Ted
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name borrowed from English.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Ted (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Ted 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 | 39 |
| 1999 | 34 |
| 2000 | 41 |
| 2001 | 38 |
| 2002 | 41 |
| 2003 | 27 |
| 2004 | 31 |
| 2005 | 61 |
| 2006 | 49 |
| 2007 | 55 |
| 2008 | 59 |
| 2009 | 66 |
| 2010 | 80 |
| 2011 | 83 |
| 2012 | 78 |
| 2013 | 131 |
| 2014 | 98 |
| 2015 | 104 |
| 2016 | 91 |
| 2017 | 85 |
| 2018 | 119 |
| 2019 | 132 |
| 2020 | 145 |
| 2021 | 263 |
| 2022 | 313 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 2,434 |
| 2000 | 2,464 |
| 2001 | 2,498 |
| 2002 | 2,523 |
| 2003 | 2,547 |
| 2004 | 2,570 |
| 2005 | 2,620 |
| 2006 | 2,651 |
| 2007 | 2,690 |
| 2008 | 2,754 |
| 2009 | 2,815 |
| 2010 | 2,888 |
| 2011 | 2,963 |
| 2012 | 3,036 |
| 2013 | 3,162 |
| 2014 | 3,247 |
| 2015 | 3,333 |
| 2016 | 3,425 |
| 2017 | 3,502 |
| 2018 | 3,609 |
| 2019 | 3,734 |
| 2020 | 3,877 |
Ted in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Ted.Hi! My name is Ted.
- Ted har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Ted has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Jag ska fika med Ted i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Ted this afternoon.
- Teds mamma är lärare.Ted's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Teds mamma is Ted's mum.
Related names and other spellings
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Questions about Ted
How do you pronounce Ted in Swedish?
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What does the name Ted mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name borrowed from English.
How popular is Ted in Sweden?
313 babies were named Ted in 2022. In 2020, 3,877 people in Sweden had Ted 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.