What parents in Slovakia actually name their babies in 2025

What parents in Slovakia actually name their babies in 2025
December 11, 2025

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What parents in Slovakia actually name their babies in 2025

Parents in Slovakia continued to favour familiar choices when naming their newborns in 2025. According to year-end data published by the Interior Ministry, Sofia, Eliška and Ema topped the list for girls, while Jakub, Samuel and Oliver were the most common names given to boys.

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The ministry’s annual ranking shows that trends remain remarkably stable. The top two spots for both boys and girls are unchanged from 2024. Shifts occurred lower in the chart: Ema overtook Nina for third place among girls, and Oliver replaced Adam in the boys’ top tier. Three names — Kristína, Ján and Patrik — dropped out of the top 20, making room for newcomers Rebeka, Sebastián and Dominik.

Top choices in 2025

Among boys, the ten most popular names were: Jakub, Samuel, Oliver, Adam, Michal, Tomáš, Filip, Tobias, Šimon and Matias.

They were followed by a familiar set of traditional and modern names, including Matej, Lukáš, Martin, Damián and Alex.

For girls, the top ten were: Sofia, Eliška, Ema, Nina, Viktória, Sára, Olívia, Natália, Diana and Mia.

Close behind were Tamara, Hana, Nela, Laura, Anna and other established favourites.

Long-term leaders

The names Sofia and Jakub have dominated Slovak baby-naming charts for more than a decade, interrupted only occasionally. Adam briefly surpassed Jakub in 2014 and 2015, while Ema and Nina each rose to first place among girls in 2020 and 2021, respectively. Before 2010, Viktória and Samuel held multi-year leads.

Broader trends

The top 50 list shows a mix of international influences and traditional Slovak preferences, with names such as Mateo, Noel, Artur, Matteo, Liam, Lucas, Amélia, Liliana, Melisa, Vivien, Noemi, Amália and Liana also gaining traction.

As this year’s statistics suggest, Slovak parents continue to balance classic favourites with trendy global names — but the long-term leaders remain firmly at the top.

TABLE: The top 20 most popular male and female baby names in 2025, with data updated as of December 10, 2025:

Girls 

 

Boys

 

1

Sofia

486

Jakub

728

2

Eliška

471

Samuel

613

3

Ema

432

Oliver

596

4

Nina

407

Adam

562

5

Viktória

392

Michal

488

6

Sára

373

Tomáš

466

7

Olívia

353

Filip

451

8

Natália

351

Tobias

438

9

Diana

323

Šimon

419

10

Mia

313

Matias

406

11

Tamara

303

Matej

380

12

Hana

291

Lukáš

379

13

Nela

284

Martin

370

14

Laura

277

Damián

359

15

Anna

265

Matúš

349

16

Timea

257

Dávid

348

17

Karolína

238

Alex

339

18

Emma

236

Sebastián

311

19

Júlia

226

Richard

297

20

Rebeka

221

Dominik

288

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