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Newborn children: Olivia & Arthur

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16 July 2020

Olivia is the most popular first name for newborn girls born in 2019. 651 babies were named Olivia, almost 100 more than the previous year and significantly more than the 563 babies who were given Emma as their first name. Emma was the most popular first name for girls since 2003.

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

The top 10 female first names in 2019

Belgium		#
1	Olivia	651
2	Emma	563
3	Mila	518
4	Louise	515
5	Alice	407
6	Lina	388
7	Juliette	378
8	Anna	349
9	Elena	347
10	Lucie	343

Less popular first names are Athena, Divine or Miracle. First names such as Jolie, Lovely and Melody were also given only five times in 2019.

Arthur is the most popular first name for the boys born in Belgium in 2019 : 610 children were given this first name. It has been in fashion for a few years now and comes first in the top 10 for the second time.

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

The top 10 male first names in 2019

Belgium		#
1	Arthur	610
2	Liam	575
3	Louis	549
4	Noah	545
5	Adam	504
6	Jules	470
7	Lucas	451
8	Victor	449
9	Gabriel	391
10	Mohamed	357

Zinedine, Rares, Priam, Olaf or more musical first names such as Jazz and Django are first names that were given only 5 times to boys born in 2019 .

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Top 100

First names girls and boys born in Belgium (2017-2019)

