Ebba
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, equivalent to Danish Ebba.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Ebba (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Ebba has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2004. 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 | 578 |
| 1999 | 605 |
| 2000 | 684 |
| 2001 | 635 |
| 2002 | 661 |
| 2003 | 706 |
| 2004 | 780 |
| 2005 | 773 |
| 2006 | 705 |
| 2007 | 757 |
| 2008 | 624 |
| 2009 | 655 |
| 2010 | 660 |
| 2011 | 683 |
| 2012 | 653 |
| 2013 | 663 |
| 2014 | 603 |
| 2015 | 576 |
| 2016 | 596 |
| 2017 | 593 |
| 2018 | 597 |
| 2019 | 590 |
| 2020 | 514 |
| 2021 | 509 |
| 2022 | 453 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 10,450 |
| 2000 | 10,709 |
| 2001 | 10,959 |
| 2002 | 11,240 |
| 2003 | 11,606 |
| 2004 | 12,068 |
| 2005 | 12,512 |
| 2006 | 12,920 |
| 2007 | 13,382 |
| 2008 | 13,789 |
| 2009 | 14,239 |
| 2010 | 14,690 |
| 2011 | 15,150 |
| 2012 | 15,624 |
| 2013 | 16,078 |
| 2014 | 16,520 |
| 2015 | 16,937 |
| 2016 | 17,380 |
| 2017 | 17,819 |
| 2018 | 18,249 |
| 2019 | 18,690 |
| 2020 | 19,076 |
Ebba in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Ebba.Hi! My name is Ebba.
- Ebba bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Ebba lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Ebba har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Ebba has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Ebbas mamma är lärare.Ebba's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Ebbas mamma is Ebba's mum.
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Questions about Ebba
How do you pronounce Ebba in Swedish?
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What does the name Ebba mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, equivalent to Danish Ebba.
How popular is Ebba in Sweden?
453 babies were named Ebba in 2022. In 2020, 19,076 people in Sweden had Ebba as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2004 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
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.