Anna-Karin
Meaning and origin
Compound of Anna + Karin.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Anna-Karin (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Few babies have been given the name since 1998; it belongs mostly to older generations. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 2 |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | 3 |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | – |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 4,741 |
| 2000 | 4,679 |
| 2001 | 4,630 |
| 2002 | 6,903 |
| 2003 | 6,911 |
| 2004 | 6,917 |
| 2005 | 6,925 |
| 2006 | 6,895 |
| 2007 | 6,869 |
| 2008 | 6,889 |
| 2009 | 6,878 |
| 2010 | 6,877 |
| 2011 | 6,852 |
| 2012 | 6,845 |
| 2013 | 6,834 |
| 2014 | 6,820 |
| 2015 | 6,791 |
| 2016 | 6,782 |
| 2017 | 6,769 |
| 2018 | 6,753 |
| 2019 | 6,738 |
| 2020 | 6,721 |
Anna-Karin in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Anna-Karin.Hi! My name is Anna-Karin.
- Anna-Karin bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Anna-Karin lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Anna-Karin har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Anna-Karin has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Anna-Karins mamma är lärare.Anna-Karin's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Anna-Karins mamma is Anna-Karin's mum.
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What does the name Anna-Karin mean?
Compound of Anna + Karin.
How popular is Anna-Karin in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Anna-Karin in 2022. In 2020, 6,721 people in Sweden had Anna-Karin as the first name they go by.
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.