Last year, the European country of Austria welcomed 77,238 babies — 37,463 girls and 39,775 boys.
What were the most popular names among these babies? Emilia and Elias.
Here are Austria’s top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2024:
Girl names
- Emilia, 534 baby girls
- Emma, 523
- Marie, 518
- Anna, 516
- Sophia, 488
- Mia, 462
- Lena, 433
- Valentina, 422
- Lea, 398
- Laura, 397
- Hannah, 395
- Lina, 390
- Sophie, 380
- Johanna, 370
- Leonie, 364
- Nora, 332
- Luisa, 328
- Olivia, 325
- Lara, 315
- Elena, 305
- Ella, 297
- Amelie, 278
- Mila, 257
- Antonia, 256
- Helena, 253
- Magdalena, 251
- Valerie, 239
- Lia, 228
- Hanna, 225
- Miriam, 218
- Livia, 211
- Elisa, 210
- Isabella, 209
- Sara, 201
- Theresa, 200
- Alina, 197
- Julia, 196
- Elina, 187 (tie)
- Paulina, 187 (tie)
- Ida, 183 (tie)
- Leni, 183 (tie)
- Paula, 182 (tie)
- Sofia, 182 (tie)
- Sarah, 180
- Klara, 174
- Rosa, 173
- Flora, 171
- Aurelia, 170 (3-way tie)
- Emily, 170 (3-way tie)
- Katharina, 170 (3-way tie)
Boy names
- Elias, 671 baby boys
- Paul, 659
- Noah, 621
- Jakob, 620
- Maximilian, 599
- Felix, 584
- Leon, 561
- David, 500
- Jonas, 499
- Leo, 489
- Lukas, 453
- Tobias, 430
- Valentin, 424
- Moritz, 422
- Matteo, 394
- Theo, 366
- Anton, 363
- Fabian, 351
- Alexander, 349
- Julian, 338
- Liam, 332
- Simon, 329
- Samuel, 321
- Emil, 316
- Luca, 304
- Matthias, 282
- Luis, 280
- Raphael, 272
- Adam, 260
- Florian, 259
- Johannes, 252
- Gabriel, 248 (tie)
- Lorenz, 248 (tie)
- Emilio, 247
- Theodor, 233
- Finn, 231
- Oskar, 224
- Niklas, 222
- Leopold, 214
- Oliver, 212
- Benjamin, 202 (tie)
- Jonathan, 202 (tie)
- Sebastian, 196
- Ben, 192 (tie)
- Fabio, 192 (tie)
- Michael, 190
- Mateo, 185
- Kilian, 181
- Luka, 180
- Josef, 174
According to Statistics Austria, “12.5% of all newborn girls and 14.6% of all newborn boys were given one of the 10 most popular first names” in 2024.
At the other end of the spectrum are the thousands of names that were given to a single baby each last year. Here’s a selection:
| Unique girl names | Unique boy names |
| Aorta, Beppa, Chisimdi, Desdina, Ekklesia, Febronia, Gustava, Hibat, Ikonija, Jolongi, Krinka, Lhanzey, Mrittika, Notburga, Ofri, Pinia, Rimpy, Songül, Tsvetelina, Uerda, Vanadis, Wranga, Yangtso, Zorjana | Aerzu, Benneth, Cvijetin, Daphnis, Encho, Flavio, Gervin, Hanrui, Ireneus, Jandost, Kalsang, Linneo, Menippos, Nikolozi, Osimhen, Peyami, Reie, Shkelzen, Takuto, Utku, Veton, Wenz, Yetkin, Zhihmond |
I don’t think I’ve ever seen Aorta — the word for the largest artery in the human body — used as a personal name before.
Notburga was the name of a medieval Austrian saint, and Osimhen may have been inspired by Nigerian soccer player Victor Osimhen.
Finally, here’s a link to Austria’s 2023 rankings, if you’d like to compare.
Sources: First names of newborns – Statistics Austria (in German), Emilia and Elias favourite baby names in 2024 – Statistics Austria (pdf), Atlas der Vornamen – Statistics Austria, Demographic characteristics of newborns – Statistics Austria
Image: Adapted from Flag of Austria (public domain)
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