The Nordic country of Sweden is located in Northern Europe and shares land borders with Norway and Finland.
Last year, Sweden welcomed over 114,200 babies — nearly 55,800 girls and close to 58,500 boys.
What were the most popular names among these babies? Alice and Noah.
Here are Sweden’s top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2021:
Girl Names
- Alice, 706 baby girls
- Maja, 681
- Vera, 674
- Alma, 667
- Selma, 660
- Elsa, 652
- Lilly, 625
- Ella, 606
- Astrid, 596
- Wilma, 586
- Ellie, 584
- Olivia, 555
- Freja, 551
- Leah, 547
- Ines, 539
- Signe, 534
- Stella, 511
- Ebba, 509
- Clara, 492
- Saga, 481
- Alva, 479
- Agnes, 473
- Ester, 441
- Hedda, 423
- Alicia, 398 (tie)
- Mila, 398 (tie)
- Julia, 388
- Iris, 372
- Molly, 370
- Luna, 362
- Juni, 355
- Sigrid, 353
- Ellen, 346
- Leia, 334
- Nova, 306
- Livia, 303
- Lova, 298
- Celine, 294
- Meja, 289
- Emilia, 286
- Elvira, 279
- Elise, 275 (tie)
- Nora, 275 (tie)
- Linnea, 273
- Liv, 271
- Edith, 265 (tie)
- Lo, 265 (tie)
- Sofia, 262
- Sara, 259
- Tyra, 256
Boy Names
- Noah, 745 baby boys
- William, 726
- Liam, 683
- Hugo, 679
- Lucas, 668
- Adam, 643
- Oliver, 635
- Matteo, 632
- Frans, 581
- Elias, 577
- Walter, 576
- Leo, 562
- Leon, 550
- Oscar, 547
- Alfred, 540
- August, 531
- Nils, 521
- Harry, 509
- Theo, 505
- Sam, 498
- Otto, 481
- Ludvig, 476
- Arvid, 468
- Elliot, 456
- Charlie, 442
- Malte, 439
- Isak, 438
- Alexander, 429
- Louie, 425
- Theodor, 420
- Ebbe, 406
- Adrian, 403
- Olle, 398 (tie)
- Vincent, 398 (tie)
- Benjamin, 394
- Filip, 389
- Melvin, 377
- Love, 375
- Axel, 368
- Gabriel, 366
- Henry, 343
- Mohammed, 337
- Jack, 329
- Elton, 327
- Colin, 325
- Josef, 322
- Aron, 319
- Viggo, 309
- Edvin, 305
- Albin, 304
(Each of these names represents the most common spelling of that name, but “the numbers include all alternative spellings,” according to Statistics Sweden.)
In the girls’ top 10, Vera and Lilly replaced Olivia and Freja.
In the boys’ top 10, Frans — which jumped to 9th place from 27th the year before — replaced Oscar.
The names in Sweden’s top 100 that rose the fastest from 2020 to 2021 were Alba and Ted. (The previous fastest-rising male name, Björn, was second-fastest this time around.) The names that saw the steepest drops in usage were Ronja and Vincent.
In 2020, the top two names were also Alice and Noah.
Source: Name Statistics – Statistics Sweden
Image: Adapted from Flag of Sweden (public domain)
