Most Popular Names in Denmark in 2013

General Name Discussion
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A couple of days ago the list of the top fifty names given to children in 2013 was released and I thought it would be fun to post the top twenty-five (because posting all fifty would just be excruciatingly long, I’ll include a link to the entire list in the bottom):

The format I will use is (with fear of making it all quite boring and confusing – if it is, I do apologise): spot on the list name (how many children received the name spot on the list last year)

BOYS:

  1. [name_m]William[/name_m] (610; last year at #1 with 580, no change)
  2. [name_m]Lucas[/name_m] (558; last year at #2 with 572, no change)
  3. [name_u]Noah[/name_u] (533; last year at #4 with 528, up one)
  4. [name_m]Victor[/name_m] (533; last year at #3 with 570, down one)
  5. [name_m]Emil[/name_m] (452; last year at #8 with 476, up three)
  6. [name_m]Frederik[/name_m] (451; last year at #7 with 487, up one)
  7. [name_m]Oliver[/name_m] (446; last year at #9 with 476, up two)
  8. [name_m]Oscar[/name_m] (425; last year at #5 with 515, down three)
  9. [name_m]Magnus[/name_m] (424; last year at #10 with 463, up one)
  10. [name_m]Alexander[/name_m] (408; last year at #12 with 421, up two)
  11. [name_m]Liam[/name_m] (403; last year at #6 with 497, down five)
  12. [name_m]Carl[/name_m] (389; last year at #20 with 358, up eight)
  13. [name_m]Christian[/name_m] (375; last year at #18 with 365, up five)
  14. [name_u]Elias[/name_u] (374; last year at #14 with 402, no change)
  15. [name_m]Mikkel[/name_m] (349; last year at #11 with 457, down four)
  16. [name_m]Mads[/name_m] (340; last year at #21 with 348, up five)
  17. [name_m]Felix[/name_m] (336; last year at #36 with 227, up nineteen)
  18. Villads (332; last year at #19 with 365, up one)
  19. [name_m]Mathias[/name_m] (330; last year at #13 with 411, down six)
  20. [name_m]Anton[/name_m] (321; last year at #17 with 382, down three)
  21. [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] (319; last year at #16 with 384, down five)
  22. Malthe (318; last year at #15 with 399, down seven)
  23. [name_m]Valdemar[/name_m] (302; last year at #25 with 296, up two)
  24. [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m] (299; last year at #23 with 330, down one)
  25. [name_u]August[/name_u] (282; last year at #22 with 335, down three)

GIRLS:

  1. [name_f]Sofia[/name_f] (516; last year at #1 with 552, no change)
  2. [name_f]Ida[/name_f] (505; last year at #2 with 529, no change)
  3. [name_f]Isabella[/name_f] (439; last year at #5 with 429, up two)
  4. [name_f]Emma[/name_f] (410; last year at #4 with 512, no change)
  5. [name_f]Freja[/name_f] (403; last year at #3 with 514, down two)
  6. [name_f]Clara[/name_f] (398; last year at #9 with 404, up three)
  7. [name_f]Sofie[/name_f] (389; last year at #6 with 427, down one)
  8. [name_f]Anna[/name_f] (383; last year at #11 with 388, up three)
  9. [name_f]Josefine[/name_f] (376; last year at #12 with 381, up three)
  10. [name_f]Laura[/name_f] (368; last year at #8 with 407, down two)
  11. [name_f]Caroline[/name_f] (365; last year at #13 with 375, up two)
  12. [name_f]Maja[/name_f] (350; last year at #7 with 408, down five)
  13. [name_f]Alma[/name_f] (340; last year at #17 with 335, up four)
  14. [name_f]Ella[/name_f] (330; last year at #19 with 321, up five)
  15. [name_f]Karla[/name_f] (328; last year at #16 with 338, up one)
  16. [name_f]Olivia[/name_f] (321; last year at #21 with 288, up five)
  17. Lærke (317; last year at #15 with 354, down two)
  18. [name_f]Liva[/name_f] (312; last year at #20 with 310, up two)
  19. [name_f]Mathilde[/name_f] (312; last year at #10 with 396, down nine)
  20. Alberte (306; last year at #14 with 371, down six)
  21. [name_f]Victoria[/name_f] (301; last year at #18 with 326, down three)
  22. [name_f]Agnes[/name_f] (272; last year at #25 with 267, up three)
  23. [name_f]Emilie[/name_f] (268; last year at #24 with 271, up one)
  24. [name_f]Frida[/name_f] (256; last year at #22 with 274, down two)
  25. [name_f]Mille[/name_f] (236; last year at #23 with 273, down two)

These are actually quite boring, there’s a lot of repetition from last year’s list. It’s the remaining twenty-five that’s exciting, therefore I recommend you to check out the FULL TOP 50 LIST :slight_smile:

Also here’s my thread from last year, if anyone is interested.

