During the past year, 3,978 newborns were registered with the Malta Public Registry, 2,016 (50.7%) of whom were boys while 1,962 (49.3%) were girls. This reflects a decrease of 186 newborns registered (4.7%) in 2022 when compared to the previous year.

The four most popular names registered for boys were Luca, Liam, Noah and Matteo while Mia, Emma, Nina and Giulia were the four most popular names among girls.

The most popular Maltese names were Ġanni and Luċija. In total, there were 13 girls and 22 boys who were given a Maltese name with the use of Maltese diacritics.

This was possible after the legal amendments pertaining to the use of Maltese fonts came into effect in 2021.

Marriage registrations during 2022 amounted to 2,237, resulting in an increase of 240 couples when compared to 2021.

There were also 31 cohabitations registered, therefore 26 registrations less than the previous year, while only a single registration was made for a civil union.

During the year 2022, a total of 69,042 certificates of births, marriages and deaths were issued, resulting in an increase of 654 certificates issued in 2021, of which 40,960 certificates were bought online and the remaining 28,082 were purchased in person.

During the same period, 40 cohabitation certificates and 693 Free Status certificates were also issued.