Ragna
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, short for names beginning with Ragn--.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Ragna (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Ragna has been rising 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 | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2005 | 4 |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | 3 |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | 2 |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | 2 |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | 3 |
| 2015 | 3 |
| 2016 | 3 |
| 2017 | 4 |
| 2018 | 4 |
| 2019 | 3 |
| 2020 | 2 |
| 2021 | 7 |
| 2022 | 5 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 836 |
| 2000 | 815 |
| 2001 | 789 |
| 2002 | 765 |
| 2003 | 747 |
| 2004 | 726 |
| 2005 | 703 |
| 2006 | 689 |
| 2007 | 670 |
| 2008 | 639 |
| 2009 | 621 |
| 2010 | 606 |
| 2011 | 588 |
| 2012 | 560 |
| 2013 | 538 |
| 2014 | 523 |
| 2015 | 508 |
| 2016 | 494 |
| 2017 | 475 |
| 2018 | 459 |
| 2019 | 439 |
| 2020 | 429 |
Ragna in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Ragna.Hi! My name is Ragna.
- Ragna har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Ragna has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Jag ska fika med Ragna i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Ragna this afternoon.
- Ragnas mamma är lärare.Ragna's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Ragnas mamma is Ragna's mum.
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Questions about Ragna
How do you pronounce Ragna in Swedish?
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What does the name Ragna mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, short for names beginning with Ragn--.
How popular is Ragna in Sweden?
5 babies were named Ragna in 2022. In 2020, 429 people in Sweden had Ragna as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising 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.