{"id":4429,"date":"2015-08-10T20:47:29","date_gmt":"2015-08-10T18:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/en\/?p=4429"},"modified":"2024-02-26T16:27:26","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T15:27:26","slug":"popular-swedish-girl-and-boy-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/en\/popular-swedish-girl-and-boy-names\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 100 Most Popular Swedish Girls & Boys Names For Your Baby"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Top 100 Swedish boys names & girls names<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Are you looking for name inspiration to find the right name for your baby? In this list you find the most popular first names Swedish girls and boys received in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Popular Swedish Names for Girls and Boys in 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you have met a couple of Swedish people before, you might have noticed that many Swedish names are different from names in other countries, and sometimes even sounding rather extraordinary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are a few common names in Sweden that might sound special to the non-Nordic ear:
Girls: Ebba<\/strong>, Edda<\/strong>, Freja<\/strong>, Lo<\/strong> or Tove<\/strong>.
Some Swedish boys are called Albin<\/strong>, Alvin<\/strong>, Sixten<\/strong>, Loke<\/strong> or \u00c5ke<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some names may sound very beautiful, some may sound rather weird for non-Swedes. (I still find it a little confusing that some Swedish men are called “Love”, yes “L O V E”, but it’s not pronounced like you might suspect reading it in English, instead it’s pronounced “Loohwaeh”.)<\/p>

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Swedish children – (Credits: Martin Svalander\/imagebank.sweden.se)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The Swedish Skatteverket (agnecy for tax), also administrates name statistics in Sweden, has published this list with the given names for boys and girls which Swedish parents have given their children in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most popular girls and boys names in Sweden<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Boys names<\/strong> further below, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Swedish girls names<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Top 100 Swedish girls names in 2023. The number of girls who received the name in that year in the right column.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank<\/th>Name<\/th>Number<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
