Most Popular Names in Turkey

Updated Sun Jun 01 2025

The most popular names in Turkey for 2024 were Defne — the Turkish form of Daphne — for girls, and Alparslan for boys. Alparslan means "heroic lion", and is the title of an ancient sultan.

Along with Defne, other popular girl names in Turkey include Asel, Zeynep, Asya, and Gökçe. In addition to Alparslan, the top boy names include Göktuğ, Yusuf, Metehan, and Ömer Asaf.

Turkey is a majority Muslim country, and many of their popular baby names are either Arabic names with Islamic significance, or Turkish variations of these. For example, both Muhammed and its Turkish form Mehmet are in the Top 30 boy names. Alongside these on the charts are names from the Turkish language, and from ancient history and legends.

Source: Turkish Statistical Institute

For popular names lists from around the world, visit our main Popular Names page. You might also want to browse Nameberry's real-time lists of Popular Girl Names and Popular Boy Names.

Girl Names

1
Defne2024
2
Asel2024
3
Zeynep2024
4
Asya2024
5
Gökçe2024
6
Zümra2024
7
Elif2024
8
Elisa2024
9
Lina2024
10
Duru2024

Boy Names

1
Alparslan2024
2
Göktuğ2024
3
Yusuf2024
4
Metehan2024
5
Ömer Asaf2024
6
Kerem2024
7
Aslan2024
8
Ömer2024
9
Miraç2024
10
Eymen2024

11
Umay2024
12
Mihra2024
13
İnci2024
14
Efnan2024
15
Miray2024
16
Alya2024
17
Doğa2024
18
Meryem2024
19
Nehir2024
20
Eylül2024

11
Aras2024
12
Miran2024
13
Atlas2024
14
Poyraz2024
15
Muhammed2024
16
Ali Asaf2024
17
Mustafa2024
18
Alperen2024
19
Ayaz2024
20
Muhammed Ali2024

21
Ebrar2024
22
Ecrin2024
23
Masal2024
24
Güneş2024
25
Azra2024
26
Eslem2024
27
Ela2024
28
İkra2024
29
Ada2024
30
Aden2024

21
Ali2024
22
Ahmet2024
23
Kuzey2024
24
Yiğit2024
25
Aybars2024
26
Hamza2024
27
Mehmet2024
28
Çinar2024
29
Mert2024
30
Emir2024