Robin
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, equivalent to English Robin. From English Robin. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1880.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Robin (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Robin has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 1998. 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 | – | 476 |
| 1999 | – | 414 |
| 2000 | – | 425 |
| 2001 | – | 391 |
| 2002 | – | 420 |
| 2003 | – | 354 |
| 2004 | 2 | 343 |
| 2005 | 3 | 328 |
| 2006 | 4 | 306 |
| 2007 | 3 | 249 |
| 2008 | 2 | 212 |
| 2009 | 2 | 195 |
| 2010 | 4 | 184 |
| 2011 | – | 166 |
| 2012 | 3 | 131 |
| 2013 | – | 91 |
| 2014 | – | 89 |
| 2015 | 2 | 80 |
| 2016 | 3 | 52 |
| 2017 | 5 | 58 |
| 2018 | – | 54 |
| 2019 | 2 | 36 |
| 2020 | 4 | 42 |
| 2021 | 2 | 37 |
| 2022 | 5 | 30 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 79 | 18,558 |
| 2000 | 83 | 19,012 |
| 2001 | 86 | 19,428 |
| 2002 | 90 | 19,870 |
| 2003 | 89 | 20,305 |
| 2004 | 94 | 20,663 |
| 2005 | 98 | 20,962 |
| 2006 | 100 | 21,278 |
| 2007 | 98 | 21,531 |
| 2008 | 101 | 21,795 |
| 2009 | 107 | 21,949 |
| 2010 | 110 | 22,102 |
| 2011 | 119 | 22,218 |
| 2012 | 125 | 22,347 |
| 2013 | 127 | 22,413 |
| 2014 | 132 | 22,470 |
| 2015 | 147 | 22,531 |
| 2016 | 155 | 22,556 |
| 2017 | 169 | 22,599 |
| 2018 | 174 | 22,646 |
| 2019 | 176 | 22,665 |
| 2020 | 183 | 22,667 |
Robin in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Robin.Hi! My name is Robin.
- Robin ringde och sa att han blir lite sen.Robin called and said he'll be a bit late.
- Jag ska fika med Robin i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Robin this afternoon.
- Robins mamma är lärare.Robin's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Robins mamma is Robin's mum.
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Questions about Robin
How do you pronounce Robin in Swedish?
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What does the name Robin mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, equivalent to English Robin. From English Robin. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1880.
How popular is Robin in Sweden?
35 babies were named Robin in 2022. In 2020, 22,850 people in Sweden had Robin as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 1998 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.