Sweden’s top baby names have been released!
The winners last year were Oscar and Maja (which is pronounced like Maya).
Here are Sweden’s top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2010:
Girl names
- Maja, 895 baby girls (1.6% of all baby girls)
- Alice, 867
- Julia, 823
- Linnéa, 750
- Wilma, 742
- Ella, 737
- Elsa, 724
- Emma, 722
- Alva, 711
- Olivia, 703
- Molly, 677
- Ebba, 661
- Klara, 638
- Nellie, 592
- Agnes, 588
- Isabelle, 583
- Ida, 577
- Elin, 570
- Ellen, 545
- Moa, 542
- Emilia, 522
- Nova, 515
- Alma, 506
- Saga, 490
- Amanda, 475
- Isabella, 467
- Lilly, 460
- Alicia, 456
- Astrid, 441
- Matilda, 433
- Tilde, 431 (tie)
- Tuva, 431 (tie)
- Stella, 416
- Elvira, 412 (tie)
- Felicia, 412 (tie)
- Tyra, 409
- Hanna, 408
- Sara, 404
- Vera, 399
- Thea, 380
- Freja, 378
- Lova, 372
- Meja, 359 (tie)
- Selma, 359 (tie)
- Signe, 352
- Ester, 339
- Lovisa, 336
- Ellie, 328
- Lea, 308 (tie)
- Tilda, 308 (tie)
Boy names
- Oscar, 1,108 baby boys (nearly 1.9% of all baby boys)
- William, 1,032
- Lucas, 1,026
- Elias, 888
- Alexander, 887
- Hugo, 873
- Oliver, 810
- Theo, 804
- Liam, 782
- Leo, 764
- Erik, 741 (tie)
- Viktor, 741 (tie)
- Emil, 729
- Isak, 712
- Axel, 692
- Filip, 685
- Anton, 627
- Gustav, 617
- Edvin, 609
- Vincent, 598
- Arvid, 596
- Albin, 581
- Ludvig, 580
- Melvin, 562
- Noah, 554
- Charlie, 531
- Max, 529
- Elliot, 509
- Viggo, 499
- Alvin, 488
- Alfred, 480
- Adam, 474 (tie)
- Theodor, 474 (tie)
- Olle, 464
- Wilmer, 458
- Benjamin, 457
- Simon, 453
- Nils, 431
- Noel, 417
- Jacob, 414
- Leon, 411
- Rasmus, 405
- Kevin, 400
- Linus, 394
- Casper, 380 (tie)
- Gabriel, 380 (tie)
- Jonathan, 377
- Milo, 373
- Melker, 369
- Felix, 367
In the girls’ top 10, Olivia replaced Ebba.
In the boys’ top 10, Theo, Liam and Leo replaced Erik, Victor, and Axel.
Newbies to the girls’ top 100 were Tove, Minna, Majken, Annie, Juni, Hedvig and Novalie. Drop-outs were Malva, Victoria, Fanny, Alexandra, Rut, Miranda and Johanna.
Newbies to the boys’ top 100 were Frank, Ebbe, Elvin, Julian and Ivar. Drop-outs were Dante, Mattias, Jesper, Dennis and Ruben.
The girl names that made the biggest jumps from 2009 to 2010 were Tove, Minna and Novalie. Those that dropped the furthest were Kajsa, Emelie and Cornelia.
The boy names that made the biggest jumps from 2009 to 2010 were Frank, Elvin and Milo. Those that dropped the furthest were Carl, Marcus and Jonathan.
Sources:
- Oscar and Maja most popular names in 2010 – Statistics Sweden
- Flicknamn 2010 – Statistiska centralbyrån
- Pojknamn 2010 – Statistiska centralbyrån
Image: Adapted from Flag of Sweden (public domain)
[Latest update: Dec. 2024]