Ragnar
Meaning and origin
From Old Swedish Ragnar, from Old Norse Ragnarr. Out of use in Sweden by 16th century, revived since 1811.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Ragnar (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Ragnar has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2022. 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.
Show the figures
| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | 10 |
| 2003 | 13 |
| 2004 | 5 |
| 2005 | 6 |
| 2006 | 8 |
| 2007 | 15 |
| 2008 | 11 |
| 2009 | 12 |
| 2010 | 13 |
| 2011 | 9 |
| 2012 | 9 |
| 2013 | 13 |
| 2014 | 26 |
| 2015 | 27 |
| 2016 | 34 |
| 2017 | 35 |
| 2018 | 53 |
| 2019 | 52 |
| 2020 | 51 |
| 2021 | 54 |
| 2022 | 62 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 4,032 |
| 2000 | 3,871 |
| 2001 | 3,716 |
| 2002 | 3,584 |
| 2003 | 3,451 |
| 2004 | 3,327 |
| 2005 | 3,191 |
| 2006 | 3,064 |
| 2007 | 2,945 |
| 2008 | 2,845 |
| 2009 | 2,722 |
| 2010 | 2,602 |
| 2011 | 2,479 |
| 2012 | 2,369 |
| 2013 | 2,295 |
| 2014 | 2,231 |
| 2015 | 2,182 |
| 2016 | 2,115 |
| 2017 | 2,064 |
| 2018 | 2,054 |
| 2019 | 2,032 |
| 2020 | 2,003 |
Ragnar in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Ragnar.Hi! My name is Ragnar.
- Ragnar har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Ragnar has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Vet du om Ragnar kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Ragnar is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Ragnars mamma är lärare.Ragnar's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Ragnars mamma is Ragnar's mum.
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Questions about Ragnar
How do you pronounce Ragnar in Swedish?
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What does the name Ragnar mean?
From Old Swedish Ragnar, from Old Norse Ragnarr. Out of use in Sweden by 16th century, revived since 1811.
How popular is Ragnar in Sweden?
62 babies were named Ragnar in 2022. In 2020, 2,003 people in Sweden had Ragnar as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2022 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.