Top five girl names
Ella, Freja, Alma, Frida, and Agnes.
DK ranking · 2022
Most popular baby names in Denmark in 2022.
Ella and William lead the 2022 list. Explore every reviewed rank through 50, recorded counts, ties, and the exact scope behind the numbers.
Girls EllaBoys William100 ranked names26,945 recorded usesSource checked 6 August 2026
The short answer
Ella and William were the most popular girl and boy names in Denmark in 2022.
Top five
The 2022 leaders.
Top five boy names
William, Karl, Emil, Oscar, and Malthe.
Compared with 2021
What changed in 2022?
Names are matched by publisher spelling and category. A rise means a better source-derived rank than in the previous annual release.
Girl-name risers
- Frida#18 to #4
- Emily#38 to #27
- Vera#46 to #35
- Mille#36 to #28
New to this top 50: Eva, Ingrid.
Boy-name risers
- Holger#46 to #32
- Luca#49 to #39
- Ebbe#47 to #38
- Emil#10 to #3
New to this top 50: Louie, Vilhelm, Asger.
Top girl names in 2022
Source-derived rank and recorded count for Denmark. Tied positions are preserved.
| Rank | Name | Recorded |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ella | 442 |
| 2 | Freja | 413 |
| 3 | Alma | 409 |
| 4 | Frida | 403 |
| 5 | Agnes | 389 |
| 6 | Luna | 383 |
| 7 | Ida | 381 |
| 8 | Nora | 378 |
| 9 | Olivia | 377 |
| 10 | Sofia | 376 |
| 11 | Emma | 375 |
| 12 | Clara | 361 |
| 13 | Asta | 358 |
| 14 | Alberte | 337 |
| 15 | Karla | 337 |
| 16 | Lily | 321 |
| 17 | Ellie | 320 |
| 18 | Anna | 315 |
| 19 | Ellen | 303 |
| 20 | Esther | 292 |
| 21 | Astrid | 238 |
| 22 | Isabella | 235 |
| 23 | Lærke | 234 |
| 24 | Josefine | 231 |
| 25 | Laura | 226 |
| 26 | Mathilde | 220 |
| 27 | Emily | 215 |
| 28 | Mille | 215 |
| 29 | Merle | 207 |
| 30 | Saga | 201 |
| 31 | Victoria | 199 |
| 32 | Aya | 197 |
| 33 | Maja | 197 |
| 34 | Marie | 192 |
| 35 | Vera | 191 |
| 36 | Leonora | 181 |
| 37 | Hannah | 179 |
| 38 | Vilma | 176 |
| 39 | Andrea | 165 |
| 40 | Liva | 160 |
| 41 | Liv | 159 |
| 42 | Elina | 158 |
| 43 | Lea | 156 |
| 44 | Molly | 156 |
| 45 | Gry | 153 |
| 46 | Eva | 151 |
| 47 | Johanne | 149 |
| 48 | Ingrid | 146 |
| 49 | Rosa | 146 |
| 50 | Emilie | 137 |
Top boy names in 2022
Source-derived rank and recorded count for Denmark. Tied positions are preserved.
| Rank | Name | Recorded |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | William | 560 |
| 2 | Karl | 466 |
| 3 | Emil | 459 |
| 4 | Oscar | 455 |
| 5 | Malthe | 452 |
| 6 | Noah | 446 |
| 7 | Valdemar | 432 |
| 8 | Aksel | 428 |
| 9 | August | 398 |
| 10 | Oliver | 398 |
| 11 | Lucas | 396 |
| 12 | Alfred | 391 |
| 13 | Theo | 376 |
| 14 | Elias | 370 |
| 15 | Arthur | 364 |
| 16 | Otto | 332 |
| 17 | Elliot | 325 |
| 18 | Felix | 314 |
| 19 | Victor | 299 |
| 20 | Magnus | 296 |
| 21 | Hugo | 281 |
| 22 | Viggo | 277 |
| 23 | Matheo | 276 |
| 24 | Louie | 268 |
| 25 | Liam | 258 |
| 26 | Lauge | 257 |
| 27 | Anton | 252 |
| 28 | Theodor | 246 |
| 29 | Anker | 234 |
| 30 | Konrad | 233 |
| 31 | Nohr | 219 |
| 32 | Holger | 214 |
| 33 | Frederik | 205 |
| 34 | Alexander | 192 |
| 35 | Adam | 187 |
| 36 | Erik | 186 |
| 37 | Storm | 183 |
| 38 | Ebbe | 182 |
| 39 | Luca | 182 |
| 40 | Vincent | 174 |
| 41 | Albert | 173 |
| 42 | Pelle | 173 |
| 43 | Milas | 169 |
| 44 | Walter | 166 |
| 45 | Marius | 164 |
| 46 | Vilhelm | 164 |
| 47 | Asger | 161 |
| 48 | Johan | 161 |
| 49 | Christian | 159 |
| 50 | Villads | 152 |
Method
What this ranking measures.
- Publisher
- Statistics Denmark
- Reviewed data
- Publisher artifact
- Geographic scope
- Denmark
- Release
- Final reviewed release for 2022
- Coverage
- 50 girl names and 50 boy names
- Reviewed data licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Source review
- Checked 6 August 2026
- Source methodology
- CPR first-name data for births during 2022 among residents on 1 July 2023. Statistics Denmark groups spelling variants and displays the most-used spelling. Official sequential rank and grouped count are preserved for the published top 50 per category.
Questions about the list
Read the ranking without losing the context.
- What are the most popular baby names in Denmark?
- Ella is the number-one girl name and William is the number-one boy name in the reviewed 2022 release.
- What area does this list cover?
- It covers Denmark exactly. It should not be read as a ranking for a broader geography.
- How are tied names shown?
- The reviewed data does not contain a tied position within the ranks shown on this page.
- How complete is the page?
- The page includes every reviewed row through rank 50 for both categories: 50 girl names and 50 boy names. Counts are retained from the source; display-casing normalization is documented in the methodology.