Bendik

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Bendik: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Bendik: Recorded since 1965, it reached #56 in 1996, and it stood at #155 in 2025.

1registrar recorded it
58times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#56highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Rising

among boys in Norway · 1965–2025

View as table

Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1965	#470
1967	#489
1970	#443
1971	#467
1972	#410
1973	#536
1974	#521
1975	#369
1976	#506
1977	#460
1978	#356
1979	#336
1980	#332
1981	#487
1982	#384
1983	#277
1984	#296
1985	#388
1986	#233
1987	#234
1988	#225
1989	#223
1990	#132
1991	#96
1992	#94
1993	#84
1994	#92
1995	#74
1996	#56
1997	#61
1998	#71
1999	#79
2000	#89
2001	#88
2002	#119
2003	#136
2004	#113
2005	#137
2006	#148
2007	#133
2008	#153
2009	#191
2010	#220
2011	#176
2012	#213
2013	#204
2014	#295
2015	#259
2016	#177
2017	#145
2018	#155
2019	#224
2020	#155
2021	#207
2022	#175
2023	#195
2024	#183
2025	#155

VerifiedSource: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name.Confidence: high.

See all Norway names · Source: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name

What the data shows

RisingNorway · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 58 of the 61 years from 1965 to 2025.

Official data for Norway, 1965–2025 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1965
First recorded at #470 among boys in Norway in 1965 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1965–2025
Highest recorded position: #56 among boys in Norway, in 1996 (recorded 1965–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #155 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Bendik by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Bendik in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	10	2 of 10	5
1970s	83	10 of 10	8
1980s	177	10 of 10	18
1990sbusiest	959	10 of 10	96
2000s	562	10 of 10	56
2010s	274	10 of 10	27
2020s	165	6 of 10	28

Across Norway · Boys, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 96 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1994 and 1995, when recorded births rose by 36, from 78 to 114.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Bendik appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1965 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #56 in Norway in 1996.

Bendik's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2025	Norway	male	#155	34	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#183	27	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#195	25	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#175	29	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#207	21	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#155	29	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#224	21	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#155	39	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#145	42	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#177	32	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#259	19	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#295	15	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#204	27	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#213	25	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#176	32	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#220	22	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#191	30	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#153	44	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#133	54	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#148	44	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#137	50	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#113	63	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#136	48	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#119	60	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#88	80	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#89	89	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#79	96	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#71	106	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#61	123	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#56	139	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#74	114	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#92	78	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#84	94	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#94	77	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#96	75	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#132	57	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#223	27	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#225	25	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#234	23	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#233	25	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#388	11	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#296	17	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#277	18	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#384	11	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#487	7	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#332	13	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#336	13	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#356	12	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#460	7	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#506	6	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#369	11	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#521	6	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#536	5	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#410	9	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#467	7	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#443	7	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#489	5	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#470	5	High	Verified

Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1965 and 2025, ranked in 58 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #56, first reached in 1996.

It held a top-100 place in 11 years, 11 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 139 births, registered in Norway in 1996.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Benas · #253, 22y
Bence · #534, 18y
Benedek · #2175, 14y
Benedict · #155, 51y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ståle · #55, 63y
Sølvi · #58, 56y
Tine · #53, 60y
Mariann · #52, 63y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Antony · #56, 46y
Gabriella · #57, 46y
Kamilla · #57, 56y
Killian · #55, 62y

Bendik was ranked #56 in Norway · Boys in 1996. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Bendik and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Bendik without appearing here.

Bendik moved ahead of

Anthony Compare
In 1985 they stood at #388 and #364 in Norway · Boys; by 1986 that had become #233 and #451.
Edward Compare
In 2021 they stood at #207 and #182 in Norway · Boys; by 2022 that had become #175 and #377.
George Compare
In 1982 they stood at #384 and #368 in Norway · Boys; by 1983 that had become #277 and #467.
Jason Compare
In 1982 they stood at #487 and #468 in Norway · Boys; by 1983 that had become #277 and #443.

Moved ahead of Bendik

Sondre Compare
In 1970 they stood at #443 and #510 in Norway · Boys; by 1971 that had become #467 and #220.
Benjamin Compare
In 1969 they stood at #470 and #517 in Norway · Boys; by 1970 that had become #443 and #329.
Luca Compare
In 2020 they stood at #155 and #183 in Norway · Boys; by 2021 that had become #207 and #110.
Tobias Compare
In 1983 they stood at #277 and #325 in Norway · Boys; by 1984 that had become #296 and #224.

Moved the opposite way to Bendik

Anders Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Bendik went from #470 to #155 while Anders went from #47 to #293.
Arild Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Bendik went from #470 to #155 while Arild went from #36 to #489.
Arne Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Bendik went from #470 to #155 while Arne went from #15 to #222.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Bendik went from #470 to #155 while Bjørn went from #2 to #56.

Moved the same way as Bendik

Adam Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Bendik went from #470 to #155 and Adam from #173 to #29.
Adrian Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Bendik went from #470 to #155 and Adrian from #431 to #70.
Aksel Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Bendik went from #470 to #155 and Aksel from #268 to #25.
Alex Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Bendik went from #470 to #155 and Alex from #467 to #259.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1965 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #56 in Norway in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Bendik

Bendik at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Bendik by decade in Norway · Boys

Bendik appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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Bendik moved ahead of

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Bendik at a glance

Bendik by decade in Norway · Boys

Bendik appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Bendik

Bendik and the names beside it

Bendik moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Bendik

Moved the opposite way to Bendik

Moved the same way as Bendik