Popular names in Belgium

The latest top baby names and the most common surnames, from Statbel (Statistics Belgium).

Top baby names

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Girls

  1. 1OliviaLatin
  2. 2EmmaGermanic
  3. 3LouiseGermanic
  4. 4Juliette
  5. 5AliceGermanic
  6. 6SofiaGreek
  7. 7LinaGerman
  8. 8Anna
  9. 9Lucie
  10. 10MilaSlavic

Boys

  1. 1NoahHebrew
  2. 2ArthurCeltic
  3. 3JulesLatin
  4. 4LiamIrish
  5. 5AdamHebrew
  6. 6GabrielHebrew
  7. 7LouisGermanic
  8. 8LucasGreek
  9. 9Victor
  10. 10OscarIrish

Source: Statbel (Statistics Belgium). Rankings are updated when the publisher releases new data.

Most common surnames

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RankSurnameOrigin & meaningPeople
1Peeters—41,260
2Janssens—37,577
3Maes—31,907
4Jacobs—25,300
5Mertens—23,591
6Willems—23,325
7Claes—20,551
8Wouters—19,874
9Goossens—19,552
10DuboisFrench · “from the woods”18,272

Source: Forebears (non-official). Rankings are updated when the publisher releases new data.