Danish Boy Names
Danish naming combines Scandinavian traditions with shorter forms of international classics. The collection balances recognizable names with less-used choices. The figures describe these spellings in U.S. records; they are not rankings in the source language’s home countries.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1880. | 6,152#43 | Down 28 rank positions in five years | 1998 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1880. | 187#1,134 | Down 321 rank positions in five years | 1956 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1880. | 3,641#96 | Down 34 rank positions in five years | 2000 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1911. | 549#546 | Down 124 rank positions in five years | 1980 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1880. | 1,241#277 | Up 112 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1918. | 1,702#206 | Down 27 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1957. | 135#1,372 | Down 488 rank positions in five years | 2001 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1893. | 462#612 | Down 85 rank positions in five years | 2015 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1910. | 516#572 | Up 28 rank positions in five years | 2016 | ||
Recorded in Danish as Søren; in U.S. records from 1912. | 665#464 | Up 45 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1912. | 232#984 | Down 157 rank positions in five years | 2014 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1890. | 337#765 | Up 36 rank positions in five years | 2021 | ||
Recorded in Danish as Bjørn; in U.S. records from 1925. | 298#829 | Down 52 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1904. | 44#2,874 | Down 1,098 rank positions in five years | 2015 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1935. | 206#1,060 | Down 164 rank positions in five years | 2018 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1989. | 155#1,267 | Down 90 rank positions in five years | 2018 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1884. | 18#5,296 | Down 964 rank positions in five years | 1966 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1893. | 15#6,057 | Up 852 rank positions in five years | 1957 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1913. | 97#1,697 | Up 1,221 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1912. | 5#13,746 | Down 6,748 rank positions in five years | 2002 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1947. | 17#5,528 | Up 982 rank positions in five years | 2004 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1913. | 15#5,950 | new | 1925 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1920. | 29#3,786 | Up 2,284 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1970. | 36#3,302 | Up 3,683 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
Recorded in Danish as Jørgen; in U.S. records from 1914. | —Unranked | — | 2003 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1968. | 35#3,372 | Up 427 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1880. | —Unranked | — | 1916 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 2011. | 28#3,911 | Up 450 rank positions in five years | 2021 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1979. | 25#4,186 | Up 4,895 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1898. | —Unranked | — | 1916 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 2011. | 6#11,072 | Down 4,678 rank positions in five years | 2021 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1914. | —Unranked | — | 1916 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1944. | —Unranked | — | 1970 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1921. | —Unranked | — | 1934 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1915. | —Unranked | — | 1928 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1918. | —Unranked | — | 1918 |
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Sources & methodology
Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.
Membership on this list is editorial — we chose names that genuinely fit the theme. Every number is from official birth data: "—" means the name had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, which makes it a genuinely rare pick today, not an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.