Wilja
Meaning and origin
We don't have a sourced origin for Wilja yet, and we would rather show nothing than guess.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Wilja has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2015. 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 | 5 |
| 2005 | 7 |
| 2006 | 8 |
| 2007 | 8 |
| 2008 | 11 |
| 2009 | 18 |
| 2010 | 21 |
| 2011 | 23 |
| 2012 | 21 |
| 2013 | 30 |
| 2014 | 25 |
| 2015 | 36 |
| 2016 | 29 |
| 2017 | 32 |
| 2018 | 27 |
| 2019 | 33 |
| 2020 | 21 |
| 2021 | 17 |
| 2022 | 27 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 14 |
| 2005 | 21 |
| 2006 | 28 |
| 2007 | 36 |
| 2008 | 46 |
| 2009 | 64 |
| 2010 | 86 |
| 2011 | 110 |
| 2012 | 131 |
| 2013 | 159 |
| 2014 | 185 |
| 2015 | 220 |
| 2016 | 252 |
| 2017 | 283 |
| 2018 | 309 |
| 2019 | 343 |
| 2020 | 364 |
Wilja in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Wilja.Hi! My name is Wilja.
- Har du träffat Wilja? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Wilja? She started working here on Monday.
- Wilja har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Wilja has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Wiljas mamma är lärare.Wilja's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Wiljas mamma is Wilja's mum.
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Questions about Wilja
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How popular is Wilja in Sweden?
27 babies were named Wilja in 2022. In 2020, 364 people in Sweden had Wilja as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2015 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.