1<\/td>Elsa<\/td>588<\/td><\/tr>
2<\/td>Vera<\/td>587<\/td><\/tr>
3<\/td>Alma<\/td>574<\/td><\/tr>
4<\/td>Selma<\/td>512<\/td><\/tr>
5<\/td>Alice<\/td>481<\/td><\/tr>
6<\/td>Signe<\/td>468<\/td><\/tr>
7<\/td>Ellie<\/td>464<\/td><\/tr>
7<\/td>Olivia<\/td>464<\/td><\/tr>
9<\/td>Astrid<\/td>451<\/td><\/tr>
10<\/td>Ella<\/td>450<\/td><\/tr>
11<\/td>Stella<\/td>427<\/td><\/tr>
12<\/td>Freja<\/td>416<\/td><\/tr>
13<\/td>Maja<\/td>411<\/td><\/tr>
14<\/td>Saga<\/td>403<\/td><\/tr>
15<\/td>Alva<\/td>397<\/td><\/tr>
16<\/td>Agnes<\/td>370<\/td><\/tr>
17<\/td>Ebba<\/td>362<\/td><\/tr>
18<\/td>Leah<\/td>355<\/td><\/tr>
19<\/td>Hedda<\/td>346<\/td><\/tr>
20<\/td>Alba<\/td>344<\/td><\/tr>
21<\/td>Iris<\/td>330<\/td><\/tr>
22<\/td>Wilma<\/td>328<\/td><\/tr>
23<\/td>Ines<\/td>323<\/td><\/tr>
24<\/td>Alicia<\/td>321<\/td><\/tr>
25<\/td>Mila<\/td>315<\/td><\/tr>
26<\/td>Luna<\/td>286<\/td><\/tr>
27<\/td>Lilly<\/td>278<\/td><\/tr>
27<\/td>Sigrid<\/td>278<\/td><\/tr>
29<\/td>Elvira<\/td>275<\/td><\/tr>
30<\/td>Leia<\/td>268<\/td><\/tr>
31<\/td>Juni<\/td>260<\/td><\/tr>
32<\/td>Julia<\/td>248<\/td><\/tr>
33<\/td>Hilma<\/td>246<\/td><\/tr>
34<\/td>Clara<\/td>242<\/td><\/tr>
35<\/td>Ester<\/td>232<\/td><\/tr>
36<\/td>Majken<\/td>230<\/td><\/tr>
36<\/td>Molly<\/td>230<\/td><\/tr>
38<\/td>Ellen<\/td>227<\/td><\/tr>
38<\/td>Lykke<\/td>227<\/td><\/tr>
40<\/td>Lily<\/td>225<\/td><\/tr>
41<\/td>Nora<\/td>223<\/td><\/tr>
42<\/td>Ingrid<\/td>216<\/td><\/tr>
42<\/td>Nova<\/td>216<\/td><\/tr>
44<\/td>Edith<\/td>196<\/td><\/tr>
45<\/td>Livia<\/td>195<\/td><\/tr>
45<\/td>Sally<\/td>195<\/td><\/tr>
47<\/td>Lea<\/td>188<\/td><\/tr>
48<\/td>Liv<\/td>185<\/td><\/tr>
49<\/td>Tyra<\/td>184<\/td><\/tr>
50<\/td>Esther<\/td>181<\/td><\/tr>
51<\/td>Emilia<\/td>180<\/td><\/tr>
51<\/td>Sofia<\/td>180<\/td><\/tr>
53<\/td>Cleo<\/td>179<\/td><\/tr>
54<\/td>Ilse<\/td>176<\/td><\/tr>
55<\/td>Hilda<\/td>173<\/td><\/tr>
56<\/td>Ayla<\/td>172<\/td><\/tr>
57<\/td>Elise<\/td>165<\/td><\/tr>
58<\/td>Celine<\/td>164<\/td><\/tr>
59<\/td>Klara<\/td>163<\/td><\/tr>
60<\/td>Elsie<\/td>161<\/td><\/tr>
61<\/td>Amelia<\/td>160<\/td><\/tr>
62<\/td>Mira<\/td>159<\/td><\/tr>
63<\/td>Bonnie<\/td>157<\/td><\/tr>
64<\/td>Emma<\/td>156<\/td><\/tr>
65<\/td>Tuva<\/td>154<\/td><\/tr>
66<\/td>Lova<\/td>153<\/td><\/tr>
67<\/td>Ida<\/td>149<\/td><\/tr>
67<\/td>M\u00e4rta<\/td>149<\/td><\/tr>
69<\/td>Thea<\/td>148<\/td><\/tr>
70<\/td>Sara<\/td>145<\/td><\/tr>
71<\/td>Stina<\/td>142<\/td><\/tr>
72<\/td>Meja<\/td>140<\/td><\/tr>
73<\/td>Ronja<\/td>139<\/td><\/tr>
73<\/td>Rut<\/td>139<\/td><\/tr>
75<\/td>Idun<\/td>137<\/td><\/tr>
