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Arthur is for the first time the most popular boy name

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17 July 2019

Arthur is for the first time the most popular boy name

Arthur is for the first time the most popular name of newborn boys in Belgium. For girls, Emma is year after year far above the others, according to the new figures of Statbel, the Belgian statistical office, on first names and family names.

Newborn babies: Arthur & Emma

Arthur is the most popular first name for boys born in 2018 in Belgium. 565 children were named Arthur. This name has been on the rise for several years, and is now at the top of the list for the first time.

Evolution of the first name Arthur: Search for your own first name in our tool!

The rest of the top 10 remains virtually unchanged compared to 2017:

Belgium		#
1	Arthur	565
2	Noah	553
3	Adam	548
4	Louis	547
5	Liam	539
6	Lucas	519
7	Jules	509
8	Victor	476
9	Gabriel	429
10	Mohamed	420

The baby names that were given only 5 times to newborn boys in 2018 include Adriaan, Ignace and Marnix, among others.

Emma remains first for girls who were born in 2018: 608 babies were called Emma, a lot more than the 554 babies that were given the name Olivia.

Evolution of the first name Emma. Search for your own first name in our tool!

The complete top 10 of girls' names in 2018:

Belgium		#
1	Emma	608
2	Olivia	554
3	Louise	545
4	Mila	536
5	Alice	422
6	Juliette	373
7	Elena	369
7	Marie	369
9	Sofia	368
10	Lina	362

At the bottom of the list of the girls' names in 2018 there are, for example, more phonetic spellings of a name, such as Liss, Alies or Rozie. At the same time, names like Tina, Wendy or Annie are becoming less and less common: last year they were given to five babies only.

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Top 100

First names girls and boys born in Belgium (2016-2018)

