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

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