Category: Name rankings

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

1. Ema, 180 baby girls
2. Hana, 179
3. Zala, 177
4. Mia, 156
5. Julija, 147
6. Sofija, 144
7. Ela, 134
8. Ajda, 125 – means “buckwheat” in Slovene.
9. Vita, 123
10. Mila, 118
11. Lina, 117
12. Eva, 114
13. Lana, 113
14. Zoja, 109
15. Lara, 103
16. Neža, 99 (tie)
17. Nika, 99 (tie)
18. Maša, 96
19. Ana, 95
20. Sofia, 92
21. Sara, 91
22. Zarja, 86
23. Gaja, 81
24. Iva, 79
25. Brina, 77
26. Pika, 74 – means “dot” in Slovene. In Slovenia, Pippi Longstocking’s first name is Pika.
27. Klara, 69
28. Lucija, 67
29. Lia, 61
30. Lili, 58
31. Alina, 57 (tie)
32. Ula, 57 (tie)
33. Tinkara, 55
34. Olivija, 51 (3-way tie)
35. Ota, 51 (3-way tie)
36. Tara, 51 (3-way tie)
37. Olivia, 48
38. Aurora, 47 (4-way tie)
39. Iza, 47 (4-way tie)
40. Maja, 47 (4-way tie)
41. Zara, 47 (4-way tie)
42. Naja, 46
43. Asja, 45
44. Kaja, 44
45. Nina, 43
46. Elena, 42 (tie)
47. Manca, 42 (tie)
48. Ava, 41
49. Živa, 40
50. Aria, 38 (tie)
51. Mija, 38 (tie)

Boy names

1. Luka, 198 baby boys
2. Nik, 195
3. Filip, 185
4. Jakob, 175
5. Mark, 173
6. Lovro, 145
7. Liam, 134
8. Tim, 132
9. Lan, 129 (tie)
10. Oskar, 129 (tie)
11. Oliver, 124
12. Maj, 114
13. Maks, 101 (tie)
14. Žan, 101 (tie)
15. Teo, 100
16. Jan, 94
17. Vid, 92
18. Gal, 89
19. Bine, 84
20. Jaka, 80
21. Leo, 77
22. David, 75 (tie)
23. Nace, 75 (tie)
24. Leon, 74
25. Izak, 71
26. Aleks, 69
27. Brin, 67
28. Anže, 59 (3-way tie)
29. Val, 59 (3-way tie)
30. Vito, 59 (3-way tie)
31. Lukas, 58
32. Adam, 54 (3-way tie)
33. Tine, 54 (3-way tie)
34. Žiga, 54 (3-way tie)
35. Anej, 53
36. Svit, 50 – means “dawn” in Slovene.
37. Nejc, 49
38. Bor, 48 (4-way tie) – means “pine tree” in Slovene. It’s also a short form of bor- names, like Boris.
39. Erik, 48 (4-way tie)
40. Mateo, 48 (4-way tie)
41. Matic, 48 (4-way tie)
42. Aleksej, 47 (tie)
43. Jon, 47 (tie)
44. Lenart, 46 (tie)
45. Matija, 46 (tie)
46. Lev, 44
47. Benjamin, 42
48. Erazem, 41
49. Tian, 40
50. 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)