Birk

maleStatistical record

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

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

Birk: Recorded since 1990, its highest recorded position is #18, reached in 2025.

1registrar recorded it
35times a registrar ranked it
36years from first to last
#18highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for
3names it appears alongside

Norway · Boys

Rising

among boys in Norway · 1990–2025

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1990	#562
1992	#584
1993	#417
1994	#314
1995	#285
1996	#240
1997	#252
1998	#167
1999	#162
2000	#145
2001	#124
2002	#137
2003	#104
2004	#121
2005	#125
2006	#99
2007	#109
2008	#107
2009	#102
2010	#101
2011	#98
2012	#95
2013	#101
2014	#98
2015	#103
2016	#90
2017	#76
2018	#80
2019	#93
2020	#93
2021	#70
2022	#36
2023	#41
2024	#36
2025	#18

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 35 of the 36 years from 1990 to 2025.

Official data for Norway, 1990–2025 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1990
First recorded at #562 among boys in Norway in 1990 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1990–2025
Highest recorded position: #18 among boys in Norway, in 2025 (recorded 1990–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #18 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Birk 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 Birk in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	162	9 of 10	18
2000s	659	10 of 10	66
2010s	840	10 of 10	84
2020sbusiest	913	6 of 10	152

Across Norway · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 152 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2024 and 2025, when recorded births rose by 74, from 177 to 251.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Birk 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 1990 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #18 in Norway in 2025.

Birk'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	#18	251	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#36	177	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#41	167	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#36	164	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#70	92	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#93	62	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#93	74	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#80	98	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#76	103	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#90	90	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#103	75	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#98	77	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#101	72	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#95	84	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#98	86	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#101	81	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#102	84	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#107	81	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#109	73	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#99	81	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#125	56	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#121	58	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#104	75	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#137	48	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#124	54	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#145	49	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#162	40	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#167	37	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#252	19	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#240	21	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#285	15	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#314	13	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#417	8	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#584	4	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#562	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 1990 and 2025, ranked in 35 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #18, first reached in 2025.

It held a top-100 place in 14 years, 10 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 251 births, registered in Norway in 2025.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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.

Birgitta · #298, 22y
Birgitte · #86, 69y
Birte · #171, 56y
Birthe · #177, 52y

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.

Oline · #40, 40y
Torild · #46, 36y
Sidsel · #52, 38y
Frøya · #56, 34y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Ollie · #18, 30y
Albie · #19, 30y
Taylor · #19, 35y
Tyler · #19, 35y

Comparisons involving Birk

Existing comparison pages where Birk and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Birk in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Adrian vs Birk
In Norway · Boys, Birk moved into the top 50 at #36 in 2022 as Adrian fell out of it to #54, having been #40 the year before.
Adrian · Birk · 35 shared years, 1990–2025 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2022 Norway ranking
Oscar vs Birk
In Norway · Boys, Birk moved into the top 50 at #36 in 2022 as Oscar fell out of it to #69, having been #41 the year before.
Oscar · Birk · 35 shared years, 1990–2025 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2022 Norway ranking
Samuel vs Birk
In Norway · Boys, Birk moved into the top 50 at #36 in 2022 as Samuel fell out of it to #53, having been #48 the year before.
Samuel · Birk · 35 shared years, 1990–2025 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2022 Norway ranking

Birk was ranked #18 in Norway · Boys in 2025. 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.

Birk 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 Birk without appearing here.

Birk moved ahead of

Timothy Compare
In 1995 they stood at #584 and #569 in Norway · Boys; by 1996 that had become #240 and #547.
Harry Compare
In 1994 they stood at #562 and #396 in Norway · Boys; by 1995 that had become #285 and #590.
Steven Compare
In 1993 they stood at #417 and #292 in Norway · Boys; by 1994 that had become #314 and #544.
Kai Compare
In 1997 they stood at #252 and #236 in Norway · Boys; by 1998 that had become #167 and #374.

Moved ahead of Birk

Noah Compare
In 2000 they stood at #145 and #177 in Norway · Boys; by 2001 that had become #124 and #77.
Matheo Compare
In 2008 they stood at #107 and #126 in Norway · Boys; by 2009 that had become #102 and #83.

Moved the opposite way to Birk

Alexander Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Birk went from #562 to #18 while Alexander went from #13 to #81.
Anders Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Birk went from #562 to #18 while Anders went from #7 to #293.
Andreas Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Birk went from #562 to #18 while Andreas went from #2 to #96.
Arild Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Birk went from #562 to #18 while Arild went from #179 to #489.

Moved the same way as Birk

Adam Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Birk went from #562 to #18 and Adam from #139 to #29.
Aksel Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Birk went from #562 to #18 and Aksel from #243 to #25.
Alfred Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Birk went from #562 to #18 and Alfred from #479 to #26.
Arthur Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Birk went from #562 to #18 and Arthur from #449 to #83.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
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 1990 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #18 in Norway in 2025. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Birk

Birk at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Birk by decade in Norway · Boys

Birk appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Comparisons involving Birk

Longest shared records

Names published alongside Birk

Birk and the names beside it

Birk moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Birk

Moved the opposite way to Birk

Moved the same way as Birk

Birk at a glance

Birk by decade in Norway · Boys

Birk appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Comparisons involving Birk

Longest shared records

Names published alongside Birk

Birk and the names beside it

Birk moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Birk

Moved the opposite way to Birk

Moved the same way as Birk