Lykke
Meaning and origin
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Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Lykke has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2019. 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 | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | – | – |
| 1999 | – | – |
| 2000 | – | – |
| 2001 | – | – |
| 2002 | – | – |
| 2003 | – | – |
| 2004 | 9 | – |
| 2005 | 14 | – |
| 2006 | 14 | – |
| 2007 | 16 | 2 |
| 2008 | 32 | – |
| 2009 | 74 | 2 |
| 2010 | 90 | 2 |
| 2011 | 123 | – |
| 2012 | 133 | – |
| 2013 | 160 | 3 |
| 2014 | 155 | – |
| 2015 | 174 | 3 |
| 2016 | 210 | 2 |
| 2017 | 210 | 2 |
| 2018 | 220 | – |
| 2019 | 247 | 2 |
| 2020 | 187 | – |
| 2021 | 218 | 5 |
| 2022 | 244 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 103 | – |
| 2000 | 107 | – |
| 2001 | 112 | – |
| 2002 | 120 | – |
| 2003 | 127 | – |
| 2004 | 135 | – |
| 2005 | 150 | – |
| 2006 | 163 | – |
| 2007 | 175 | – |
| 2008 | 212 | – |
| 2009 | 290 | – |
| 2010 | 378 | 11 |
| 2011 | 501 | 12 |
| 2012 | 634 | 13 |
| 2013 | 799 | 16 |
| 2014 | 958 | 15 |
| 2015 | 1,134 | 18 |
| 2016 | 1,348 | 20 |
| 2017 | 1,567 | 21 |
| 2018 | 1,782 | 22 |
| 2019 | 2,028 | 24 |
| 2020 | 2,220 | 24 |
Lykke in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Lykke.Hi! My name is Lykke.
- Lykke bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Lykke lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Vet du om Lykke kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Lykke is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Lykkes mamma är lärare.Lykke's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Lykkes mamma is Lykke's mum.
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Questions about Lykke
How do you pronounce Lykke in Swedish?
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How popular is Lykke in Sweden?
244 babies were named Lykke in 2022. In 2020, 2,244 people in Sweden had Lykke as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2019 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.