Icelandic Names
Icelandic naming preserves many northern forms alongside names shared more widely in Scandinavia. 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 Icelandic; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1963. | 1,372#222 | Down 77 rank positions in five years | 2000 | ||
Recorded in Icelandic; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880. | 122#1,464 | Up 45 rank positions in five years | 1922 | ||
Recorded in Icelandic; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880. | 429#663 | Down 107 rank positions in five years | 1958 | ||
Recorded in Icelandic; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880. | 41#3,664 | Down 251 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Recorded in Icelandic; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1885. | —Unranked | — | 1984 | ||
Recorded in Icelandic; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880. | 10#9,509 | Up 1,673 rank positions in five years | 1941 | ||
Recorded in Icelandic; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1899. | —Unranked | — | 1928 | ||
Recorded in Icelandic; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1994. | 352#772 | Up 179 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
Recorded in Icelandic; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1953. | 187#1,217 | Up 326 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Recorded in Icelandic; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1982. | 88#1,820 | Down 174 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
Recorded in Icelandic; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1996. | 85#1,858 | Down 527 rank positions in five years | 2021 | ||
Recorded in Icelandic; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1974. | 30#4,546 | Down 999 rank positions in five years | 2011 | ||
Recorded in Icelandic; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1916. | 63#2,728 | Up 132 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Recorded in Icelandic; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1920. | 14#6,221 | Down 158 rank positions in five years | 1981 | ||
Recorded in Icelandic; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1881. | 26#5,069 | Down 644 rank positions in five years | 2020 | ||
Recorded in Icelandic; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1986. | 66#2,613 | Up 612 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Recorded in Icelandic; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1973. | —Unranked | — | 2005 | ||
Recorded in Icelandic; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1910. | —Unranked | — | 1921 | ||
Recorded in Icelandic; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1995. | 18#5,360 | Down 844 rank positions in five years | 2020 | ||
Recorded in Icelandic; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1993. | 13#6,605 | Up 2,450 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
Recorded in Icelandic; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2005. | 14#6,378 | Up 3,020 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Recorded in Icelandic; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2012. | 10#8,062 | Up 3,544 rank positions in five years | 2019 | ||
Recorded in Icelandic; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2006. | —Unranked | — | 2020 | ||
Recorded in Icelandic; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1991. | —Unranked | — | 2008 |
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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.