Sweden, home to over 10 million people, is easily the most populous of the five Nordic countries. (Denmark, Finland, and Norway each contain between 5 and 6 million people; Iceland contains fewer than half a million.)
Last year, Sweden welcomed 104,734 babies. What were the most popular names among these babies? Astrid and William.
Here are Sweden’s top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2022:
Girl Names
- Astrid, 603 baby girls
- Maja, 601
- Alma, 596
- Vera, 592
- Freja, 584
- Leah, 570
- Ella, 563
- Alice, 552
- Selma, 540
- Lilly, 530
- Elsa, 528
- Ellie, 513
- Ines, 512
- Olivia, 504
- Stella, 482
- Wilma, 474
- Signe, 456
- Ebba, 453
- Ester, 433
- Clara, 429
- Saga, 412
- Alva, 403
- Agnes, 402
- Alicia, 383
- Mila, 378
- Juni, 364
- Molly, 354
- Leia, 349 (tie)
- Luna, 349 (tie)
- Iris, 348
- Hedda, 339
- Julia, 321
- Alba, 320
- Ellen, 302
- Sigrid, 292
- Elvira, 289
- Nora, 283
- Edith, 276 (tie)
- Sara, 276 (tie)
- Meja, 273
- Celine, 256
- Nellie, 253
- Lova, 252
- Livia, 251 (tie)
- Nova, 251 (tie)
- Lykke, 250
- Rut, 248
- Elise, 244 (tie)
- Lo, 244 (tie)
- Sofia, 235
Boy Names
- William, 690 baby boys
- Liam, 679
- Noah, 677
- Hugo, 643
- Oliver, 629
- Lucas, 616
- Nils, 579
- Matteo, 571
- Valter, 566
- August, 565
- Elias, 559 (tie)
- Leon, 559 (tie)
- Adam, 556
- Leo, 545
- Ludvig, 507
- Alfred, 502
- Oscar, 490
- Sam, 488
- Theo, 474
- Otto, 469
- Arvid, 450
- Harry, 436
- Frans, 429
- Charlie, 424
- Elliot, 407 (tie)
- Isak, 407 (tie)
- Malte, 401
- Theodor, 395
- Vincent, 383
- Elton, 371
- Olle, 366
- Louie, 363
- Benjamin, 358
- Gabriel, 351
- Ebbe, 343
- Alexander, 338
- Adrian, 337 (tie)
- Axel, 337 (tie)
- Love, 328
- Henry, 325
- Tage, 317
- Filip, 315 (tie)
- Ted, 315 (tie)
- Noel, 310
- Josef, 300
- Mohammed, 298
- Melvin, 297
- Jack, 287
- Aron, 286
- Viggo, 281
Astrid and William rose from 9th place and 2nd place (respectively) in 2021 to dethrone former #1 names Alice and Noah in 2022.
The girls’ top 100 included Sally (53rd), Tuva (65th), Idun (86th), and Eira (98th).
The boys’ top 100 included Sixten (67th), Vide (81st), Folke (86th), and Algot (90th).
The names in Sweden’s top 100 that rose the fastest from 2021 to 2022 were Ronja and Ture. Ture’s rise was particularly impressive:
- 2022: 251 baby boys named Ture in Sweden [rank: 58th]
- 2021: 163 baby boys named Ture in Sweden [rank: 84th]
- 2020: 175 baby boys named Ture in Sweden [rank: 81st]
- 2019: 171 baby boys named Ture in Sweden [rank: 84th]
The names that saw the steepest drops in usage were Emilia and Sigge.
Finally, some strange news:
Statistics Sweden will stop producing name statistics as of 2024. The reason for this is that Statistics Sweden will prioritize the production of other statistics.
So, will these 2022 rankings be the last set of Swedish rankings we see for a while? (Perhaps a long while?)
How interesting that, not long after Canada decides to begin releasing national rankings, Sweden decides to stop releasing national rankings…
Sources: Name statistics – Statistics Sweden, Population statistics – Statistics Sweden, Nordic Countries – Wikipedia
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