The most popular baby names in Sweden were announced a couple of days ago.
According to Statistics Sweden, the country’s top names are William for boys and Alice for girls.
Here are the top 20 girl names and top 20 boy names of 2012:
| Girl Names | Boy Names |
|---|---|
| 1. Alice 2. Elsa 3. Julia 4. Ella 5. Maja 6. Ebba 7. Emma 8. Linnea 9. Molly 10. Alva 11. Wilma 12. Agnes 13. Klara [tie] 13. Nellie [tie] 15. Isabelle 16. Olivia 17. Alicia 18. Ellen 19. Lily 20. Stella | 1. William 2. Oscar 3. Lucas 4. Hugo 5. Elias 6. Alexander 7. Liam 8. Charlie 9. Oliver 10. Filip 11. Leo 12. Viktor 13. Vincent 14. Emil 15. Axel 16. Anton 17. Erik 18. Olle 19. Theo 20. Ludvig |
Did you know that, back in 1888, Ebba was the top newbie baby name in the U.S.?
But let’s get back to Sweden.
Which Swedish names saw the biggest popularity boosts from 2011 to 2012?
Going up:
| Rising Girl Names | Rising Boy Names |
|---|---|
| 1. Sigrid 2. Majken 3. Elise 4. Alicia 5. Lykke 6. Ronja 7. Juni 8. Svea 9. Siri [tie] 9. Melissa [tie] | 1. Ebbe 2. Henry 3. Elvin 4. Charlie 5. Julian 6. Valter [tie] 6. Matteo [tie] 8. Elton 9. Edward 10. Mohamed |
And which names decreased the most in popularity?
Going down:
| Falling Girl Names | Falling Boy Names |
|---|---|
| 1. Minna 2. Tove 3. Elin 4. Evelina 5. Thea 6. Tindra 7. Filippa 8. Linnea 9. Tilde 10. Amanda | 1. Ville 2. Linus 3. Neo 4. Rasmus 5. Carl 6. Jonathan 7. Simon 8. Viggo [tie] 8. Tim [tie] 10. Joel |
Finally, here are the top baby names in Sweden from a couple of years ago.
Sources: Name Statistics – Statistics Sweden, William, Alice top Swedish baby names
Image: Adapted from Flag of Sweden (public domain)
