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Vilja

“grain”

feminineLatin script

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Swedish

Origin: Not established
5 language contexts: Swedish Danish Estonian +2 more
Follow the evidence: 6 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Vilja

Vilja is a feminine given name documented in Swedish, Danish, Estonian and 2 other languages. English Wiktionary records the meaning “grain”.

Meaning in the sources

Source-reported

Meaning: “grain”

From vilja (“grain”), found as an element in pre-Christian Finnish names (probably male given names), and revived in the 19th century as a female given name. The surname may derive via place names, but was also adopted directly as a surname during the Fennicization of surnames at the turn of the 20th century.

Sources for this account (4)

Wiktionary: ViljaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: ViljaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: ViljaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: ViljaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

02 / Across borders

Where Vilja is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

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Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Vilja’s connections around the world.

4 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

Austria

Published statistics

Austria, 2020: 1 girls (rank 1837).

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4 of 6 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

Norway

1945–2025 Spelling: Vilja

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 2025: 45; births; Rank #126
Peak year: 2017; 96 births

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Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025

Published integer counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

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Vilja in Norway, girls: births and rank by year
Year	Births	Rank	Status
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	no value	no value	not covered
1951	no value	no value	not covered
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	no value	no value	not covered
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	no value	no value	not covered
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	no value	no value	not covered
1972	no value	no value	not covered
1973	no value	no value	not covered
1974	no value	no value	not covered
1975	no value	no value	not covered
1976	no value	no value	not covered
1977	no value	no value	not covered
1978	no value	no value	not covered
1979	no value	no value	not covered
1980	no value	no value	not covered
1981	no value	no value	not covered
1982	no value	no value	not covered
1983	no value	no value	not covered
1984	no value	no value	not covered
1985	no value	no value	not covered
1986	no value	no value	not covered
1987	4	638	observed
1988	no value	no value	not covered
1989	no value	no value	not covered
1990	no value	no value	not covered
1991	no value	no value	not covered
1992	no value	no value	not covered
1993	no value	no value	not covered
1994	no value	no value	not covered
1995	no value	no value	not covered
1996	no value	no value	not covered
1997	no value	no value	not covered
1998	4	593	observed
1999	10	363	observed
2000	9	385	observed
2001	11	345	observed
2002	8	403	observed
2003	22	226	observed
2004	17	266	observed
2005	33	177	observed
2006	35	179	observed
2007	26	218	observed
2008	31	194	observed
2009	40	162	observed
2010	63	110	observed
2011	52	124	observed
2012	54	123	observed
2013	60	109	observed
2014	57	104	observed
2015	53	115	observed
2016	63	101	observed
2017	96	62	observed
2018	88	69	observed
2019	75	79	observed
2020	65	89	observed
2021	59	89	observed
2022	47	111	observed
2023	49	114	observed
2024	42	123	observed
2025	45	126	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Vilja” 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.

Universe: Born persons for the individual girls' and boys' names published in SSB table 10467.
Rounding: Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: SSB API: '.' means category not applicable; '..' means data not available. Null cells are not emitted and remain unknown, never zero.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

No historical attestations or sourced notable bearers are recorded yet. Historical databases are being evaluated for reuse permission; nothing is listed until a record can be cited.

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Vilja with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms5

Wikidata Q241290CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: ViljaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: ViljaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: ViljaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: ViljaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Vilja.wavCC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates4

Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · 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
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · 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.

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About Vilja

Vilja is a feminine given name documented in Swedish, Danish, Estonian and 2 other languages. English Wiktionary records the meaning “grain”.

Meaning in the sources

Source-reported

Meaning: “grain”

Sources for this account (4)

Wiktionary: ViljaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: ViljaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: ViljaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: ViljaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Where Vilja is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Vilja’s connections around the world.

4 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

Austria

Published statistics

Austria, 2020: 1 girls (rank 1837).

Explore Austria

4 of 6 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

Norway

1945–2025 Spelling: Vilja

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 2025: 45; births; Rank #126
Peak year: 2017; 96 births

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025

Published integer counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Vilja in Norway, girls: births and rank by year
Year	Births	Rank	Status
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	no value	no value	not covered
1951	no value	no value	not covered
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	no value	no value	not covered
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	no value	no value	not covered
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	no value	no value	not covered
1972	no value	no value	not covered
1973	no value	no value	not covered
1974	no value	no value	not covered
1975	no value	no value	not covered
1976	no value	no value	not covered
1977	no value	no value	not covered
1978	no value	no value	not covered
1979	no value	no value	not covered
1980	no value	no value	not covered
1981	no value	no value	not covered
1982	no value	no value	not covered
1983	no value	no value	not covered
1984	no value	no value	not covered
1985	no value	no value	not covered
1986	no value	no value	not covered
1987	4	638	observed
1988	no value	no value	not covered
1989	no value	no value	not covered
1990	no value	no value	not covered
1991	no value	no value	not covered
1992	no value	no value	not covered
1993	no value	no value	not covered
1994	no value	no value	not covered
1995	no value	no value	not covered
1996	no value	no value	not covered
1997	no value	no value	not covered
1998	4	593	observed
1999	10	363	observed
2000	9	385	observed
2001	11	345	observed
2002	8	403	observed
2003	22	226	observed
2004	17	266	observed
2005	33	177	observed
2006	35	179	observed
2007	26	218	observed
2008	31	194	observed
2009	40	162	observed
2010	63	110	observed
2011	52	124	observed
2012	54	123	observed
2013	60	109	observed
2014	57	104	observed
2015	53	115	observed
2016	63	101	observed
2017	96	62	observed
2018	88	69	observed
2019	75	79	observed
2020	65	89	observed
2021	59	89	observed
2022	47	111	observed
2023	49	114	observed
2024	42	123	observed
2025	45	126	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: Born persons for the individual girls' and boys' names published in SSB table 10467.
Rounding: Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: SSB API: '.' means category not applicable; '..' means data not available. Null cells are not emitted and remain unknown, never zero.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0

Read our methodology

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms5

Wikidata Q241290CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: ViljaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: ViljaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: ViljaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: ViljaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Vilja.wavCC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates4

Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · 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
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · 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.

Vilja

About Vilja

Meaning in the sources

Where Vilja is used

Across borders

Austria

Popularity over time

Norway

History

Viljar

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

Vilja

About Vilja

Meaning in the sources

Where Vilja is used

Across borders

Austria

Popularity over time

Norway

History

Viljar

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Vilja

Meaning in the sources

Where Vilja is used

Across borders

Austria

Popularity over time

Norway

History

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Viljar

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Vilja

Meaning in the sources

Where Vilja is used

Across borders

Austria

Popularity over time

Norway

History

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Viljar

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page