Rasmus
Meaning and origin
Short form of Erasmus. First recorded in Sweden in 1481.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Rasmus (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Rasmus has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 1999. 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 | 586 |
| 1999 | 658 |
| 2000 | 613 |
| 2001 | 639 |
| 2002 | 612 |
| 2003 | 653 |
| 2004 | 648 |
| 2005 | 532 |
| 2006 | 476 |
| 2007 | 422 |
| 2008 | 404 |
| 2009 | 415 |
| 2010 | 398 |
| 2011 | 347 |
| 2012 | 285 |
| 2013 | 239 |
| 2014 | 221 |
| 2015 | 172 |
| 2016 | 159 |
| 2017 | 100 |
| 2018 | 96 |
| 2019 | 89 |
| 2020 | 59 |
| 2021 | 53 |
| 2022 | 33 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 8,667 |
| 2000 | 9,272 |
| 2001 | 9,909 |
| 2002 | 10,536 |
| 2003 | 11,209 |
| 2004 | 11,872 |
| 2005 | 12,388 |
| 2006 | 12,857 |
| 2007 | 13,283 |
| 2008 | 13,746 |
| 2009 | 14,167 |
| 2010 | 14,535 |
| 2011 | 14,877 |
| 2012 | 15,139 |
| 2013 | 15,357 |
| 2014 | 15,573 |
| 2015 | 15,742 |
| 2016 | 15,897 |
| 2017 | 15,978 |
| 2018 | 16,058 |
| 2019 | 16,132 |
| 2020 | 16,177 |
Rasmus in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Rasmus.Hi! My name is Rasmus.
- Rasmus har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Rasmus has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Rasmus mamma är lärare.Rasmus's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Rasmus mamma is Rasmus's mum. Because Rasmus already ends in s, nothing is added.
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Questions about Rasmus
How do you pronounce Rasmus in Swedish?
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What does the name Rasmus mean?
Short form of Erasmus. First recorded in Sweden in 1481.
How popular is Rasmus in Sweden?
33 babies were named Rasmus in 2022. In 2020, 16,177 people in Sweden had Rasmus as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 1999 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.