According to the data from the registry offices of our largest cities - Zagreb, Osijek, Rijeka and Split, Croats are still quite faithful in giving popular names to their children, so the names that were popular in 2015 continued to be on top of the list in 2016 – writes Index.hr.

In general the trend of giving short names for girls and biblical names for boys is still omnipresent in all regions. Here is the list of most popular baby names in Croatia last year.

Girls:
1. Mia
2. Lucija
3. Petra
4. Ema
5. Ana
6. Ena
7. Lana
8. Dora
9. Marta
10. Sara

Boys:
1. Luka
2. Marko
3. Jakov
4. Ivan
5. Petar
6. Matej
7. Gabrijel
8. Filip
9. Fran
10. David