Girls born in 2018			Girls born in 2017			Girls born in 2016			Boys born in 2018			Boys born in 2017			Boys born in 2016
1	Emma	608	1	Emma	634	1	Emma	662	1	Arthur	565	1	Liam	570	1	Lucas	629
2	Olivia	554	2	Olivia	613	2	Olivia	587	2	Noah	553	2	Adam	559	2	Louis	611
3	Louise	545	3	Louise	595	3	Louise	565	3	Adam	548	3	Arthur	546	3	Liam	539
4	Mila	536	4	Mila	522	4	Mila	538	4	Louis	547	4	Noah	545	4	Adam	538
5	Alice	422	5	Alice	423	5	Elise	444	5	Liam	539	5	Louis	536	5	Arthur	535
6	Juliette	373	6	Elise	386	6	Alice	428	6	Lucas	519	6	Lucas	497	5	Noah	535
7	Elena	369	7	Lina	375	7	Lina	413	7	Jules	509	7	Jules	462	7	Jules	512
7	Marie	369	8	Juliette	364	8	Juliette	384	8	Victor	476	8	Gabriel	427	8	Victor	418
9	Sofia	368	8	Sofia	364	9	Sofia	361	9	Gabriel	429	9	Victor	422	9	Mohamed	408
10	Lina	362	10	Lucie	350	10	Camille	349	10	Mohamed	420	10	Mohamed	392	10	Gabriel	394
11	Camille	355	11	Elena	349	11	Lucie	348	11	Nathan	343	11	Nathan	358	11	Nathan	390
12	Ella	353	12	Camille	348	12	Anna	327	12	Leon	296	12	Mathis	354	12	Mathis	374
13	Anna	345	13	Ella	326	13	Ella	322	13	Mathis	293	13	Hugo	300	13	Finn	343
14	Elise	327	14	Mia	309	14	Marie	318	14	Eden	292	14	Finn	293	14	Hugo	309
15	Lucie	323	15	Anna	307	15	Nora	316	15	Hugo	289	15	Leon	278	15	Oscar	292
16	Chloé	316	16	Marie	299	16	Elena	315	16	Matteo	283	16	Matteo	277	16	Matteo	273
17	Mia	310	17	Jade	297	17	Mia	313	17	Oscar	282	17	Rayan	275	17	Eden	271
18	Amélie	298	18	Léa	294	18	Léa	310	18	Finn	270	18	Théo	274	17	Vince	271
19	Léa	283	19	Chloé	281	19	Noor	290	19	Raphaël	267	19	Lars	273	19	Alexander	269
20	Nora	273	20	Charlotte	273	20	Charlotte	289	20	Rayan	255	20	Oscar	269	20	Stan	264
21	Nina	271	21	Nora	267	21	Chloé	285	21	Lewis	250	21	Eden	264	21	Ethan	263
22	Eva	266	22	Amélie	265	22	Nina	282	22	Amir	232	22	Lewis	256	22	Rayan	256
23	Charlotte	264	22	Eva	265	23	Manon	275	23	Elias	222	23	Elias	255	23	Maxime	251
24	Victoria	258	24	Nina	262	24	Eva	264	24	Léon	220	24	Raphaël	250	23	Thomas	251
25	Noor	251	25	Noor	261	25	Jade	259	25	David	218	25	Yanis	230	25	Théo	250
26	Julia	249	26	Victoria	260	26	Lena	258	26	Lars	215	26	Ethan	226	26	Leon	249
27	Jade	239	27	Manon	250	27	Julie	256	27	Vic	213	27	Aaron	218	27	Lewis	240
27	Lena	239	28	Lena	242	28	Zoé	249	28	Luca	210	27	Alexander	218	28	Raphaël	219
29	Giulia	227	29	Giulia	239	29	Victoria	237	29	Vince	208	29	Samuel	209	29	David	218
30	Manon	226	30	Julia	227	30	Julia	235	29	Yanis	208	30	Jack	208	29	Simon	218
31	Lily	211	31	Zoé	221	31	Sarah	231	31	Théo	200	31	Vic	206	31	Aaron	217
32	Zoé	210	32	Sarah	220	32	Lily	228	32	Ethan	199	32	Stan	204	32	Luca	215
33	Sara	204	33	Lily	214	33	Sara	221	33	Aaron	198	33	Amir	203	33	Jack	212
34	Liv	201	34	Julie	212	34	Giulia	211	34	Jack	190	34	David	202	33	Robin	212
35	Lou	198	35	Sara	211	35	Lisa	210	35	Alexander	186	34	Vince	202	35	Sacha	210
36	Julie	190	36	Aya	195	36	Amélie	202	35	Tom	186	36	Léon	196	36	Tom	205
37	Luna	189	37	Laura	179	37	Luna	196	37	Maxime	182	37	Luca	194	37	Elias	203
38	Inaya	176	38	Liv	177	38	Clara	194	38	Thomas	181	38	Sacha	193	38	Samuel	202
39	Sarah	175	39	Inaya	175	39	Lotte	190	39	Samuel	180	38	Youssef	193	39	Léon	199
40	Nour	172	39	Luna	175	40	Laura	189	40	William	174	40	Nolan	189	39	Vic	199
41	Renée	167	41	Lou	172	41	Elisa	188	41	Emiel	171	40	Tom	189	39	William	199
42	Rose	164	42	Jeanne	168	42	Liv	175	41	Sacha	171	42	Simon	177	42	Lars	198
43	Amira	161	43	Clara	166	43	Nour	167	43	Marcel	170	42	Wout	177	42	Yanis	198
43	Ellie	161	44	Amira	165	44	Amber	161	44	Robin	167	44	Maxime	172	44	Imran	195
45	Clara	157	45	Renée	159	44	Inaya	161	45	Milan	166	45	Mats	170	45	Mats	191
46	Lotte	149	46	Ellie	158	46	Anaïs	160	45	Milo	166	46	Thomas	168	46	Timéo	184
47	Laura	148	47	Nour	157	46	Aya	160	45	Youssef	166	47	Ali	165	47	Nolan	178
48	Aya	146	48	Lotte	155	48	Lore	156	48	Felix	165	47	William	165	48	Kobe	175
48	Mona	146	49	Rose	151	48	Yasmine	156	49	Emile	162	49	Robin	164	49	Amir	173
50	Alix	137	50	Lola	149	50	Jeanne	154	50	Diego	161	50	Kobe	163	49	Milan	173
51	Sophia	135	50	Margaux	149	51	Renée	153	50	Maurice	161	51	Imran	162	51	Lowie	169
51	Yasmine	135	52	Elisa	148	52	Amira	152	52	Lou	159	51	Milan	162	51	Wout	169
