A few new girls’ names made it into the top 50 in 2014. The biggest climbers were Sofia (from 66th to 48th place) and Mila (from 45th to 27th place), according to data released by the Slovenian Statistics Office. The same holds true for boys. The biggest climbers were Adam (from 73rd to 50th place) and Bine (from 60th to 42nd place). The following were the 10 most popular names for boys in 2014: Luka, Nik, Filip, Jakob, Mark, Žan, Anže, Jan, Jaka, and Vid. The top 10 names for girls were: Eva, Ema, Nika, Lara, Sara, Zala, Julija, Mia, Neža, and Zoja.

21,165 children were born in Slovenia in 2014, up 54 over the year before. 10,928 of them were boys and 10.237 of them were girls. The mean age for mothers giving birth in 2014 was 30.6 years (up from 30.5 in 2013), while the mean age for mothers giving birth to their first child was 29.1 (up from 29.5 in 2013).

More than half (54.5 percent) of the women giving birth in 2014 were 30 years old or older. Just barely over one percent (1.1 percent) were younger than 20. Just like in the past few years, birth rates were highest for women ages 25 to 29: 111 children were born per 1000 women in this age bracket. They were followed by women ages 30 to 34 (105 children per 1000 women).

Fewer births on weekends
On average, 58 children were born every day in 2014. The most popular day for babies to make their entrance was Monday, July 14, while September 7 (a Sunday) was the least popular day in 2014 (29 children born). A few fun facts: Fewer children were born on Saturdays and Sundays in 2014, 93 of them were born on the birthday of their mothers, and 8 mothers gave birth twice in 2014 (in the first and last months of the year). Moreover, 351 sets of twins as well as 3 sets of triplets were born in 2014.

K. K.; translated by D. V.