Bent

maleStatistical record

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

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

Bent: Recorded since 1945, it reached #83 in 1969, and it was last ranked in 2004.

1registrar recorded it
56times a registrar ranked it
60years from first to last
#83highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–2004

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#166
1946	#204
1947	#190
1948	#177
1949	#140
1950	#159
1951	#137
1952	#106
1953	#100
1954	#97
1955	#111
1956	#102
1957	#102
1958	#110
1959	#105
1960	#91
1961	#107
1962	#100
1963	#104
1964	#146
1965	#99
1966	#89
1967	#86
1968	#85
1969	#83
1970	#98
1971	#111
1972	#121
1973	#135
1974	#155
1975	#159
1976	#180
1977	#196
1978	#173
1979	#174
1980	#225
1981	#278
1982	#257
1983	#261
1984	#315
1985	#345
1986	#305
1987	#279
1988	#305
1989	#402
1990	#267
1991	#411
1992	#393
1993	#376
1994	#324
1995	#484
1996	#506
1998	#549
1999	#497
2001	#532
2004	#547

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 56 of the 60 years from 1945 to 2004.

Official data for Norway, 1945–2004 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #166 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2004
Highest recorded position: #83 among boys in Norway, in 1969 (recorded 1945–2004).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2004
Most recently recorded at #547 among boys in Norway, in 2004.
Norway · Boys

Bent 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 Bent in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	121	5 of 10	24
1950s	559	10 of 10	56
1960sbusiest	804	10 of 10	80
1970s	530	10 of 10	53
1980s	168	10 of 10	17
1990s	79	9 of 10	9
2000s	8	2 of 10	4

Across Norway · Boys, the 1960s were its busiest decade, averaging 80 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1964 and 1965, when recorded births rose by 38, from 43 to 81.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Bent 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 2004. Highest recorded position: #83 in Norway in 1969.

Bent'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
2004	Norway	male	#547	4	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#532	4	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#497	5	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#549	4	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#506	5	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#484	6	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#324	12	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#376	10	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#393	9	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#411	9	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#267	19	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#402	10	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#305	15	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#279	17	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#305	16	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#345	13	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#315	15	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#261	20	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#257	20	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#278	17	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#225	25	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#174	40	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#173	38	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#196	32	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#180	37	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#159	45	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#155	48	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#135	58	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#121	71	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#111	77	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#98	84	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#83	109	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#85	100	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#86	102	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#89	91	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#99	81	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#146	43	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#104	70	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#100	70	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#107	61	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#91	77	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#105	65	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#110	58	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#102	66	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#102	66	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#111	55	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#97	66	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#100	64	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#106	56	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#137	34	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#159	29	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#140	35	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#177	23	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#190	21	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#204	17	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#166	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 2004, ranked in 56 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #83, first reached in 1969.

It held a top-100 place in 10 years, 6 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 109 births, registered in Norway in 1969.

Its record falls into 4 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.

Benny · #221, 48y
Benson · #1363, 27y
Bente · #2, 62y
Benthe · #216, 25y

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.

Bernt · #83, 61y
Vilma · #85, 53y
Ulf · #79, 53y
Ketil · #78, 51y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Bernt · #83, 61y
Carlos · #83, 76y
Edith · #83, 78y
Helle · #83, 80y

Bent was ranked #83 in Norway · Boys in 1969. 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.

Bent 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 Bent without appearing here.

Bent moved ahead of

Harry Compare
In 1959 they stood at #105 and #101 in Norway · Boys; by 1960 that had become #91 and #158.
Kåre Compare
In 2003 they stood at #532 and #421 in Norway · Boys; by 2004 that had become #547 and #565.

Moved ahead of Bent

Joshua Compare
In 1995 they stood at #484 and #535 in Norway · Boys; by 1996 that had become #506 and #278.
Steven Compare
In 1997 they stood at #506 and #545 in Norway · Boys; by 1998 that had become #549 and #335.
Max Compare
In 1990 they stood at #267 and #309 in Norway · Boys; by 1991 that had become #411 and #201.
Edward Compare
In 1994 they stood at #324 and #365 in Norway · Boys; by 1995 that had become #484 and #276.

Moved the opposite way to Bent

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 2004 in Norway · Boys, Bent went from #166 to #547 while Aksel went from #174 to #70.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 2004 in Norway · Boys, Bent went from #166 to #547 while Andreas went from #140 to #3.
Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 2004 in Norway · Boys, Bent went from #166 to #547 while Christian went from #161 to #43.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 2004 in Norway · Boys, Bent went from #166 to #547 while Daniel went from #280 to #5.

Moved the same way as Bent

Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 2004 in Norway · Boys, Bent went from #166 to #547 and Alfred from #127 to #192.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 2004 in Norway · Boys, Bent went from #166 to #547 and Arild from #32 to #312.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2004 in Norway · Boys, Bent went from #166 to #547 and Arne from #6 to #169.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 2004 in Norway · Boys, Bent went from #166 to #547 and Arthur from #153 to #239.

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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 1945 to 2004. Highest recorded position: #83 in Norway in 1969. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Bent

Bent at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Bent by decade in Norway · Boys

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Bent at a glance

Bent by decade in Norway · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1940s

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Bent moved ahead of

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