Danish Statistics Diagrams of 2016

The diagrams below are based on the 50 female names and 50 male names listed in the Danish Statistics of 2016.

Initial Letters

The initial letters are listed according to their Danish pronunciation and not according to their spelling, e.g. the initial letter of Philip is listed as "F", the initial letter of William is listed as "V" and the initial letter of Clara is listed as "K":

Female Initial Letters

Top 8:

All Initial Letters:

• A = 9
• E = 7
• L = 7
• S = 5
• M = 4
• F = 3
• K = 3
• N = 3
• I = 2
• J = 2
• V = 2
• O = 1
• R = 1
• T = 1

Male Initial Letters

Top 9:

All Initial Letters:

• A = 9
• M = 8
• L = 5
• V = 5
• E = 3
• F = 3
• K = 3
• O = 3
• T = 3
• B = 2
• J = 2
• N = 2
• S = 2

Ending Letters

The endings are listed according to their Danish pronunciation and not according to their spelling, e.g. the ending of Noah are listed as "-OA", the ending of Ellie as "-LI" but Emilie as "-IE"

Female Ending Letters

Vowels vs. Consonants:

90 % of the names end in a vowel

• A = 60 %
• E = 24 %
• Y = 4 %
• I = 2 %

10 % of the names end in a consonant

• D = 2 %
• N = 2 %
• R = 2 %
• S = 2 %
• V = 2 %

Ending Letters (percentage):

Two Letter Endings (top 7, total count):

All Two Letter Endings:

• -JA = 4
• -NE = 4
• -RA = 4
• -IA = 3
• -IE = 3
• -LA = 3
• -NA = 3
• -DA = 2
• -DE = 2
• -EA = 2
• -GA = 2
• -LY = 2
• -MA = 2
• -TA = 2
• -EN = 1
• -ER = 1
• -ES = 1
• -ID = 1
• -IV = 1
• -KE = 1
• -LE = 1
• -LI = 1
• -PA = 1
• -SA = 1
• -TE = 1
• -VA = 1

Male Ending Letters

Vowels vs. Consonants:

16 % of the names end in a vowel

• E = 6 %
• O = 6 %
• A = 2 %
• I = 2 %

84 % of the names end in a consonant

• R = 20 %
• S = 18 %
• M = 10 %
• N = 10 %
• L = 8 %
• T = 6 %
• D = 4 %
• B = 2 %
• K = 2 %
• P = 2 %
• X = 2 %

Ending Letters (percentage):

Two Letter Endings (top 6, total count):

All Two Letter Endings:

• -AM = 4
• -OR = 4
• -AN = 3
• -AS = 3
• -ER = 3
• -US = 3
• -AR = 2
• -DS = 2
• -EL = 2
• -AD = 1
• -ED = 1
• -EO = 1
• -GE = 1
• -GO = 1
• -IK = 1
• -IL = 1
• -IN = 1
• -IP = 1
• -IX = 1
• -NE = 1
• -OA = 1
• -OB = 1
• -ON = 1
• -OT = 1
• -RL = 1
• -RM = 1
• -RT = 1
• -ST = 1
• -TE = 1
• -TO = 1
• -TS = 1
• -UI = 1
• -UR = 1

Syllables

The most common number of syllables for both female and male names is 2: