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Newborn children: Olivia & Arthur

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13 July 2021

Olivia is the most popular first name for newborn girls born in 2020. 548 babies were named Olivia, i.e. 103 fewer than the previous year and barely 19 more than the 529 babies who were given Emma as their first name. Emma was the most popular first name for girls since 2003 and could be again if this trend continues. Mila completes the podium for the second year in a row.

The evolution of the first name Olivia. Search for your own first name in our tool!

The top 10 female first names in 2020:

Belgium		#
1	Olivia	548
2	Emma	529
3	Mila	489
4	Louise	432
5	Lina	411
6	Alice	361
7	Sofia	359
8	Mia	353
9	Anna	350
10	Juliette	332

Among the greatest improvements in the top 100, there is Alba given 87 times, i.e. an increase of 142%, Capucine (85, +55%) and Lea (with no accent) (107, +45%).

Arthur is the most popular first name for the boys born in Belgium in 2020 : 587 children were given this first name. It has been in fashion for a few years now and for the third time tops the top 10, which lists the same first names as the previous year, in a different order.

The evolution of the first name Arthur. Search for your own first name in our tool!

The top 10 male first names in 2020:

Belgium		#
1	Arthur	587
2	Noah	564
3	Jules	543
4	Louis	499
5	Lucas	467
6	Liam	467
7	Adam	443
8	Victor	412
9	Gabriel	384
10	Mohamed	345

Among the greatest improvements in the top 100, there is Otis given 210 times, i.e. an increase of 68%, Oliver (158, +34%) and Charles (123, +31%).

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Top 100

First names girls and boys born in Belgium (2017-2020)

