Danish Names
Danish naming combines Scandinavian traditions with shorter forms of international classics. Compare these spellings using U.S. birth records, which do not measure popularity in other countries.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Recorded in Danish; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1900. | 445#628 | Down 61 rank positions in five years | 1954 | ||
Recorded in Danish; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880. | 53#3,075 | Down 94 rank positions in five years | 1955 | ||
Recorded in Danish; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880. | 87#2,145 | Up 444 rank positions in five years | 1919 | ||
Recorded in Danish; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1890. | 301#823 | Up 511 rank positions in five years | 1949 | ||
Recorded in Danish; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1970. | 597#506 | Down 198 rank positions in five years | 2015 | ||
Recorded in Danish; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1930. | 226#1,072 | Up 350 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Recorded in Danish; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880. | 54#2,496 | Up 542 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
Recorded in Danish; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1946. | 69#2,124 | Down 547 rank positions in five years | 1995 | ||
Recorded in Danish; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1882. | 7#12,243 | Up 3,510 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
Recorded in Danish; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1982. | 133#1,585 | Up 130 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
Recorded in Danish; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1916. | 10#7,771 | Down 3,328 rank positions in five years | 1991 | ||
Recorded in Danish; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1970. | —Unranked | — | 1994 | ||
Recorded in Danish; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1948. | 6#14,350 | Up 184 rank positions in five years | 1990 | ||
Recorded in Danish; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1903. | —Unranked | — | 1965 | ||
Recorded in Danish; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1946. | 10#9,545 | Up 4,181 rank positions in five years | 1973 | ||
Recorded in Danish; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880. | —Unranked | — | 1924 | ||
Recorded in Danish; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1940. | —Unranked | — | 1963 | ||
Recorded in Danish; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1911. | —Unranked | — | 1959 | ||
Recorded in Danish; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1941. | —Unranked | — | 1957 | ||
Recorded in Danish; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1975. | —Unranked | — | 1978 | ||
Recorded in Danish; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1950. | —Unranked | — | 1990 | ||
Recorded in Danish; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2011. | 6#11,072 | Down 4,678 rank positions in five years | 2021 | ||
Recorded in Danish; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1888. | —Unranked | — | 1916 | ||
Recorded in Danish; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1953. | —Unranked | — | 1956 |
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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.