According to Statistics Sweden (SCB), the most popular baby names in the country in 2018 were Alice and William.
Here are Sweden’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2018:
Girl Names
- Alice, 765 baby girls
- Maja, 657
- Lilly, 634
- Ella, 604
- Wilma, 600
- Ebba, 597
- Olivia, 581
- Astrid, 565
- Alma, 564
- Elsa, 559
Boy Names
- William, 863 baby boys
- Liam, 834
- Noah, 730
- Lucas, 723
- Oliver, 714
- Oscar, 704
- Elias, 697
- Hugo, 683
- Adam, 647
- Alexander, 626
In the girls’ top 10, Maja, Alma and Elsa replaced Saga (now 11th), Freja (12th), and Alicia (13th). One source mentioned that Saga’s decline corresponds with the conclusion of the popular Swedish TV show The Bridge (2011-2018), which featured a main character named Saga.
The boys’ top 10 includes the same 10 names, but in a different order.
The names in the top 100 that rose the fastest from 2017 to 2018 were Hailey and Lias (a short form of Elias). The names that dropped the fastest were Cornelia and Oscar. I also noticed that the ninth-fastest dropping girl name was Siri.
In 2017, the top two names in Sweden were the same.
Sources: Name Statistics – Statistics Sweden, These are Sweden’s most popular baby names
Image: Adapted from Flag of Sweden (public domain)
