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“people”
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Swedish
01 / Meaning & origin
Folke is a masculine given name documented in French, Swedish, Danish and 3 other languages. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Norse. English Wiktionary gives the meaning “people”.
Meaning: “people”
Old Norse Folki, short form of names beginning with the element Folk- "people"; cognate to a medieval English given name surviving in the surnames Fulk, Fulke, Fawkes etc.
02 / Across borders
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4 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
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Published statistics
United States, 1913: 5 boys (rank 2821).
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1998–2022 Spelling: Folke
Recorded category boys
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Source: Statistics Sweden · Sweden — grouped top 100 newborn calling names, 1998–2022
Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1999 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2000 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2001 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2002 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2003 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2004 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2005 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2006 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2007 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2008 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2009 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2010 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2011 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2012 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2013 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2014 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2015 | 145 | 99 | grouped |
| 2016 | 151 | 96 | grouped |
| 2017 | 158 | 93 | grouped |
| 2018 | 153 | 91 | grouped |
| 2019 | 146 | 96 | grouped |
| 2020 | 172 | 83 | grouped |
| 2021 | 146 | 92 | grouped |
| 2022 | 153 | 86 | grouped |
Statistics count the spelling “Folke” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.
Swedish diplomat (1895–1948)
Swedish lawyer and chess official (1899-1973)
Swedish actor (1925-2009)
Swedish sprinter (1919–2020)
equestrian (1908–2002)
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Sweden — grouped top 100 newborn calling names, 1998–2022
Statistics Sweden (SCB) · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
