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I can’t find it online, but a few years back I sent an e-mail to our statistics office and they sent me these lists:

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GIRLS
1900-1949.
1. Marija
2. Ana
3. Kata
4. Dragica
5. Ljubica
6. Milka
7. Mara
8. Katarina
9. Anka
10. Marica

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1951-1999.
1. Marija
2. Ivana
3. Ana
4. Mirjana
5. Marina
6. Vesna
7. Martina
8. Sanja
9. Kristina
10. Maja

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2000-2010.
1. Ana
2. Lucija
3. Lana
4. Petra
5. Sara
6. Marija
7. Ema
8. Nika
9. Iva
10. Laura

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BOYS
1900-1949.
1. Ivan
2. Josip
3. Stjepan
4. Franjo
5. Nikola
6. Milan
7. Petar
8. Ante
9. Marko
10. Antun

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1951-1999.
1. Ivan
2. Josip
3. Željko
4. Marko
5. Ivica
6. Tomislav
7. Mario
8. Damir
9. Stjepan
10. Goran

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2000-2010.
1. Luka
2. Ivan
3. Marko
4. Filip
5. Josip
6. Antonio
7. Karlo
8. David
9. Petar
10. Matej

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So basically half of Croatia is named Ana, Marija, Ivan, Josip or Marko. And if you add all of their variants like Ivo, Ivica, Ivano, Mara, Marica, Anamarija etc. it’s even worse.

This message was edited 3/28/2019, 4:28 PM