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
- Sofia, 555 baby girls
- Freja, 459
- Ella, 449
- Alma, 445
- Anna, 419
- Emma, 415
- Laura, 412
- Clara, 398
- Ida, 390
- Isabella, 388
Boy Names
- William, 591 baby boys
- Noah, 543
- Lucas, 534
- Emil, 489
- Oliver, 489
- Oscar, 480
- Victor, 478
- Malthe, 455
- Alfred, 425
- 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)