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
- Ema, 180 baby girls
- Hana, 179
- Zala, 177
- Mia, 156
- Julija, 147
- Sofija, 144
- Ela, 134
- Ajda, 125 – means “buckwheat” in Slovene.
- Vita, 123
- Mila, 118
- Lina, 117
- Eva, 114
- Lana, 113
- Zoja, 109
- Lara, 103
- Neža, 99 (tie)
- Nika, 99 (tie)
- Maša, 96
- Ana, 95
- Sofia, 92
- Sara, 91
- Zarja, 86
- Gaja, 81
- Iva, 79
- Brina, 77
- Pika, 74 – means “dot” in Slovene. In Slovenia, Pippi Longstocking’s first name is Pika.
- Klara, 69
- Lucija, 67
- Lia, 61
- Lili, 58
- Alina, 57 (tie)
- Ula, 57 (tie)
- Tinkara, 55
- Olivija, 51 (3-way tie)
- Ota, 51 (3-way tie)
- Tara, 51 (3-way tie)
- Olivia, 48
- Aurora, 47 (4-way tie)
- Iza, 47 (4-way tie)
- Maja, 47 (4-way tie)
- Zara, 47 (4-way tie)
- Naja, 46
- Asja, 45
- Kaja, 44
- Nina, 43
- Elena, 42 (tie)
- Manca, 42 (tie)
- Ava, 41
- Živa, 40
- Aria, 38 (tie)
- Mija, 38 (tie)
Boy names
- Luka, 198 baby boys
- Nik, 195
- Filip, 185
- Jakob, 175
- Mark, 173
- Lovro, 145
- Liam, 134
- Tim, 132
- Lan, 129 (tie)
- Oskar, 129 (tie)
- Oliver, 124
- Maj, 114
- Maks, 101 (tie)
- Žan, 101 (tie)
- Teo, 100
- Jan, 94
- Vid, 92
- Gal, 89
- Bine, 84
- Jaka, 80
- Leo, 77
- David, 75 (tie)
- Nace, 75 (tie)
- Leon, 74
- Izak, 71
- Aleks, 69
- Brin, 67
- Anže, 59 (3-way tie)
- Val, 59 (3-way tie)
- Vito, 59 (3-way tie)
- Lukas, 58
- Adam, 54 (3-way tie)
- Tine, 54 (3-way tie)
- Žiga, 54 (3-way tie)
- Anej, 53
- Svit, 50 – means “dawn” in Slovene.
- Nejc, 49
- Bor, 48 (4-way tie) – means “pine tree” in Slovene. It’s also a short form of bor- names, like Boris.
- Erik, 48 (4-way tie)
- Mateo, 48 (4-way tie)
- Matic, 48 (4-way tie)
- Aleksej, 47 (tie)
- Jon, 47 (tie)
- Lenart, 46 (tie)
- Matija, 46 (tie)
- Lev, 44
- Benjamin, 42
- Erazem, 41
- Tian, 40
- 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)