75<\/td>Lo<\/td>137<\/td><\/tr>
75<\/td>Nellie<\/td>137<\/td><\/tr>
78<\/td>Hedvig<\/td>135<\/td><\/tr>
79<\/td>Julie<\/td>124<\/td><\/tr>
80<\/td>Alina<\/td>122<\/td><\/tr>
81<\/td>Eira<\/td>121<\/td><\/tr>
81<\/td>Lovisa<\/td>121<\/td><\/tr>
83<\/td>Inez<\/td>118<\/td><\/tr>
83<\/td>Isabella<\/td>118<\/td><\/tr>
85<\/td>Melina<\/td>115<\/td><\/tr>
86<\/td>Laura<\/td>114<\/td><\/tr>
86<\/td>Linnea<\/td>114<\/td><\/tr>
86<\/td>Svea<\/td>114<\/td><\/tr>
89<\/td>Melissa<\/td>113<\/td><\/tr>
90<\/td>Lovis<\/td>112<\/td><\/tr>
91<\/td>Elin<\/td>111<\/td><\/tr>
91<\/td>Maya<\/td>111<\/td><\/tr>
93<\/td>Millie<\/td>109<\/td><\/tr>
94<\/td>Aurora<\/td>108<\/td><\/tr>
94<\/td>Viola<\/td>108<\/td><\/tr>
96<\/td>Vilma<\/td>107<\/td><\/tr>
97<\/td>Leona<\/td>106<\/td><\/tr>
98<\/td>Freya<\/td>103<\/td><\/tr>
99<\/td>Maria<\/td>102<\/td><\/tr>
100<\/td>Lara<\/td>101<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
(Source: Skatteverket 2024)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Swedish child in a Volvo – (Photocredit: Melker Dahlstrand\/imagebank.sweden.se)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Swedish boys names<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Top 100 names for boys in Sweden in 2023. In the right column the number of boys who received the names in 2023 is shown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank<\/th>Name<\/th>Number<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
1<\/td>Noah<\/td>655<\/td><\/tr>
2<\/td>Hugo<\/td>622<\/td><\/tr>
3<\/td>William<\/td>541<\/td><\/tr>
4<\/td>Liam<\/td>536<\/td><\/tr>
5<\/td>Nils<\/td>502<\/td><\/tr>
6<\/td>Elias<\/td>497<\/td><\/tr>
6<\/td>Oliver<\/td>497<\/td><\/tr>
8<\/td>Adam<\/td>496<\/td><\/tr>
9<\/td>August<\/td>483<\/td><\/tr>
10<\/td>Sam<\/td>474<\/td><\/tr>
11<\/td>Alfred<\/td>458<\/td><\/tr>
12<\/td>Otto<\/td>444<\/td><\/tr>
13<\/td>Leo<\/td>442<\/td><\/tr>
14<\/td>Leon<\/td>398<\/td><\/tr>
15<\/td>Frans<\/td>395<\/td><\/tr>
16<\/td>Charlie<\/td>370<\/td><\/tr>
17<\/td>Theo<\/td>352<\/td><\/tr>
18<\/td>Olle<\/td>349<\/td><\/tr>
19<\/td>Harry<\/td>344<\/td><\/tr>
20<\/td>Ludvig<\/td>333<\/td><\/tr>
21<\/td>Arvid<\/td>328<\/td><\/tr>
22<\/td>Malte<\/td>326<\/td><\/tr>
23<\/td>Ebbe<\/td>319<\/td><\/tr>
24<\/td>Lucas<\/td>316<\/td><\/tr>
25<\/td>Elliot<\/td>313<\/td><\/tr>
25<\/td>Tage<\/td>313<\/td><\/tr>
27<\/td>Henry<\/td>311<\/td><\/tr>
28<\/td>Elton<\/td>308<\/td><\/tr>
29<\/td>Gabriel<\/td>305<\/td><\/tr>
29<\/td>Ted<\/td>305<\/td><\/tr>
31<\/td>Adrian<\/td>304<\/td><\/tr>
32<\/td>Walter<\/td>297<\/td><\/tr>
33<\/td>Oscar<\/td>282<\/td><\/tr>
34<\/td>Vincent<\/td>278<\/td><\/tr>
