Sweden’s top baby names of 2013 were announced recently.
According to data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), the country’s most popular baby names last year were Alice and Lucas.
Here are Sweden’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2013:
| Girl Names | Boy Names |
|---|---|
| 1. Alice, 903 baby girls 2. Maja, 767 3. Elsa, 766 4. Ella, 700 5. Julia, 687 6. Ebba, 663 7. Alicia, 625 8. Olivia, 616 9. Alva, 607 10. Wilma, 600 | 1. Lucas, 935 baby boys 2. William, 915 3. Oscar, 901 4. Oliver, 800 5. Hugo, 749 6. Charlie, 716 7. Liam, 708 8. Alexander, 694 9. Axel, 677 10. Elias, 676 |
Names that made the girls’ top 100 for the very first time were Hilma, Ellinor, Sally, Melina, and Nicole. New to the boys’ top 100 were Louie and Tor.
The top names of 2012 were Alice and William.
Source: Sweden’s most popular baby names revealed
Image: Adapted from Flag of Sweden (public domain)
