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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

Image: Adapted from Flag of Denmark (public domain)

Popular baby names in Sweden, 2018

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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

  1. Alice, 765 baby girls
  2. Maja, 657
  3. Lilly, 634
  4. Ella, 604
  5. Wilma, 600
  6. Ebba, 597
  7. Olivia, 581
  8. Astrid, 565
  9. Alma, 564
  10. Elsa, 559

Boy Names

  1. William, 863 baby boys
  2. Liam, 834
  3. Noah, 730
  4. Lucas, 723
  5. Oliver, 714
  6. Oscar, 704
  7. Elias, 697
  8. Hugo, 683
  9. Adam, 647
  10. 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)

Popular baby names in Denmark, 2017

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Flag of Denmark

According to data released by Statistics Denmark, the most popular baby names in the country in 2017 were Ida and William.

Here are Denmark’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2017:

Girl Names
1. Ida, 486 baby girls
2. Emma, 471
3. Sofia, 464
4. Ella, 413
5. Freja, 411
6. Josefine, 406
7. Alma, 389
8. Alberte, 388
9. Anna, 386
10. Agnes, 367

Boy Names
1. William, 565 baby boys
2. Noah, 495
3. Oscar, 486
4. Lucas, 475
5. Carl, 473
6. Victor, 455
7. Oliver, 455
8. Alfred, 444
9. Malthe, 439
10. Emil, 434

On the girls’ list, Ida replaced Sofia as the #1 name, and Josefine and Agnes replaced Clara and Laura in the top 10.

On the boys’ list, William replaced Noah as the #1 name, but the names in the top 10 overall remained the same.

Here are Denmark’s 2016 rankings.

Source: Names of newborn children – Statistics Denmark

Image: Adapted from Flag of Denmark (public domain)

Popular baby names in Sweden, 2017

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Flag of Sweden

According to Statistics Sweden, the most popular baby names in the country in 2017 were Alice and William.

Here are Sweden’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2017:

Girl Names
1. Alice, 888 baby girls
2. Alicia, 675
3. Olivia, 634
4. Ella, 607
5. Ebba, 594
6. Lilly, 577
7. Astrid, 572
8. Saga, 569
9. Freja, 568
10. Wilma, 556

Boy Names
1. William, 941 baby boys
2. Oscar, 896
3. Liam, 823
4. Lucas, 793
5. Oliver, 765
6. Alexander, 701
7. Elias, 681
8. Hugo, 670
9. Noah, 654
10. Adam, 613

In the girls’ top 10, Astrid, Freja and Saga replaced Maja, Elsa, and Julia.

In the boys’ top 10, Adam replaced Charlie.

“Maryam and Matteo have risen the most in 2017.”

In 2016, the top two names were Alice and Oscar.

Source: Name Statistics – Statistics Sweden

Image: Adapted from Flag of Sweden (public domain)