Girls born in 2020			Girls born in 2018			Girls born in 2017			Boys born in 2020			Boys born in 2018			Boys born in 2017
1	Olivia	548	1	Emma	608	1	Emma	634	1	Arthur	587	1	Arthur	565	1	Liam	570
2	Emma	529	2	Olivia	554	2	Olivia	613	2	Noah	564	2	Noah	553	2	Adam	559
3	Mila	489	3	Louise	545	3	Louise	595	3	Jules	543	3	Adam	548	3	Arthur	546
4	Louise	432	4	Mila	536	4	Mila	522	4	Louis	499	4	Louis	547	4	Noah	545
5	Lina	411	5	Alice	422	5	Alice	423	5	Liam	467	5	Liam	539	5	Louis	536
6	Alice	361	6	Juliette	373	6	Elise	386	5	Lucas	467	6	Lucas	519	6	Lucas	497
7	Sofia	359	7	Elena	369	7	Lina	375	7	Adam	443	7	Jules	509	7	Jules	462
8	Mia	353	7	Marie	369	8	Juliette	364	8	Victor	412	8	Victor	476	8	Gabriel	427
9	Anna	350	9	Sofia	368	8	Sofia	364	9	Gabriel	384	9	Gabriel	429	9	Victor	422
10	Juliette	332	10	Lina	362	10	Lucie	350	10	Mohamed	345	10	Mohamed	420	10	Mohamed	392
11	Elena	327	11	Camille	355	11	Elena	349	11	Finn	297	11	Nathan	343	11	Nathan	358
12	Camille	307	12	Ella	353	12	Camille	348	12	Oscar	282	12	Leon	296	12	Mathis	354
13	Marie	289	13	Anna	345	13	Ella	326	13	Mathis	273	13	Mathis	293	13	Hugo	300
14	Ella	286	14	Elise	327	14	Mia	309	14	Leon	267	14	Eden	292	14	Finn	293
15	Eva	281	15	Lucie	323	15	Anna	307	15	Yanis	258	15	Hugo	289	15	Leon	278
15	Julia	281	16	Chloé	316	16	Marie	299	16	Hugo	249	16	Matteo	283	16	Matteo	277
15	Lucie	281	17	Mia	310	17	Jade	297	17	Nathan	248	17	Oscar	282	17	Rayan	275
18	Nora	266	18	Amélie	298	18	Léa	294	18	Léon	245	18	Finn	270	18	Théo	274
19	Léa	254	19	Léa	283	19	Chloé	281	19	Amir	234	19	Raphaël	267	19	Lars	273
20	Jade	251	20	Nora	273	20	Charlotte	273	20	Matteo	232	20	Rayan	255	20	Oscar	269
21	Chloé	249	21	Nina	271	21	Nora	267	21	Lewis	231	21	Lewis	250	21	Eden	264
22	Noor	248	22	Eva	266	22	Amélie	265	22	Eden	217	22	Amir	232	22	Lewis	256
23	Elise	245	23	Charlotte	264	22	Eva	265	23	Elias	210	23	Elias	222	23	Elias	255
24	Amélie	233	24	Victoria	258	24	Nina	262	23	Otis	210	24	Léon	220	24	Raphaël	250
25	Nina	229	25	Noor	251	25	Noor	261	25	Raphaël	208	25	David	218	25	Yanis	230
26	Victoria	222	26	Julia	249	26	Victoria	260	25	Théo	208	26	Lars	215	26	Ethan	226
27	Lou	208	27	Jade	239	27	Manon	250	27	Rayan	206	27	Vic	213	27	Aaron	218
28	Zoé	207	27	Lena	239	28	Lena	242	28	Lou	203	28	Luca	210	27	Alexander	218
29	Giulia	206	29	Giulia	227	29	Giulia	239	29	Vic	197	29	Vince	208	29	Samuel	209
30	Ellie	205	30	Manon	226	30	Julia	227	30	Léo	193	29	Yanis	208	30	Jack	208
31	Lena	201	31	Lily	211	31	Zoé	221	31	Jack	192	31	Théo	200	31	Vic	206
32	Inaya	198	32	Zoé	210	32	Sarah	220	32	Alexander	183	32	Ethan	199	32	Stan	204
32	Liv	198	33	Sara	204	33	Lily	214	32	Robin	183	33	Aaron	198	33	Amir	203
34	Luna	196	34	Liv	201	34	Julie	212	34	Maurice	182	34	Jack	190	34	David	202
35	Lily	194	35	Lou	198	35	Sara	211	35	Aaron	181	35	Alexander	186	34	Vince	202
36	Manon	185	36	Julie	190	36	Aya	195	35	Luca	181	35	Tom	186	36	Léon	196
37	Julie	183	37	Luna	189	37	Laura	179	37	Marcel	180	37	Maxime	182	37	Luca	194
38	Alix	182	38	Inaya	176	38	Liv	177	38	Vince	179	38	Thomas	181	38	Sacha	193
38	Charlotte	182	39	Sarah	175	39	Inaya	175	39	Ethan	170	39	Samuel	180	38	Youssef	193
40	Jeanne	179	40	Nour	172	39	Luna	175	40	Viktor	168	40	William	174	40	Nolan	189
40	Sara	179	41	Renée	167	41	Lou	172	40	William	168	41	Emiel	171	40	Tom	189
42	Rose	172	42	Rose	164	42	Jeanne	168	42	Milo	166	41	Sacha	171	42	Simon	177
43	Billie	165	43	Amira	161	43	Clara	166	43	Sacha	161	43	Marcel	170	42	Wout	177
44	Nour	161	43	Ellie	161	44	Amira	165	44	Felix	160	44	Robin	167	44	Maxime	172
45	Lotte	158	45	Clara	157	45	Renée	159	44	Samuel	160	45	Milan	166	45	Mats	170
46	Amira	155	46	Lotte	149	46	Ellie	158	46	Achille	158	45	Milo	166	46	Thomas	168
47	Renée	154	47	Laura	148	47	Nour	157	46	Oliver	158	45	Youssef	166	47	Ali	165
48	Clara	149	48	Aya	146	48	Lotte	155	48	Henri	156	48	Felix	165	47	William	165
49	Sarah	142	48	Mona	146	49	Rose	151	48	Lars	156	49	Emile	162	49	Robin	164
50	Sophia	135	50	Alix	137	50	Lola	149	50	Tiago	154	50	Diego	161	50	Kobe	163
51	Inès	133	51	Sophia	135	50	Margaux	149	51	Emiel	152	50	Maurice	161	51	Imran	162
51	Mona	133	51	Yasmine	135	52	Elisa	148	51	Tom	152	52	Lou	159	51	Milan	162
