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Popular baby names in Denmark, 2018

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According to Statistics Denmark, the most popular baby names in the country in 2018 were (again) Ida and William.

Here are Denmark’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2018:

Girl Names

  1. Ida, 456 baby girls
  2. Emma, 453
  3. Alma, 437 (tie)
  4. Ella, 437 (tie)
  5. Sofia, 423
  6. Freja, 417
  7. Josefine, 411
  8. Clara, 395
  9. Anna, 377
  10. Karla, 357

Boy Names

  1. William, 600 baby boys
  2. Noah, 528
  3. Oscar, 506
  4. Lucas, 495
  5. Victor, 489
  6. Malthe, 482
  7. Oliver, 468
  8. Alfred, 467
  9. Carl, 463
  10. Valdemar, 400

On the girls’ list, Clara and Karla replaced Alberte and Agnes.

On the boys’ list, Valdemar replaced Emil.

Here are Denmark’s rankings for 2017.

Source: Names of Newborn Children – Statistics Denmark

Image: Adapted from Flag of Denmark (public domain)

Popular baby names in Denmark, 2017

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Flag of Denmark

According to data released by Statistics Denmark, the most popular baby names in the country in 2017 were Ida and William.

Here are Denmark’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2017:

Girl Names
1. Ida, 486 baby girls
2. Emma, 471
3. Sofia, 464
4. Ella, 413
5. Freja, 411
6. Josefine, 406
7. Alma, 389
8. Alberte, 388
9. Anna, 386
10. Agnes, 367

Boy Names
1. William, 565 baby boys
2. Noah, 495
3. Oscar, 486
4. Lucas, 475
5. Carl, 473
6. Victor, 455
7. Oliver, 455
8. Alfred, 444
9. Malthe, 439
10. Emil, 434

On the girls’ list, Ida replaced Sofia as the #1 name, and Josefine and Agnes replaced Clara and Laura in the top 10.

On the boys’ list, William replaced Noah as the #1 name, but the names in the top 10 overall remained the same.

Here are Denmark’s 2016 rankings.

Source: Names of newborn children – Statistics Denmark

Image: Adapted from Flag of Denmark (public domain)

Popular baby names in Denmark, 2016

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Flag of Denmark

According to data released by Statistics Denmark, the most popular baby names in the country in 2016 were Sofia and Noah.

Here are Denmark’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2016:

Girl Names
1. Sofia, 480 baby girls
2. Alma, 447
3. Emma, 439
4. Ella, 438
5. Ida, 428
6. Freja, 427
7. Clara, 426
8. Anna, 402
9. Laura, 396
10. Alberte, 386

Boy Names
1. Noah, 538 baby boys
2. Victor, 531
3. Oliver, 523
4. Oscar, 521
5. William, 520
6. Lucas, 509
7. Carl, 483
8. Malthe*, 451
9. Emil, 445
10. Alfred, 433

On the boys’ list, the top 10 remained the same overall, but Noah replaced William in the #1 spot.

On the girls’ list, the #1 name remained the same, but Alberte replaced Isabella in the top 10.

Here are the 2015 rankings, if you’d like to compare.

*Malthe can be traced back to Helmold, a Germanic name meaning “helmet” + “rule.”

Sources: Names of newborn children – Statistics Denmark, Malthe – Behind the Name

Image: Adapted from Flag of Denmark (public domain)

Popular baby names in Denmark, 2015

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Flag of Denmark

According to data from Statistics Denmark, the most popular baby names in the country in 2015 were Sofia and William.

Here are Denmark’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2015:

Girl Names

  1. Sofia, 555 baby girls
  2. Freja, 459
  3. Ella, 449
  4. Alma, 445
  5. Anna, 419
  6. Emma, 415
  7. Laura, 412
  8. Clara, 398
  9. Ida, 390
  10. Isabella, 388

Boy Names

  1. William, 591 baby boys
  2. Noah, 543
  3. Lucas, 534
  4. Emil, 489
  5. Oliver, 489
  6. Oscar, 480
  7. Victor, 478
  8. Malthe, 455
  9. Alfred, 425
  10. Carl, 418

Emma, the former #1 girl name, dropped to 6th place last year. Alma, on the other hand, jumped from 11th to 4th and replaced Karla in the top 10.

On the boys’ side, Carl and Alfred (which jumped from 17th to 9th) replaced Frederik and Magnus.

In the top 50, the girl names Gry, Naya, and Silje replaced Alba, Naja, and Malou, and the boy names Jakob, Lauge, Milas, Silas, Theo, Thor, and Viggo replaced Andreas, Bertram, Daniel, Jacob, Jonas, Nikolaj, and Sander.

(Gry means “dawn” in Danish and Norwegian, Silje is a diminutive of Cecilia, and Lauge is based on the Old Norse byname Félagi, meaning “fellow, partner, mate.”)

Here are Denmark’s 2014 rankings.

Sources: Names of newborn children – Statistics Denmark, Top 20 Danish baby names for boys and girls, Lauge – Nordic Names Wiki

Image: Adapted from Flag of Denmark (public domain)