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Wow, the Danish have amazing taste, in my opinion. So many of my favourites are on those lists- I love it.
These are my favourites:

Boys: [name_m]Frederik[/name_m], [name_m]Magnus[/name_m], [name_m]Christian[/name_m], [name_u]Elias[/name_u], [name_m]Mads[/name_m], [name_m]Felix[/name_m], [name_m]Mathias[/name_m], [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m], [name_u]August[/name_u], [name_m]Albert[/name_m], [name_m]Simon[/name_m], [name_m]Alfred[/name_m], [name_m]Marius[/name_m], [name_m]Tobias[/name_m], [name_m]Marcus[/name_m], [name_m]Arthur[/name_m], [name_m]Theodor[/name_m], [name_m]Philip[/name_m].

Girls: [name_f]Ida[/name_f], [name_f]Josefine[/name_f], [name_f]Alma[/name_f], [name_f]Mathilde[/name_f], Alberte, [name_f]Agnes[/name_f], [name_f]Frida[/name_f], [name_f]Mille[/name_f], Vigga, [name_f]Luna[/name_f], [name_f]Asta[/name_f], [name_f]Esther[/name_f], [name_f]Nanna[/name_f], [name_f]Malou[/name_f].

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Mmm [name_f]Mathilde[/name_f], [name_f]Alma[/name_f], and [name_u]Elias[/name_u] are lovely. Vigga, [name_f]Malou[/name_f], [name_f]Silje[/name_f], [name_m]Marius[/name_m], [name_m]Laurits[/name_m], [name_m]Bertram[/name_m]! It blows me away that [name_m]Valdemar[/name_m] is at #23 and [name_u]Storm[/name_u] at #32. Also Alberthe at #20 on the girls’ list, and [name_m]Albert[/name_m] at #40 on the boys’? What’s that all about? [name_m]Mads[/name_m]… pronounced like “mahss?”

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@[name_f]Emma[/name_f]: [name_m]Mads[/name_m] is pronounced “mahss” or “MAZ” indeed :smiley: Alberte is a very common name and has been steady on this list for years (not that I quite see the appeal, but the general [name_u]Dane[/name_u] apparently does). Vigga is actually quite a jumper, went from #53 to #28 on a year – I love it.

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Thanks for sharing! It’s interesting to see the similarities and differences with my own country (US). Can you tell me more about Lærke? One of my nicknames is [name_m]Larka[/name_m], is it pronounced similarly? And [name_f]Luna[/name_f] at 48? [name_m]How[/name_m] fun.

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What’s the story behind [name_u]Storm[/name_u]?

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I am so sorry, I realised I just abandoned this thread – I’m the worst.

Sure :smiley: Lærke is the Danish word for lark and is pronounced like this. I’m not entirely sure as to how [name_m]Larka[/name_m] is pronounced but when I say Lærke with an English accent, it comes out as I think [name_m]Larka[/name_m] is pronounced :slight_smile:

I don’t really know. It has the same meaning in Danish as it in English. It’s one of those names that started out as a proper Copenhagen-hipster name and suddenly one year it just boomed (even more extreme than Vigga this year) and now it’s difficult not to bump into a tiny [name_u]Storm[/name_u] on a daily basis :smiley:

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Thanks for sharing, I love seeing popularity lists from other countries. :slight_smile:

I really like the following names from the top 25 (I’ve bolded my favourites):
[name_m]William[/name_m], [name_m]Frederik[/name_m], [name_m]Oliver[/name_m], [name_m]Oscar[/name_m], [name_m]Magnus[/name_m], [name_m]Alexander[/name_m], [name_m]Felix[/name_m], [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] and [name_u]August[/name_u].

[name_f]Ida[/name_f], [name_f]Freja[/name_f], [name_f]Anna[/name_f], [name_f]Mathilde[/name_f] and [name_f]Agnes[/name_f].

And these are all lovely from the bottom 25:
[name_m]Alfred[/name_m], [name_m]Tobias[/name_m], [name_m]Theodor[/name_m] and [name_m]Arthur[/name_m].

[name_f]Astrid[/name_f], [name_f]Luna[/name_f] and [name_f]Esther[/name_f].

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Woo! Honestly I don’t like it. Sorry! I’m just sad that [name_f]Sophia[/name_f] and [name_f]Victoria[/name_f] has names that are so high up. But it doesn’t bother me too much.
I can definitely see that most of the names are consistent. [name_f]Emilie[/name_f] was even popular when I was born.

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Thanks for sharing. [name_f]My[/name_f] cousin who is from Denmark just named his new daughter [name_f]Karla[/name_f]. I had no idea that it’s a popular name there because it is pretty uncommon here in the US.