Girls born in 2019			Girls born in 2018			Girls born in 2017			Boys born in 2019			Boys born in 2018			Boys born in 2017
1	Olivia	651	1	Emma	608	1	Emma	634	1	Arthur	610	1	Arthur	565	1	Liam	570
2	Emma	563	2	Olivia	554	2	Olivia	613	2	Liam	575	2	Noah	553	2	Adam	559
3	Mila	518	3	Louise	545	3	Louise	595	3	Louis	549	3	Adam	548	3	Arthur	546
4	Louise	515	4	Mila	536	4	Mila	522	4	Noah	545	4	Louis	547	4	Noah	545
5	Alice	407	5	Alice	422	5	Alice	423	5	Adam	504	5	Liam	539	5	Louis	536
6	Lina	388	6	Juliette	373	6	Elise	386	6	Jules	470	6	Lucas	519	6	Lucas	497
7	Juliette	378	7	Elena	369	7	Lina	375	7	Lucas	451	7	Jules	509	7	Jules	462
8	Anna	349	7	Marie	369	8	Juliette	364	8	Victor	449	8	Victor	476	8	Gabriel	427
9	Elena	347	9	Sofia	368	8	Sofia	364	9	Gabriel	391	9	Gabriel	429	9	Victor	422
10	Lucie	343	10	Lina	362	10	Lucie	350	10	Mohamed	357	10	Mohamed	420	10	Mohamed	392
11	Sofia	338	11	Camille	355	11	Elena	349	11	Mathis	309	11	Nathan	343	11	Nathan	358
12	Camille	336	12	Ella	353	12	Camille	348	12	Oscar	306	12	Leon	296	12	Mathis	354
12	Mia	336	13	Anna	345	13	Ella	326	13	Leon	305	13	Mathis	293	13	Hugo	300
14	Ella	299	14	Elise	327	14	Mia	309	14	Nathan	274	14	Eden	292	14	Finn	293
15	Marie	297	15	Lucie	323	15	Anna	307	15	Hugo	258	15	Hugo	289	15	Leon	278
16	Nora	287	16	Chloé	316	16	Marie	299	16	Lewis	253	16	Matteo	283	16	Matteo	277
17	Chloé	278	17	Mia	310	17	Jade	297	17	Amir	252	17	Oscar	282	17	Rayan	275
18	Eva	277	18	Amélie	298	18	Léa	294	17	Finn	252	18	Finn	270	18	Théo	274
19	Léa	276	19	Léa	283	19	Chloé	281	19	Elias	246	19	Raphaël	267	19	Lars	273
20	Julia	270	20	Nora	273	20	Charlotte	273	19	Matteo	246	20	Rayan	255	20	Oscar	269
21	Elise	268	21	Nina	271	21	Nora	267	21	Raphaël	242	21	Lewis	250	21	Eden	264
22	Nina	265	22	Eva	266	22	Amélie	265	22	Léon	241	22	Amir	232	22	Lewis	256
23	Amélie	259	23	Charlotte	264	22	Eva	265	23	Eden	237	23	Elias	222	23	Elias	255
24	Noor	254	24	Victoria	258	24	Nina	262	24	Vic	222	24	Léon	220	24	Raphaël	250
25	Victoria	253	25	Noor	251	25	Noor	261	25	Rayan	215	25	David	218	25	Yanis	230
26	Jade	244	26	Julia	249	26	Victoria	260	26	Luca	207	26	Lars	215	26	Ethan	226
27	Ellie	238	27	Jade	239	27	Manon	250	27	Yanis	204	27	Vic	213	27	Aaron	218
28	Giulia	225	27	Lena	239	28	Lena	242	28	Tiago	203	28	Luca	210	27	Alexander	218
28	Nour	225	29	Giulia	227	29	Giulia	239	29	Lou	201	29	Vince	208	29	Samuel	209
30	Zoé	224	30	Manon	226	30	Julia	227	30	Vince	199	29	Yanis	208	30	Jack	208
31	Charlotte	220	31	Lily	211	31	Zoé	221	31	Jack	197	31	Théo	200	31	Vic	206
32	Lena	210	32	Zoé	210	32	Sarah	220	32	Alexander	195	32	Ethan	199	32	Stan	204
33	Lily	208	33	Sara	204	33	Lily	214	32	Théo	195	33	Aaron	198	33	Amir	203
34	Rose	202	34	Liv	201	34	Julie	212	34	Lars	192	34	Jack	190	34	David	202
35	Inaya	197	35	Lou	198	35	Sara	211	35	Robin	189	35	Alexander	186	34	Vince	202
35	Luna	197	36	Julie	190	36	Aya	195	36	Marcel	186	35	Tom	186	36	Léon	196
37	Liv	195	37	Luna	189	37	Laura	179	37	Léo	185	37	Maxime	182	37	Luca	194
38	Sara	194	38	Inaya	176	38	Liv	177	38	Milo	183	38	Thomas	181	38	Sacha	193
39	Renée	190	39	Sarah	175	39	Inaya	175	38	William	183	39	Samuel	180	38	Youssef	193
40	Lou	185	40	Nour	172	39	Luna	175	40	Felix	182	40	William	174	40	Nolan	189
41	Julie	177	41	Renée	167	41	Lou	172	41	Samuel	175	41	Emiel	171	40	Tom	189
41	Manon	177	42	Rose	164	42	Jeanne	168	42	Sacha	173	41	Sacha	171	42	Simon	177
43	Aya	175	43	Amira	161	43	Clara	166	43	Maurice	171	43	Marcel	170	42	Wout	177
44	Amira	171	43	Ellie	161	44	Amira	165	44	Tom	170	44	Robin	167	44	Maxime	172
45	Alix	170	45	Clara	157	45	Renée	159	45	Aaron	167	45	Milan	166	45	Mats	170
46	Clara	161	46	Lotte	149	46	Ellie	158	45	Thomas	167	45	Milo	166	46	Thomas	168
47	Laura	158	47	Laura	148	47	Nour	157	47	Maxime	165	45	Youssef	166	47	Ali	165
48	Elisa	151	48	Aya	146	48	Lotte	155	47	Simon	165	48	Felix	165	47	William	165
48	Sarah	151	48	Mona	146	49	Rose	151	49	Ethan	163	49	Emile	162	49	Robin	164
50	Lotte	147	50	Alix	137	50	Lola	149	50	Henri	158	50	Diego	161	50	Kobe	163
51	Lara	145	51	Sophia	135	50	Margaux	149	51	Emiel	157	50	Maurice	161	51	Imran	162
52	Maria	144	51	Yasmine	135	52	Elisa	148	51	Emile	157	52	Lou	159	51	Milan	162
