Statistics Denmark (DST) · 2025
Popular boy names in Denmark, 2025
Oscar is number one in Denmark in 2025, given to 540 boys.
The 50 most common boys' names registered in Denmark in 2025, as published by Statistics Denmark (DST).
- 1 Oscar 540 boys
- 2 Karl 514 boys
- 3 Alfred 479 boys
- 14,515 boys got one of these 50 names in 2025.
- Ebbe climbed 14 places to #20, the biggest rise on 2024.
Top list: the publisher releases only the 50 most common names.
| Rank | Name | Boys | vs 2024 | E&W 2025 | Ontario 2024 | Keep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oscar | 540 | no change | 8 | 159 | |
| 2 | Karl | 514 | new | 1,466 | 1,216 | |
| 3 | Alfred | 479 | up 6 | 76 | 458 | |
| 4 | Noah | 460 | no change | 2 | 1 | |
| 5 | August | 455 | no change | 310 | 105 | |
| 6 | Oliver | 435 | up 2 | 6 | 4 | |
| 7 | Theo | 432 | up 3 | 12 | 33 | |
| 8 | Viggo | 430 | up 10 | 1,124 | · | |
| 9 | William | 429 | down 6 | 25 | 12 | |
| 10 | Otto | 423 | up 7 | 117 | 397 | |
| 11 | Aksel | 411 | down 5 | 1,796 | 1,216 | |
| 12 | Arthur | 409 | up 2 | 5 | 50 | |
| 13 | Elliot | 388 | down 2 | 94 | 99 | |
| 14 | Valdemar | 366 | up 1 | · | · | |
| 15 | Elias | 363 | up 1 | 69 | 74 | |
| 16 | Hugo | 347 | down 3 | 46 | 186 | |
| 17 | Lucas | 342 | up 2 | 32 | 8 | |
| 18 | Emil | 337 | down 11 | 771 | 1,354 | |
| 19 | Lauge | 327 | up 2 | · | · | |
| 20 | Ebbe | 315 | up 14 | · | · |
30 more names
| Rank | Name | Boys | vs 2024 | E&W 2025 | Ontario 2024 | Keep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Malthe | 308 | down 9 | · | · | |
| 22 | Felix | 289 | no change | 59 | 57 | |
| 23 | Matheo | 286 | down 3 | 2,012 | 1,216 | |
| 24 | Anton | 274 | up 8 | 1,066 | 1,122 | |
| 25 | Konrad | 260 | new | 2,939 | · | |
| 26 | Holger | 255 | up 2 | · | · | |
| 26 | Liam | 255 | down 2 | 68 | 2 | |
| 28 | Luca | 253 | up 3 | 4 | 15 | |
| 29 | Anker | 249 | down 3 | · | · | |
| 30 | Theodor | 225 | down 7 | 606 | 1,216 | |
| 31 | Victor | 220 | up 2 | 312 | 248 | |
| 32 | Magnus | 213 | down 5 | 432 | 445 | |
| 33 | Louie | 212 | down 4 | 28 | 366 | |
| 34 | Kalle | 209 | up 6 | · | · | |
| 35 | Erik | 207 | down 6 | 408 | 675 | |
| 36 | Svend | 200 | new | · | · | |
| 37 | Vincent | 199 | down 2 | 93 | 137 | |
| 38 | Albert | 188 | up 3 | 57 | 503 | |
| 38 | Elmer | 188 | new | · | · | |
| 40 | Pelle | 187 | down 3 | · | · | |
| 41 | Birk | 174 | new | · | · | |
| 41 | Storm | 174 | down 5 | 2,012 | · | |
| 43 | Bjørn | 173 | up 6 | 556 | 1,516 | |
| 44 | Sigurd | 169 | new | · | · | |
| 45 | Villads | 165 | new | · | · | |
| 46 | Atlas | 161 | down 4 | 151 | 115 | |
| 47 | Alexander | 157 | no change | 40 | 25 | |
| 48 | Walter | 156 | down 10 | 334 | 301 | |
| 49 | Asger | 155 | down 6 | · | · | |
| 50 | Nohr | 152 | down 12 | · | · |
Change in rank since 2024. “new” means the name was not in the published 2024 list.
Source: Statistics Denmark (DST) (1985-2025), CC BY 4.0.