Danish Girl 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. | 2,521#107 | Down 39 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1880. | 474#618 | Down 1 rank positions in five years | 1920 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1880. | 472#619 | Up 7 rank positions in five years | 1959 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1880. | 6,380#20 | Up 10 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1880. | 689#449 | Up 111 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1937. | 60#2,841 | Down 357 rank positions in five years | 1991 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1880. | 867#353 | Down 50 rank positions in five years | 2018 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1892. | 818#376 | Up 73 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1892. | 135#1,565 | Down 675 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1956. | 296#896 | Down 230 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1911. | 24#5,330 | Down 1,854 rank positions in five years | 2002 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1896. | 138#1,539 | Down 233 rank positions in five years | 2012 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1886. | 32#4,444 | Down 453 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1884. | 8#11,785 | Down 5,187 rank positions in five years | 1915 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1962. | 35#4,074 | Down 1,052 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1922. | —Unranked | — | 1959 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1882. | 7#12,243 | Up 3,510 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1953. | 40#3,746 | Up 139 rank positions in five years | 2009 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1883. | —Unranked | — | 1915 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1888. | —Unranked | — | 1966 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1964. | —Unranked | — | 1998 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1909. | 17#6,790 | Down 966 rank positions in five years | 2021 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 2000. | 37#3,928 | Up 871 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1884. | —Unranked | — | 1932 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1916. | —Unranked | — | 1921 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1934. | —Unranked | — | 1960 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1930. | 17#6,806 | Up 2,101 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1949. | —Unranked | — | 1967 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1961. | 6#13,807 | new | 2002 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1957. | —Unranked | — | 1990 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1961. | —Unranked | — | 1967 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1959. | —Unranked | — | 2010 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1912. | —Unranked | — | 1921 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 2009. | 5#16,488 | new | 2024 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 1965. | —Unranked | — | 1966 | ||
Recorded in Danish; in U.S. records from 2024. | —Unranked | — | 2024 |
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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.