53	Lara	134	52	Helena	148	53	Fien	151	52	Stan	159	53	Marcel	160	53	Alexandre	168
53	Lisa	134	54	Lisa	144	53	Margaux	151	54	Alexandre	157	54	Antoine	159	54	Felix	167
53	Maria	134	54	Sophia	144	55	Rose	149	54	Gust	157	55	Emiel	158	55	Clément	160
56	Amelie	133	54	Yasmine	144	56	Axelle	148	56	Simon	156	56	Enzo	152	55	Tuur	160
56	Elisa	133	57	Fien	142	56	Ellie	148	57	Baptiste	154	57	Maurice	151	57	Jayden	157
58	Jeanne	131	58	Inès	140	58	Inès	137	58	Léo	152	58	Ibrahim	149	58	Ali	154
59	Anaïs	130	59	Alix	137	58	Maria	137	59	Ibrahim	151	58	Milo	149	59	Emile	153
59	Margaux	130	60	Lore	134	60	Emilie	135	60	Clément	146	60	Alex	148	60	Alexis	148
61	Rosalie	128	61	Anaïs	133	60	Lara	135	60	Imran	146	60	Viktor	148	61	Enzo	147
62	Billie	127	62	Mona	132	60	Sophia	135	60	Lowie	146	62	Jayden	147	61	Léo	147
62	Helena	127	63	Fleur	126	63	Lola	131	63	Basile	142	63	Felix	146	63	Antoine	146
64	Amina	126	64	Axelle	125	63	Lou	131	63	Ilyas	142	63	Lou	146	63	Emiel	146
65	Amber	124	65	Lilou	122	65	Maryam	126	65	Mats	141	63	Timéo	146	63	Gust	146
66	Emilia	122	66	Maria	121	65	Maya	126	65	Mohammed	141	66	Alexandre	145	63	Martin	146
66	Inès	122	67	Billie	120	67	Amina	125	65	Viktor	141	66	Sam	145	67	Maël	143
68	Fien	118	67	Lara	120	68	Alix	124	68	Lukas	140	68	Mohammed	143	67	Seppe	143
68	Maryam	118	69	Lise	119	68	Ines	124	69	Wout	137	68	Seppe	143	69	Mohammed	142
70	Ines	117	69	Marion	119	70	Fleur	122	70	Kobe	136	70	Ilyas	142	70	Lukas	141
71	Lola	116	71	Nore	114	71	Elsa	119	71	Hamza	133	70	Martin	142	71	Maxim	139
72	Axelle	113	72	Emilia	110	71	Pauline	119	71	Nolan	133	72	Emile	141	71	Warre	139
73	Amelia	112	73	Maryam	108	73	Amelia	114	73	Martin	131	73	Lukas	140	73	Baptiste	138
74	Oona	110	73	Oona	108	73	Helena	114	73	Tuur	131	74	Mathias	139	74	Jasper	137
75	Estelle	106	75	Rosalie	107	75	Lilou	113	73	Warre	131	75	Gust	136	74	Youssef	137
76	Esmée	104	76	Amina	106	76	Estelle	111	76	Henri	130	76	Diego	133	76	Diego	136
77	Alicia	102	76	Emilie	106	76	Hanne	111	77	Maël	129	77	Maël	130	76	Ibrahim	136
78	Ellis	101	78	Ines	104	78	Mona	109	78	Antoine	127	78	Tuur	128	76	Lou	136
78	Janne	101	79	Livia	103	78	Valentina	109	78	Enzo	127	79	Charles	125	76	Romain	136
80	Clémence	99	80	Amber	102	80	Alicia	107	80	Mathias	125	79	Clément	125	80	Marcel	135
80	Fatima	99	81	Alicia	101	80	Billie	107	80	Owen	125	79	Loïc	125	81	Ferre	134
80	Léna	99	81	Lize	101	80	Léna	107	82	Eliott	123	82	Baptiste	124	82	Cas	133
83	Hannah	98	81	Maya	101	83	Emily	106	82	Seppe	123	82	Owen	124	83	Alex	131
83	Lilou	98	84	Amelia	99	83	Noémie	106	84	Augustin	122	84	Alexis	123	83	Loïc	131
85	Eline	97	84	Estelle	99	85	Elif	105	85	Ali	121	84	Daan	123	83	Viktor	131
85	Nore	97	86	Malak	98	85	Malak	105	85	Sam	121	84	Hamza	123	86	Ilyas	130
85	Stella	97	86	Zoë	98	87	Livia	104	87	Georges	119	87	Ferre	122	86	Sam	130
88	Céleste	96	88	Elif	97	88	Emilia	103	88	Alexis	117	87	Oliver	122	88	Ayoub	129
88	Fleur	96	89	Eline	96	89	Marion	102	88	Oliver	117	87	Sem	122	89	Maurice	127
88	Livia	96	89	Léna	96	89	Romane	102	88	Tiago	117	90	Basile	120	90	Milo	126
88	Maya	96	89	Noa	96	89	Zoë	102	91	Achille	115	91	Léo	118	91	Mathias	123
92	Adèle	95	92	Clémence	95	92	Nore	100	92	Alessio	114	92	Henri	116	92	Alessio	122
93	Eléonore	94	92	Céleste	95	93	Lise	99	93	Alex	113	92	Lowie	116	93	Daniel	121
94	Léonie	92	94	Assia	92	94	Laure	98	93	Gaspard	113	94	Alessio	115	94	Hamza	120
94	Noa	92	95	Noémie	91	95	Tess	97	93	Timéo	113	94	Mauro	115	94	Henri	120
94	Valentina	92	96	Féline	90	96	Eline	93	96	Cas	112	96	Maxim	114	96	Nicolas	117
97	Romy	91	96	Lia	90	96	Eléonore	93	96	Charlie	112	97	Warre	113	96	Valentin	117
98	Iris	90	98	Eléonore	89	96	Esmée	93	96	Valentin	112	98	Julian	110	98	Mathéo	116
98	Zoë	90	98	June	89	96	Kato	93	99	Jayden	111	98	Romain	110	98	Owen	116
100	Margot	89	98	Pauline	89	100	Clémence	91	100	Lyam	110	100	Achille	109	98	Senne	116
			98	Valentina	89	100	Janne	91				100	Anas	109
						100	Margot	91				100	Ayoub	109
												100	Benjamin	109
												100	Daniel	109
Source: Statbel (Directorate-general Statistics - Statistics Belgium)-Population statistics