Alice and William still in the top

“Alice and William still in the top”

“Alice and William top the list of most popular names for newborns in 2018.”

“It shows the Statistics sweden (SCB) compilation released today.”

“863 boys got the name William, which thus retains its first place from 2017 as the most popular name for boys.”

“Alice is for the third year in a row the most popular name for newborn girls, the 765 girls got that name.”

“On the top ten for the girls added three new names: Maja, Alma and Elsa. On the girls ‘ top 100 list are added Hailey, Belle, Elina and Elisa.”

“No new name entered on the boys’ top ten, but Ture, Amir and Lias were new names in the top 100.”

“Pojknamnet Lias was also the name that increased the most compared with 2017, an increase of over 170 per cent.”

“Among the newborn girls was the name Hailey, which increased the most in popularity.”

“(Last year’s ranking in brackets)”