Last year, the European country of Belgium welcomed 108,150 babies.
What were the most popular names among these babies? Olivia and Noah, yet again.
Here are Belgium’s top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2024:
Girl names
- Olivia, 531 baby girls
- Emma, 455
- Louise, 432
- Lina, 354
- Sofia, 345
- Eva, 335
- Mila, 327
- Alice, 323
- Juliette, 305
- Mia, 298
- Anna, 289
- Nora, 284
- Inaya, 266
- Lucie, 258
- Elena, 257
- Jade, 251
- Julia, 243
- Alba, 242
- Ella, 239
- Nina, 228
- Luna, 225
- Noor, 221
- Victoria, 220
- Ellie, 219 (tie)
- Marie, 219 (tie)
- Giulia, 218
- Mona, 198
- Léa, 195
- Renée, 183
- Liv, 182
- Lou, 181
- Chloé, 179
- Billie, 174
- Livia, 173
- Nour, 172
- Jeanne, 170
- Amélie, 163
- Lily, 162
- Amira, 161
- Lena, 158
- Emilia, 157
- Rose, 156 (tie)
- Zoé, 156 (tie)
- Camille, 153
- Maryam, 149 (tie)
- Romy, 149 (tie)
- Alix, 148
- Aya, 145
- Ambre, 142 (tie)
- Lara, 142 (tie)
Boy names
- Noah, 582 baby boys
- Arthur, 559
- Jules, 478
- Louis, 476
- Liam, 461
- Adam, 439
- Gabriel, 413
- Victor, 340
- Lucas, 322
- Leon, 295
- Oscar, 287
- Mohamed, 263
- Matteo, 259
- Luca, 253
- Léon, 248
- Lewis, 244
- Finn, 227
- Rayan, 210
- Théo, 209
- Mathis, 207
- Raphaël, 203
- Elias, 201
- Hugo, 200
- Amir, 199 (tie)
- Otis, 199 (tie)
- Achille, 197
- Léo, 192
- Sacha, 187
- Marcel, 185
- Felix, 174 (tie)
- Theo, 174 (tie)
- Leo, 168
- Emile, 166
- Henri, 160 (3-way tie)
- Ibrahim, 160 (3-way tie)
- Lou, 160 (3-way tie)
- Eden, 159
- Emiel, 158
- Naël, 155
- Basile, 152
- Maël, 151
- César, 150 (3-way tie)
- Lio, 150 (3-way tie)
- Oliver, 150 (3-way tie)
- Charles, 149 (tie)
- Isaac, 149 (tie)
- David, 148 (4-way tie)
- Milo, 148 (4-way tie)
- Mohammed, 148 (4-way tie)
- Nathan, 148 (4-way tie)
And here’s a selection of names from the other end of the spectrum — names that were given to just 5 babies each in Belgium last year:
| Rare girl names | Rare boy names |
| Afia, Bitania, Cézan, Dima, Ecaterina, Femke, Gioïa, Hatice, Inês, Jinthe, Kiki, Lies, Maëlyne, Nine, Ombeline, Rho, Suus, Tenzin, Vanina, Yumi, Zeliha | Akim, Brieuc, Camil, Deen, Edzio, Foss, Giacomo, Hektor, Ibe, Jimmy, Kenji, Lowenn, Mélyo, Nawfel, Orso, Roger, Stefano, Taïm, Vasile, Yoel, Zeger |
Lies (pronounced LEES) is a Dutch diminutive of Elisabeth, Nine (pronounced NEE-nah) is a Frisian short form of Katherine, and Suus is a palindromic Dutch short form of Susanna.
Brieuc may be a reference to the French city of Saint-Brieuc, which was named after a 5th-century Welsh monk called Brioc.
Finally, here are Belgium’s 2023 rankings, if you’d like to compare last year to the year before.
Sources: First names for boys and girls – STATBEL, Births 5.0% lower in 2024 than the average for 2020-2023 – Statbel, Behind the Name
Image: Adapted from Flag of Belgium (public domain)
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