Bengt

maleStatistical record

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

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

Bengt: Recorded since 1945, it reached #112 in 1963, and it was last ranked in 1999.

1registrar recorded it
51times a registrar ranked it
55years from first to last
#112highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–1999

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#165
1946	#183
1947	#132
1948	#140
1949	#120
1950	#130
1951	#141
1952	#128
1953	#115
1954	#130
1955	#113
1956	#117
1957	#134
1958	#122
1959	#114
1960	#119
1961	#113
1962	#136
1963	#112
1964	#120
1965	#121
1966	#143
1967	#126
1968	#133
1969	#138
1970	#151
1971	#142
1972	#155
1973	#148
1974	#183
1975	#174
1976	#158
1977	#203
1978	#200
1979	#241
1980	#224
1981	#308
1982	#300
1983	#302
1984	#347
1985	#308
1986	#328
1987	#463
1988	#342
1989	#401
1990	#394
1991	#410
1992	#534
1993	#499
1995	#483
1999	#545

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

FallingNorway · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 51 of the 55 years from 1945 to 1999.

Official data for Norway, 1945–1999 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #165 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–1999
Highest recorded position: #112 among boys in Norway, in 1963 (recorded 1945–1999).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1999
Most recently recorded at #545 among boys in Norway, in 1999.
Norway · Boys

Bengt 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 Bengt in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	163	5 of 10	33
1950s	442	10 of 10	44
1960sbusiest	539	10 of 10	54
1970s	407	10 of 10	41
1980s	144	10 of 10	14
1990s	41	6 of 10	7

Across Norway · Boys, the 1960s were its busiest decade, averaging 54 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Bengt 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 1945 to 1999. Highest recorded position: #112 in Norway in 1963.

Bengt'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
1999	Norway	male	#545	4	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#483	6	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#499	6	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#534	5	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#410	9	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#394	11	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#401	10	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#342	13	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#463	8	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#328	14	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#308	15	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#347	13	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#302	16	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#300	16	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#308	14	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#224	25	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#241	21	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#200	32	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#203	30	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#158	45	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#174	39	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#183	36	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#148	53	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#155	48	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#142	55	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#151	48	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#138	51	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#133	54	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#126	57	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#143	48	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#121	56	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#120	55	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#112	62	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#136	44	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#113	58	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#119	54	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#114	54	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#122	50	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#134	39	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#117	49	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#113	53	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#130	39	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#115	46	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#128	40	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#141	33	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#130	39	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#120	43	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#140	36	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#132	37	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#183	22	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#165	25	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 1945 and 1999, ranked in 51 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #112, first reached in 1963.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 62 births, registered in Norway in 1963.

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

Benedikte · #95, 57y
Benett · #646, 15y
Beni · #506, 17y
Beniamin · #532, 20y

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.

Anine · #112, 55y
Øistein · #112, 47y
Torleif · #112, 52y
Ernst · #111, 49y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Øistein · #112, 47y
Thorbjørn · #112, 75y
Torleif · #112, 52y
Ernst · #111, 49y

Bengt was ranked #112 in Norway · Boys in 1963. 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.

Bengt 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 Bengt without appearing here.

Bengt moved ahead of

Harry Compare
In 1962 they stood at #136 and #128 in Norway · Boys; by 1963 that had become #112 and #139.

Moved ahead of Bengt

Joshua Compare
In 1998 they stood at #483 and #535 in Norway · Boys; by 1999 that had become #545 and #256.
Theo Compare
In 1998 they stood at #483 and #563 in Norway · Boys; by 1999 that had become #545 and #309.
George Compare
In 1991 they stood at #410 and #526 in Norway · Boys; by 1992 that had become #534 and #322.
Alan Compare
In 1991 they stood at #410 and #437 in Norway · Boys; by 1992 that had become #534 and #334.

Moved the opposite way to Bengt

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 1999 in Norway · Boys, Bengt went from #165 to #545 while Anders went from #55 to #23.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 1999 in Norway · Boys, Bengt went from #165 to #545 while Andreas went from #140 to #2.
Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 1999 in Norway · Boys, Bengt went from #165 to #545 while Christian went from #161 to #36.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 1999 in Norway · Boys, Bengt went from #165 to #545 while Daniel went from #280 to #4.

Moved the same way as Bengt

Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 1999 in Norway · Boys, Bengt went from #165 to #545 and Alfred from #127 to #263.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 1999 in Norway · Boys, Bengt went from #165 to #545 and Arild from #32 to #211.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 1999 in Norway · Boys, Bengt went from #165 to #545 and Arne from #6 to #129.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 1999 in Norway · Boys, Bengt went from #165 to #545 and Arthur from #153 to #328.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

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 1945 to 1999. Highest recorded position: #112 in Norway in 1963. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Bengt

Bengt at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Bengt by decade in Norway · Boys

Bengt appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Bengt at a glance

Bengt by decade in Norway · Boys

Bengt appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Bengt

Bengt and the names beside it

Bengt moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Bengt

Moved the opposite way to Bengt

Moved the same way as Bengt