Ann-Karin

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Ann-Karin: Recorded since 1946, it reached #171 in 1962, and it was last ranked in 1989.

1registrar recorded it
39times a registrar ranked it
44years from first to last
#171highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Girls

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1946–1989

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Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1946	#304
1947	#240
1948	#243
1949	#299
1950	#210
1951	#271
1952	#239
1953	#279
1954	#275
1955	#210
1956	#191
1957	#204
1958	#181
1959	#185
1960	#206
1961	#184
1962	#171
1963	#208
1964	#199
1965	#238
1966	#195
1967	#202
1968	#226
1969	#237
1970	#216
1971	#301
1972	#340
1973	#321
1974	#265
1975	#418
1976	#394
1978	#545
1979	#551
1980	#403
1981	#426
1982	#482
1984	#591
1987	#591
1989	#654

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 39 of the 44 years from 1946 to 1989.

Official data for Norway, 1946–1989 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1946
First recorded at #304 among girls in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1946–1989
Highest recorded position: #171 among girls in Norway, in 1962 (recorded 1946–1989).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1989
Most recently recorded at #654 among girls in Norway, in 1989.
Norway · Girls

Ann-Karin by decade in Norway · Girls

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 Ann-Karin in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	43	4 of 10	11
1950s	155	10 of 10	16
1960sbusiest	197	10 of 10	20
1970s	101	9 of 10	11
1980s	38	6 of 10	6

Across Norway · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade, averaging 20 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Ann-Karin 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 1946 to 1989. Highest recorded position: #171 in Norway in 1962.

Ann-Karin'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
1989	Norway	female	#654	4	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#591	5	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#591	5	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#482	7	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#426	8	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#403	9	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#551	5	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#545	5	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#394	9	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#418	8	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#265	17	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#321	12	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#340	11	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#301	13	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#216	21	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#237	18	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#226	19	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#202	22	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#195	21	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#238	16	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#199	20	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#208	19	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#171	22	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#184	22	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#206	18	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#185	20	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#181	21	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#204	17	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#191	20	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#210	17	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#275	10	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#279	10	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#239	13	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#271	10	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#210	17	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#299	8	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#243	13	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#240	14	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#304	8	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 1946 and 1989, ranked in 39 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #171, first reached in 1962.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 22 births, registered in Norway in 1961.

Its record falls into 5 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.

Ann-Christin · #159, 32y
Ann-Helen · #216, 47y
Ann-Kristin · #73, 48y
Ann-Mari · #179, 47y

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.

Brynhild · #171, 37y
Signy · #170, 35y
Tron · #175, 40y
Alvilde · #176, 35y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Birte · #171, 56y
Brynhild · #171, 37y
Christel · #170, 54y
Elly · #170, 47y

Ann-Karin was ranked #171 in Norway · Girls in 1962. 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.

Ann-Karin 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 Ann-Karin without appearing here.

Ann-Karin moved ahead of

Susan Compare
In 1988 they stood at #591 and #506 in Norway · Girls; by 1989 that had become #654 and #693.

Moved ahead of Ann-Karin

Emilie Compare
In 1986 they stood at #591 and #596 in Norway · Girls; by 1987 that had become #591 and #136.
Isabella Compare
In 1988 they stood at #591 and #610 in Norway · Girls; by 1989 that had become #654 and #254.
Nicole Compare
In 1986 they stood at #591 and #665 in Norway · Girls; by 1987 that had become #591 and #281.
Frida Compare
In 1977 they stood at #394 and #399 in Norway · Girls; by 1978 that had become #545 and #236.

Moved the opposite way to Ann-Karin

Anita Compare
Between 1946 and 1989 in Norway · Girls, Ann-Karin went from #304 to #654 while Anita went from #152 to #82.
Ann Compare
Between 1946 and 1989 in Norway · Girls, Ann-Karin went from #304 to #654 while Ann went from #104 to #59.
Anna Compare
Between 1946 and 1989 in Norway · Girls, Ann-Karin went from #304 to #654 while Anna went from #46 to #14.
Cecilie Compare
Between 1946 and 1989 in Norway · Girls, Ann-Karin went from #304 to #654 while Cecilie went from #325 to #34.

Moved the same way as Ann-Karin

Anne Compare
Between 1946 and 1989 in Norway · Girls, Ann-Karin went from #304 to #654 and Anne from #1 to #10.
Annie Compare
Between 1946 and 1989 in Norway · Girls, Ann-Karin went from #304 to #654 and Annie from #192 to #439.
Åse Compare
Between 1946 and 1989 in Norway · Girls, Ann-Karin went from #304 to #654 and Åse from #23 to #185.
Astrid Compare
Between 1946 and 1989 in Norway · Girls, Ann-Karin went from #304 to #654 and Astrid from #16 to #115.

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Recorded in official data for Norway from 1946 to 1989. Highest recorded position: #171 in Norway in 1962. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Ann-Karin

Ann-Karin at a glance

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Ann-Karin by decade in Norway · Girls

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