Top five girl names
Vera, Astrid, Alice, Olivia, and Elsa.
SE ranking · 2025
Most popular baby names in Sweden in 2025.
Vera and Noah lead the 2025 list. Explore every reviewed rank through 50, recorded counts, ties, and the exact scope behind the numbers.
Girls VeraBoys Noah100 ranked names34,661 recorded usesSource checked 6 August 2026
The short answer
Vera and Noah were the most popular girl and boy names in Sweden in 2025.
Top five
The 2025 leaders.
Top five boy names
Noah, Hugo, Liam, Nils, and Alfred.
Compared with 2024
What changed in 2025?
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
- Lykke#35 to #23
- Elvira#41 to #30
- Ines#26 to #18
- Sally#42 to #34
New to this top 50: Sofia, Liv, Tuva.
Boy-name risers
- Noel#42 to #32
- Viggo#45 to #35
- Björn#31 to #22
- Matteo#49 to #40
New to this top 50: Dante, Isak, Hjalmar, Emil.
Top girl names in 2025
Source-derived rank and recorded count for Sweden. Tied positions are preserved.
| Rank | Name | Recorded |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vera | 651 |
| 2 | Astrid | 569 |
| 3 | Alice | 555 |
| 4 | Olivia | 551 |
| 5 | Elsa | 524 |
| 6 | Alma | 513 |
| 7 | Freja | 488 |
| 8 | Ella | 464 |
| 9 | Selma | 463 |
| 10 | Saga | 444 |
| 11 | Ellie | 433 |
| 12 | Alba | 431 |
| 13 | Stella | 427 |
| 14 | Signe | 414 |
| 15 | Alva | 410 |
| 16 | Maja | 380 |
| 17 | Agnes | 372 |
| 18 | Ines | 359 |
| 19 | Iris | 347 |
| 20 | Mila | 332 |
| 21 | Hedda | 331 |
| 22 | Leah | 318 |
| 23 | Lykke | 294 |
| 24 | Alicia | 291 |
| 25 | Ebba | 286 |
| 26 | Sigrid | 284 |
| 27 | Lilly | 276 |
| 28 | Majken | 271 |
| 29 | Luna | 269 |
| 30 | Elvira | 267 |
| 31 | Lily | 265 |
| 31 | Wilma | 265 |
| 33 | Ester | 260 |
| 34 | Sally | 242 |
| 35 | Julia | 241 |
| 35 | Juni | 241 |
| 37 | Leia | 236 |
| 38 | Edith | 224 |
| 39 | Ilse | 219 |
| 40 | Ellen | 218 |
| 40 | Hilma | 218 |
| 42 | Nova | 217 |
| 43 | Ingrid | 209 |
| 44 | Clara | 204 |
| 45 | Livia | 201 |
| 46 | Nora | 199 |
| 47 | Sofia | 190 |
| 48 | Liv | 187 |
| 49 | Molly | 185 |
| 50 | Tuva | 182 |
Top boy names in 2025
Source-derived rank and recorded count for Sweden. Tied positions are preserved.
| Rank | Name | Recorded |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah | 703 |
| 2 | Hugo | 621 |
| 3 | Liam | 570 |
| 4 | Nils | 552 |
| 5 | Alfred | 541 |
| 6 | August | 515 |
| 7 | William | 514 |
| 8 | Oliver | 506 |
| 9 | Leo | 505 |
| 10 | Otto | 501 |
| 11 | Adam | 475 |
| 12 | Elias | 474 |
| 13 | Frans | 472 |
| 14 | Sam | 421 |
| 15 | Olle | 420 |
| 16 | Charlie | 416 |
| 17 | Leon | 406 |
| 18 | Ted | 398 |
| 19 | Malte | 396 |
| 20 | Tage | 367 |
| 21 | Ludvig | 365 |
| 22 | Björn | 358 |
| 23 | Theo | 339 |
| 24 | Arvid | 337 |
| 24 | Valter | 337 |
| 26 | Ebbe | 329 |
| 27 | Gabriel | 326 |
| 28 | Henry | 321 |
| 29 | Walter | 303 |
| 30 | Harry | 301 |
| 31 | Vincent | 294 |
| 32 | Adrian | 291 |
| 32 | Noel | 291 |
| 34 | Elliot | 283 |
| 35 | Viggo | 281 |
| 36 | Lucas | 280 |
| 37 | Dante | 279 |
| 38 | Theodor | 278 |
| 39 | Axel | 264 |
| 40 | Matteo | 249 |
| 41 | Isak | 244 |
| 42 | Oscar | 243 |
| 43 | Elton | 241 |
| 43 | Levi | 241 |
| 45 | Benjamin | 237 |
| 45 | Hjalmar | 237 |
| 47 | Melker | 235 |
| 48 | Jack | 230 |
| 49 | Emil | 229 |
| 50 | Julian | 228 |
Method
What this ranking measures.
- Publisher
- Swedish Tax Agency
- Reviewed data
- Publisher artifact
- Geographic scope
- Sweden
- Release
- Final reviewed release for 2025
- Coverage
- 50 girl names and 50 boy names
- Reviewed data licence
- Free reuse for any purpose under Swedish Tax Agency statistics terms
- Source review
- Checked 6 August 2026
- Source methodology
- National completed-year preferred/call-name (tilltalsnamn) data for children born in 2025, excluding protected identities. Exact spellings are separate and counts below five are suppressed. Official competition rank and count are preserved for every rank through 50, including ties.
Questions about the list
Read the ranking without losing the context.
- What are the most popular baby names in Sweden?
- Vera is the number-one girl name and Noah is the number-one boy name in the reviewed 2025 release.
- What area does this list cover?
- It covers Sweden exactly. It should not be read as a ranking for a broader geography.
- How are tied names shown?
- 7 tied rank positions are preserved from the reviewed data. After a tie, the next rank advances by the number of names sharing that position.
- 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.