Popular baby names in Denmark, 2023

Last year, the Nordic country of Denmark welcomed 57,469 babies.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Frida and Carl.

Here are Denmark’s top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2023:

Girl names

1. Frida, 425 baby girls
2. Luna, 412
3. Ella, 410
4. Alma, 409
5. Emma, 402
6. Sofia, 397
7. Olivia, 395
8. Agnes, 392
9. Ida, 391
10. Karla, 381
11. Ellie, 380
12. Clara, 379
13. Freja, 343
14. Nora, 331
15. Lily, 326
16. Alberte, 316 (tie)
17. Esther, 316 (tie)
18. Asta, 296
19. Ellen, 284
20. Anna, 282
21. Aya, 246
22. Isabella, 228
23. Lærke, 213 – the Danish word for “lark” (the type of bird)
24. Astrid, 212
25. Saga, 210
26. Hannah, 209
27. Mathilde, 207
28. Josefine, 205
29. Laura, 203
30. Vilma, 200
31. Emily, 197 (tie)
32. Liva, 197 (tie)
33. Maja, 196
34. Vera, 187
35. Marie, 181
36. Leonora, 178 (tie)
37. Mille, 178 (tie)
38. Andrea, 173
39. Solveig, 166
40. Molly, 164
41. Victoria, 163
42. Merle, 149
43. Lea, 148
44. Liv, 146
45. Eva, 140 (tie)
46. Ingrid, 140 (tie)
47. Elina, 137 (tie)
48. Rosa, 137 (tie)
49. Gry, 130
50. Sofie, 125

Boy names

1. Carl, 477 baby boys
2. William, 458
3. Oscar, 452
4. Alfred, 449 (tie)
5. Noah, 449 (tie)
6. Aksel, 441
7. Emil, 430
8. Oliver, 423
9. Malthe, 403
10. Valdemar, 392
11. August, 377
12. Elliot, 370
13. Theo, 351
14. Arthur, 346
15. Lucas, 335
16. Elias, 324
17. Lauge, 323
18. Otto, 319
19. Hugo, 309
20. Felix, 285
21. Magnus, 279
22. Viggo, 270
23. Victor, 269
24. Theodor, 257
25. Loui, 255
26. Holger, 249
27. Anker, 245 (tie)
28. Liam, 245 (tie)
29. Anton, 243
30. Matheo, 230
31. Konrad, 227
32. Erik, 214
33. Pelle, 202
34. Luca, 198
35. Asger, 197
36. Ebbe, 195
37. Nohr, 194 (tie)
38. Vincent, 194 (tie)
39. Kalle, 190
40. Adam, 181
41. Johan, 173
42. Frederik, 165 (tie)
43. Storm, 165 (tie)
44. Albert, 159
45. Walter, 156
46. Alexander, 154
47. Christian, 151
48. Villads, 146
49. Leo, 142
50. Marius, 138

The top names of 2022, Ella and William, are now in third place and second place, respectively.

The word-name Storm has ranked inside the boys’ top 50 since 2010. (In the U.S., Storm is given to both boys and girls, but has never come close to top-50 status for either gender.)

Sources: Baby names – Statistics Denmark, Births – Statistics Denmark

Image: Adapted from Flag of Denmark (public domain)