Last year, the capital of Poland welcomed more than 29,200 babies.
What were the most popular names among these babies? Zofia and Jan, according to official website of the city of Warsaw.
Here are Warsaw’s top 4 girl names and top 4 boy names of 2023:
Girl names
- Zofia, 509 baby girls
- Julia, 432
- Laura, 406
- Alicja, 403
Boy names
- Jan, 678 baby boys
- Aleksander, 555
- Antoni, 509
- Stanislaw, 487
Interestingly, Nikodem — the top boy name in Poland last year — wasn’t among the top boy names in the capital city.
Back in 2015, Warsaw’s top names were also Zofia and Jan.
Speaking of previous sets of rankings, here are two more that I came across recently…
2018
In 2018, Warsaw welcomed 36,909 babies. Here are Warsaw’s top baby names of 2018:
| Girl names (2018) | Boy names (2018) |
| 1. Zofia, 718 baby girls 2. Julia, 671 3. Zuzanna, 667 4. Maria, 650 5. Alicja, 649 6. Hanna, 618 7. Maja, 552 8. Helena, 468 9. Aleksandra, 438 10. Natalia, 426 | 1. Jan, 1,030 baby boys 2. Aleksander, 777 3. Antoni, 708 4. Jakub, 697 5. Stanislaw, 659 6. Franciszek, 641 7. Adam, 580 8. Szymon, 558 9. Mikolaj, 507 10. Ignacy, 468 |
2017
In 2017, Warsaw welcomed 36,978 babies. Here are Warsaw’s top baby names of 2017:
| Girl names (2017) | Boy names (2017) |
| 1. Julia, 835 baby girls 2. Zofia, 820 3. Zuzanna, 657 4. Hanna, 648 5. Alicja, 644 6. Maja, 586 7. Maria, 582 8. Natalia, 496 9. Aleksandra, 476 10. Helena, 464 | 1. Jan, 1,121 baby boys 2. Antoni, 785 3. Jakub, 756 4. Franciszek, 674 5. Aleksander, 658 6. Stanislaw, 641 7. Mikolaj, 540 8. Adam, 526 9. Szymon, 506 10. Wojciech, 487 |
(Because L-with-a-stroke doesn’t render properly on my site, you’ll have to imagine one exists in the boy names Mikolaj and Stanislaw above.)
Sources:
- Jan i Zofia – najpopularniejsze imiona dla dzieci – Miasto Warszawa (2023)
- Zofia and Jan in the lead – City of Warsaw (2018)
- Julia succeeds Zofia, while Jan is still in the lead – City of Warsaw (2017)
Image: Adapted from Flag of Poland (public domain)