53	Billie	143	53	Lara	134	52	Helena	148	51	Gust	157	52	Stan	159	53	Marcel	160
54	Margaux	138	53	Lisa	134	54	Lisa	144	54	David	156	54	Alexandre	157	54	Antoine	159
55	Yasmine	133	53	Maria	134	54	Sophia	144	55	Basile	154	54	Gust	157	55	Emiel	158
56	Iris	132	56	Amelie	133	54	Yasmine	144	55	Viktor	154	56	Simon	156	56	Enzo	152
57	Mona	131	56	Elisa	133	57	Fien	142	57	Diego	152	57	Baptiste	154	57	Maurice	151
58	Jeanne	129	58	Jeanne	131	58	Inès	140	57	Milan	152	58	Léo	152	58	Ibrahim	149
59	Axelle	128	59	Anaïs	130	59	Alix	137	59	Mats	151	59	Ibrahim	151	58	Milo	149
59	Sophia	128	59	Margaux	130	60	Lore	134	60	Clément	147	60	Clément	146	60	Alex	148
61	Lola	125	61	Rosalie	128	61	Anaïs	133	61	Charlie	146	60	Imran	146	60	Viktor	148
62	Lisa	123	62	Billie	127	62	Mona	132	62	Ilyas	145	60	Lowie	146	62	Jayden	147
63	Livia	121	62	Helena	127	63	Fleur	126	62	Youssef	145	63	Basile	142	63	Felix	146
64	Anaïs	120	64	Amina	126	64	Axelle	125	64	Imran	144	63	Ilyas	142	63	Lou	146
65	Lilou	119	65	Amber	124	65	Lilou	122	65	Ali	141	65	Mats	141	63	Timéo	146
66	Amelia	118	66	Emilia	122	66	Maria	121	66	Gaspard	138	65	Mohammed	141	66	Alexandre	145
67	Emilia	117	66	Inès	122	67	Billie	120	67	Maël	135	65	Viktor	141	66	Sam	145
68	Helena	115	68	Fien	118	67	Lara	120	68	Baptiste	134	68	Lukas	140	68	Mohammed	143
69	Ines	113	68	Maryam	118	69	Lise	119	69	Lukas	132	69	Wout	137	68	Seppe	143
70	Nore	112	70	Ines	117	69	Marion	119	70	Martin	128	70	Kobe	136	70	Ilyas	142
70	Stella	112	71	Lola	116	71	Nore	114	71	Ibrahim	126	71	Hamza	133	70	Martin	142
72	Lia	109	72	Axelle	113	72	Emilia	110	72	Isaac	125	71	Nolan	133	72	Emile	141
73	Amelie	108	73	Amelia	112	73	Maryam	108	72	Lowie	125	73	Martin	131	73	Lukas	140
74	Amina	107	74	Oona	110	73	Oona	108	72	Nolan	125	73	Tuur	131	74	Mathias	139
75	Maya	105	75	Estelle	106	75	Rosalie	107	72	Otis	125	73	Warre	131	75	Gust	136
76	Rosalie	103	76	Esmée	104	76	Amina	106	76	Lyam	124	76	Henri	130	76	Diego	133
77	Maryam	101	77	Alicia	102	76	Emilie	106	76	Owen	124	77	Maël	129	77	Maël	130
77	Valentina	101	78	Ellis	101	78	Ines	104	78	Achille	123	78	Antoine	127	78	Tuur	128
79	Fatima	100	78	Janne	101	79	Livia	103	78	James	123	78	Enzo	127	79	Charles	125
79	Inès	100	80	Clémence	99	80	Amber	102	78	Tuur	123	80	Mathias	125	79	Clément	125
79	Marion	100	80	Fatima	99	81	Alicia	101	81	Enzo	122	80	Owen	125	79	Loïc	125
79	Zoë	100	80	Léna	99	81	Lize	101	81	Stan	122	82	Eliott	123	82	Baptiste	124
83	Emily	99	83	Hannah	98	81	Maya	101	83	Noé	119	82	Seppe	123	82	Owen	124
84	Ellis	98	83	Lilou	98	84	Amelia	99	84	Oliver	118	84	Augustin	122	84	Alexis	123
84	Emy	98	85	Eline	97	84	Estelle	99	85	Mathias	116	85	Ali	121	84	Daan	123
84	Léonie	98	85	Nore	97	86	Malak	98	86	Alexandre	115	85	Sam	121	84	Hamza	123
87	Rosie	97	85	Stella	97	86	Zoë	98	86	Ayden	115	87	Georges	119	87	Ferre	122
88	Eléonore	95	88	Céleste	96	88	Elif	97	88	Miel	113	88	Alexis	117	87	Oliver	122
89	Charlie	93	88	Fleur	96	89	Eline	96	89	Lenn	112	88	Oliver	117	87	Sem	122
89	Hannah	93	88	Livia	96	89	Léna	96	89	Nicolas	112	88	Tiago	117	90	Basile	120
91	Romy	92	88	Maya	96	89	Noa	96	91	Anas	111	91	Achille	115	91	Léo	118
92	Maëlle	91	92	Adèle	95	92	Clémence	95	92	Alexis	110	92	Alessio	114	92	Henri	116
92	Pauline	91	93	Eléonore	94	92	Céleste	95	92	Georges	110	93	Alex	113	92	Lowie	116
94	Amber	88	94	Léonie	92	94	Assia	92	92	Julian	110	93	Gaspard	113	94	Alessio	115
95	Elif	87	94	Noa	92	95	Noémie	91	92	Kobe	110	93	Timéo	113	94	Mauro	115
95	Emilie	87	94	Valentina	92	96	Féline	90	96	Alex	109	96	Cas	112	96	Maxim	114
95	Esmée	87	97	Romy	91	96	Lia	90	96	Sam	109	96	Charlie	112	97	Warre	113
95	Estelle	87	98	Iris	90	98	Eléonore	89	98	Cas	108	96	Valentin	112	98	Julian	110
95	Milou	87	98	Zoë	90	98	June	89	98	Maxim	108	99	Jayden	111	98	Romain	110
100	Norah	86	100	Margot	89	98	Pauline	89	100	Jayden	107	100	Lyam	110	100	Achille	109
100	Oona	86				98	Valentina	89	100	Mohammed	107				100	Anas	109
									100	Thiago	107				100	Ayoub	109
									100	Wout	107				100	Benjamin	109
															100	Daniel	109
Source: Statbel (Directorate-general Statistics - Statistics Belgium)-Population statistics