The 50 most popular boys and girls names in Croatia in 2022

ZAGREB, 6 March 2023 – The most popular names given to newborns in Croatia last has been revealed.

Croatia’s Ministry of Justice and Public Administration has published a list of the 50 most popular names given to newborn boys and girls in Croatia in 2022. 

A total of 34,414 babies were registered in the Croatian Birth Registry from 1 January – 31 December 2022. Most babies were born in Zagreb (11,622), followed by the Split-Dalmatia County (4,087)

The most popular name given to boys last years was Luka with 774 boys given the name in 2022.  Jakov was second (478), followed by David (474), Petar (427) and Ivan (408).

Mia was the most popular name for girls with 452 newborns given the name. Lucija (371) was the next most popular, followed by Nika (370), Mila (365) and Ema (351). 

50 most popular boys names in 2022:

Luka
Jakov
David
Petar
Ivan
Roko
Mateo
Fran
Niko
Matej
Mihael
Josip
Toma
Leon
Lovro
Noa
Filip
Marko
Karlo
Vito
Teo
Ivano
Šimun
Borna
Jan
Lukas
Leo
Gabriel
Ante
Viktor
Nikola
Tin
Adrian
Bruno
Liam
Toni
Marin
Dominik
Rafael
Oliver
Noel
Emanuel
Patrik
Duje
Erik
Maro
Antonio
Lovre
Vid
Franko

50 most popular girls names in 2022:

Mia
Lucija
Nika
Mila
Ema
Marta
Rita
Sara
Eva
Dora
Ana
Elena
Iva
Lea
Petra
Klara
Tena
Lara
Laura
Lana
Hana
Marija
Franka
Ena
Sofia
Leona
Maša
Una
Nikol
Emili
Magdalena
Lena
Vita
Tia
Tara
Katja
Nora
Karla
Helena
Bruna
Aurora
Roza
Iris
Cvita
Sofija
Aria
Mara
Lota
Doris
Maris