35<\/td>Alexander<\/td>277<\/td><\/tr>
36<\/td>Valter<\/td>273<\/td><\/tr>
37<\/td>Benjamin<\/td>267<\/td><\/tr>
38<\/td>Noel<\/td>263<\/td><\/tr>
39<\/td>Theodor<\/td>261<\/td><\/tr>
40<\/td>Viggo<\/td>256<\/td><\/tr>
41<\/td>Jack<\/td>253<\/td><\/tr>
42<\/td>Axel<\/td>245<\/td><\/tr>
43<\/td>Albin<\/td>239<\/td><\/tr>
44<\/td>Melker<\/td>236<\/td><\/tr>
45<\/td>Levi<\/td>229<\/td><\/tr>
46<\/td>Isak<\/td>228<\/td><\/tr>
47<\/td>Dante<\/td>223<\/td><\/tr>
48<\/td>Matteo<\/td>221<\/td><\/tr>
49<\/td>Lukas<\/td>220<\/td><\/tr>
50<\/td>Hjalmar<\/td>213<\/td><\/tr>
51<\/td>Frank<\/td>210<\/td><\/tr>
52<\/td>Milo<\/td>206<\/td><\/tr>
53<\/td>Ture<\/td>204<\/td><\/tr>
54<\/td>Bj\u00f6rn<\/td>203<\/td><\/tr>
55<\/td>Vidar<\/td>198<\/td><\/tr>
56<\/td>Emil<\/td>190<\/td><\/tr>
56<\/td>Kian<\/td>190<\/td><\/tr>
58<\/td>Max<\/td>184<\/td><\/tr>
59<\/td>Melvin<\/td>183<\/td><\/tr>
60<\/td>Love<\/td>182<\/td><\/tr>
61<\/td>Ivar<\/td>181<\/td><\/tr>
61<\/td>Sixten<\/td>181<\/td><\/tr>
63<\/td>Julian<\/td>179<\/td><\/tr>
64<\/td>Louie<\/td>178<\/td><\/tr>
65<\/td>Edvin<\/td>176<\/td><\/tr>
66<\/td>Colin<\/td>169<\/td><\/tr>
67<\/td>Sigge<\/td>164<\/td><\/tr>
68<\/td>Aron<\/td>163<\/td><\/tr>
69<\/td>Gustav<\/td>162<\/td><\/tr>
70<\/td>Folke<\/td>161<\/td><\/tr>
70<\/td>Loke<\/td>161<\/td><\/tr>
72<\/td>Milton<\/td>159<\/td><\/tr>
73<\/td>Alve<\/td>158<\/td><\/tr>
74<\/td>Filip<\/td>157<\/td><\/tr>
75<\/td>Otis<\/td>153<\/td><\/tr>
76<\/td>Aston<\/td>152<\/td><\/tr>
77<\/td>Oskar<\/td>150<\/td><\/tr>
78<\/td>Loui<\/td>142<\/td><\/tr>
78<\/td>Omar<\/td>142<\/td><\/tr>
80<\/td>Samuel<\/td>138<\/td><\/tr>
81<\/td>Alvin<\/td>137<\/td><\/tr>
81<\/td>Ludwig<\/td>137<\/td><\/tr>
83<\/td>Algot<\/td>136<\/td><\/tr>
83<\/td>Erik<\/td>136<\/td><\/tr>
85<\/td>Amir<\/td>134<\/td><\/tr>
85<\/td>Vide<\/td>134<\/td><\/tr>
87<\/td>Knut<\/td>129<\/td><\/tr>
87<\/td>Matheo<\/td>129<\/td><\/tr>
89<\/td>Elis<\/td>127<\/td><\/tr>
90<\/td>Svante<\/td>122<\/td><\/tr>
91<\/td>Philip<\/td>120<\/td><\/tr>
92<\/td>Carl<\/td>118<\/td><\/tr>
92<\/td>Casper<\/td>118<\/td><\/tr>
94<\/td>Ali<\/td>117<\/td><\/tr>
94<\/td>Alvar<\/td>117<\/td><\/tr>
96<\/td>Felix<\/td>116<\/td><\/tr>
97<\/td>Bill<\/td>111<\/td><\/tr>
98<\/td>Wilhelm<\/td>109<\/td><\/tr>
99<\/td>Joel<\/td>106<\/td><\/tr>
99<\/td>Maximilian<\/td>106<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
(Source: Skatteverket 2024)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Have you found a fitting name for your new-born? Which Swedish name do you like best? Please comment below!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further reading about Swedish names<\/h3>\n\n\n\n