53	Axelle	132	53	Lara	134	52	Helena	148	53	Basile	150	52	Stan	159	53	Marcel	160
54	Charlie	131	53	Lisa	134	54	Lisa	144	54	Gaspard	149	54	Alexandre	157	54	Antoine	159
54	Lara	131	53	Maria	134	54	Sophia	144	55	Clément	147	54	Gust	157	55	Emiel	158
56	Aya	129	56	Amelie	133	54	Yasmine	144	55	David	147	56	Simon	156	56	Enzo	152
56	Rosalie	129	56	Elisa	133	57	Fien	142	57	Ali	142	57	Baptiste	154	57	Maurice	151
58	Helena	127	58	Jeanne	131	58	Inès	140	57	Emile	142	58	Léo	152	58	Ibrahim	149
58	Livia	127	59	Anaïs	130	59	Alix	137	57	Enzo	142	59	Ibrahim	151	58	Milo	149
60	Elisa	126	59	Margaux	130	60	Lore	134	60	Mats	141	60	Clément	146	60	Alex	148
60	Margaux	126	61	Rosalie	128	61	Anaïs	133	61	Owen	139	60	Imran	146	60	Viktor	148
62	Emilia	123	62	Billie	127	62	Mona	132	62	Imran	138	60	Lowie	146	62	Jayden	147
62	Stella	123	62	Helena	127	63	Fleur	126	62	Isaac	138	63	Basile	142	63	Felix	146
64	Maria	118	64	Amina	126	64	Axelle	125	64	Ibrahim	137	63	Ilyas	142	63	Lou	146
65	Rosie	117	65	Amber	124	65	Lilou	122	65	Charlie	136	65	Mats	141	63	Timéo	146
66	Lola	116	66	Emilia	122	66	Maria	121	66	Martin	134	65	Mohammed	141	66	Alexandre	145
67	Iris	115	66	Inès	122	67	Billie	120	67	Diego	133	65	Viktor	141	66	Sam	145
67	Laura	115	68	Fien	118	67	Lara	120	67	Lowie	133	68	Lukas	140	68	Mohammed	143
67	Yasmine	115	68	Maryam	118	69	Lise	119	69	Maël	132	69	Wout	137	68	Seppe	143
70	Lia	113	70	Ines	117	69	Marion	119	69	Milan	132	70	Kobe	136	70	Ilyas	142
71	Ellis	112	71	Lola	116	71	Nore	114	71	Alexandre	130	71	Hamza	133	70	Martin	142
72	Amelia	110	72	Axelle	113	72	Emilia	110	71	Mohammed	130	71	Nolan	133	72	Emile	141
73	Lea	107	73	Amelia	112	73	Maryam	108	73	Leo	129	73	Martin	131	73	Lukas	140
73	Léonie	107	74	Oona	110	73	Oona	108	73	Stan	129	73	Tuur	131	74	Mathias	139
75	Milou	104	75	Estelle	106	75	Rosalie	107	75	Tuur	127	73	Warre	131	75	Gust	136
76	Esmée	102	76	Esmée	104	76	Amina	106	76	Alex	125	76	Henri	130	76	Diego	133
76	Romy	102	77	Alicia	102	76	Emilie	106	76	Ayden	125	77	Maël	129	77	Maël	130
78	Amina	100	78	Ellis	101	78	Ines	104	76	Kobe	125	78	Antoine	127	78	Tuur	128
78	June	100	78	Janne	101	79	Livia	103	79	Charles	123	78	Enzo	127	79	Charles	125
78	Nore	100	80	Clémence	99	80	Amber	102	80	Ilyas	122	80	Mathias	125	79	Clément	125
81	Estelle	99	80	Fatima	99	81	Alicia	101	80	Maxime	122	80	Owen	125	79	Loïc	125
82	Céleste	97	80	Léna	99	81	Lize	101	80	Simon	122	82	Eliott	123	82	Baptiste	124
83	Maya	95	83	Hannah	98	81	Maya	101	83	Gust	121	82	Seppe	123	82	Owen	124
84	Hannah	94	83	Lilou	98	84	Amelia	99	84	Marius	119	84	Augustin	122	84	Alexis	123
84	Valentina	94	85	Eline	97	84	Estelle	99	84	Sam	119	85	Ali	121	84	Daan	123
86	Amber	93	85	Nore	97	86	Malak	98	86	Anas	118	85	Sam	121	84	Hamza	123
86	Eléonore	93	85	Stella	97	86	Zoë	98	87	Antoine	116	87	Georges	119	87	Ferre	122
86	Fleur	93	88	Céleste	96	88	Elif	97	87	Georges	116	88	Alexis	117	87	Oliver	122
89	Cilou	92	88	Fleur	96	89	Eline	96	87	James	116	88	Oliver	117	87	Sem	122
90	Aline	91	88	Livia	96	89	Léna	96	87	Youssef	116	88	Tiago	117	90	Basile	120
90	Amelie	91	88	Maya	96	89	Noa	96	91	Loïc	114	91	Achille	115	91	Léo	118
90	Maryam	91	92	Adèle	95	92	Clémence	95	91	Nolan	114	92	Alessio	114	92	Henri	116
93	Clémence	90	93	Eléonore	94	92	Céleste	95	93	Baptiste	111	93	Alex	113	92	Lowie	116
93	Féline	90	94	Léonie	92	94	Assia	92	93	Lyam	111	93	Gaspard	113	94	Alessio	115
93	Léna	90	94	Noa	92	95	Noémie	91	93	Thomas	111	93	Timéo	113	94	Mauro	115
96	Adèle	89	94	Valentina	92	96	Féline	90	96	Lukas	109	96	Cas	112	96	Maxim	114
97	Alba	87	97	Romy	91	96	Lia	90	97	Lenn	107	96	Charlie	112	97	Warre	113
98	Capucine	85	98	Iris	90	98	Eléonore	89	98	Miel	106	96	Valentin	112	98	Julian	110
99	Romane	84	98	Zoë	90	98	June	89	99	Ayoub	105	99	Jayden	111	98	Romain	110
100	Lore	83	100	Margot	89	98	Pauline	89	99	Lucien	105	100	Lyam	110	100	Achille	109
100	Marion	83				98	Valentina	89							100	Anas	109
100	Maëlle	83													100	Ayoub	109
100	Yara	83													100	Benjamin	109
															100	Daniel	109
Source: Statbel (Directorate-general Statistics - Statistics Belgium)-Population statistics