Malte
Meaning and origin
From Danish Malte. First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1672.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Malte (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Malte has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2021. 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 | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 32 |
| 1999 | 44 |
| 2000 | 54 |
| 2001 | 88 |
| 2002 | 119 |
| 2003 | 168 |
| 2004 | 196 |
| 2005 | 227 |
| 2006 | 240 |
| 2007 | 330 |
| 2008 | 295 |
| 2009 | 342 |
| 2010 | 318 |
| 2011 | 326 |
| 2012 | 313 |
| 2013 | 350 |
| 2014 | 349 |
| 2015 | 368 |
| 2016 | 317 |
| 2017 | 295 |
| 2018 | 347 |
| 2019 | 312 |
| 2020 | 382 |
| 2021 | 436 |
| 2022 | 395 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 1,446 |
| 2000 | 1,442 |
| 2001 | 1,483 |
| 2002 | 1,540 |
| 2003 | 1,652 |
| 2004 | 1,803 |
| 2005 | 1,981 |
| 2006 | 2,177 |
| 2007 | 2,460 |
| 2008 | 2,743 |
| 2009 | 3,046 |
| 2010 | 3,334 |
| 2011 | 3,622 |
| 2012 | 3,915 |
| 2013 | 4,223 |
| 2014 | 4,551 |
| 2015 | 4,874 |
| 2016 | 5,172 |
| 2017 | 5,462 |
| 2018 | 5,786 |
| 2019 | 6,054 |
| 2020 | 6,413 |
Malte in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Malte.Hi! My name is Malte.
- Har du träffat Malte? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Malte? He started working here on Monday.
- Jag ska fika med Malte i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Malte this afternoon.
- Maltes mamma är lärare.Malte's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Maltes mamma is Malte's mum.
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Questions about Malte
How do you pronounce Malte in Swedish?
In IPA, Malte is /²maltɛ/. Press Listen at the top of the page to hear it from a native speaker's recording.
What does the name Malte mean?
From Danish Malte. First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1672.
How popular is Malte in Sweden?
395 babies were named Malte in 2022. In 2020, 6,413 people in Sweden had Malte as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2021 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.