- Noa, 282
- Filip, 263
- Marko, 262
- Karlo, 259
- Vito, 258
- Teo, 256
- Ivano, 253
- Šimun, 252
- Borna, 247
- Jan, 229
- Lukas, 196
- Leo, 187
- Gabriel, 184
- Ante, 181
- Viktor, 170
- Nikola, 159
- Tin, 153
- Adrian, 146
- Bruno, 145 (tie)
- Liam, 145 (tie)
- Toni, 137
- Marin, 136
- Dominik, 134
- Rafael, 126
- Oliver, 122
- Noel, 114
- Emanuel, 111 (tie)
- Patrik, 111 (tie)
- Duje, 106 – a form of the Ancient Roman name Domnius, ultimately based on the Latin word dominus, meaning “lord, master”
- Erik, 102
- Maro, 100
- Antonio, 98 (tie)
- Lovre, 98 (tie)
- Vid, 96
- Franko, 88
Here’s a link to Croatia’s 2021 rankings, if you’d like to compare last year to the year before.
Sources: Statisticki prikaz – Ministarstvo pravosuda i uprave Republike Hrvatske (Document 27 [pdf] specifically), Behind the Name
Image: Adapted from Civil ensign of Croatia (public domain)