Most Popular Names in Denmark in 2012

So the list of the most popular names in Denmark from 2012 came out today and I can’t say there’s too many surprises. I thought it would be fun to post this anyway though to compare the names to the most popular names of other countries or whatever.

Boys:

  1. [name]William[/name] (580)
  2. [name]Lucas[/name] (572)
  3. [name]Victor[/name] (570)
  4. [name]Noah[/name] (528)
  5. [name]Oscar[/name] (515)
  6. [name]Liam[/name] (497)
  7. [name]Frederik[/name] (487)
  8. [name]Emil[/name] (476)
  9. [name]Oliver[/name] (476)
  10. [name]Magnus[/name] (463)
  11. [name]Mikkel[/name] (457)
  12. [name]Alexander[/name] (421)
  13. [name]Mathias[/name] (411)
  14. [name]Elias[/name] (402)
  15. Malthe (399)
  16. [name]Sebastian[/name] (384)
  17. [name]Anton[/name] (382)
  18. [name]Christian[/name] (365)
  19. Villads (365)
  20. [name]Carl[/name] (358)

Girls:

  1. [name]Sofia[/name] (552)
  2. [name]Ida[/name] (529)
  3. [name]Freja[/name] (514)
  4. [name]Emma[/name] (512)
  5. [name]Isabella[/name] (429)
  6. [name]Sofie[/name] (427)
  7. [name]Maja[/name] (408)
  8. [name]Laura[/name] (407)
  9. [name]Clara[/name] (404)
  10. [name]Mathilde[/name] (396)
  11. [name]Anna[/name] (388)
  12. [name]Josefine[/name] (381)
  13. [name]Caroline[/name] (375)
  14. Alberte (371)
  15. Lærke (354)
  16. [name]Karla[/name] (338)
  17. [name]Alma[/name] (335)
  18. [name]Victoria[/name] (326)
  19. [name]Ella[/name] (321)
  20. [name]Liva[/name] (310)

Full list here (top 50 for each gender): http://www.dst.dk/pukora/epub/Nyt/2013/NR388.pdf

Awesome! I am Danish and I love seeing some of my background countries and what name they like. [name]Emma[/name], [name]Isabella[/name], and [name]Sofia[/name] are all in the Top 5, too!

Anyone know how to properly pronounce Lærke? It looks like such a cool name! I love European tastes in names so much more than American.

I would embark on a phonetic explanation, but then I found a forvo pronunciation (http://www.forvo.com/word/l%C3%A6rke/).
It’s the Danish word for a lark :slight_smile: