Bernt

maleStatistical record

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

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

Bernt: Recorded since 1945, it reached #83 in 1953, and it stood at #441 in 2022.

1registrar recorded it
61times a registrar ranked it
78years from first to last
#83highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–2022

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#92
1946	#84
1947	#105
1948	#85
1949	#91
1950	#87
1951	#95
1952	#94
1953	#83
1954	#90
1955	#90
1956	#87
1957	#94
1958	#84
1959	#106
1960	#96
1961	#85
1962	#114
1963	#89
1964	#106
1965	#103
1966	#99
1967	#123
1968	#131
1969	#119
1970	#120
1971	#130
1972	#135
1973	#119
1974	#138
1975	#138
1976	#129
1977	#156
1978	#153
1979	#144
1980	#161
1981	#213
1982	#211
1983	#216
1984	#226
1985	#219
1986	#258
1987	#197
1988	#306
1989	#231
1990	#216
1991	#256
1992	#319
1993	#394
1994	#343
1995	#377
1996	#384
1997	#324
1998	#338
1999	#349
2001	#355
2002	#511
2003	#526
2004	#481
2012	#540
2022	#441

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 61 of the 78 years from 1945 to 2022.

Official data for Norway, 1945–2022 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #92 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2022
Highest recorded position: #83 among boys in Norway, in 1953 (recorded 1945–2022).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #441 among boys in Norway, in 2022.
Norway · Boys

Bernt 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 Bernt in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	354	5 of 10	71
1950sbusiest	793	10 of 10	79
1960s	704	10 of 10	70
1970s	568	10 of 10	57
1980s	267	10 of 10	27
1990s	133	10 of 10	13
2000s	22	4 of 10	6
2010s	4	1 of 10	4
2020s	5	1 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 1950s were its busiest decade, averaging 79 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1961 and 1962, when recorded births fell by 32, from 88 to 56.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Bernt 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 2022. Highest recorded position: #83 in Norway in 1953.

Bernt'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
2022	Norway	male	#441	5	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#540	4	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#481	5	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#526	4	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#511	4	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#355	9	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#349	10	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#338	11	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#324	12	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#384	9	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#377	10	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#343	11	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#394	9	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#319	14	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#256	21	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#216	26	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#231	26	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#306	15	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#197	30	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#258	21	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#219	27	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#226	24	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#216	27	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#211	29	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#213	25	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#161	43	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#144	49	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#153	46	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#156	45	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#129	58	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#138	52	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#138	59	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#119	69	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#135	61	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#130	62	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#120	67	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#119	67	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#131	55	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#123	59	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#99	78	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#103	71	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#106	70	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#89	87	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#114	56	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#85	88	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#96	73	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#106	65	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#84	88	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#94	75	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#87	86	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#90	77	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#90	78	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#83	92	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#94	79	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#95	70	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#87	83	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#91	73	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#85	76	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#105	56	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#84	86	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#92	63	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 2022, ranked in 61 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #83, first reached in 1953.

It held a top-100 place in 17 years, 11 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 92 births, registered in Norway in 1953.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 9 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.

Bernice · #236, 58y
Bernie · #298, 24y
Berrie · #2530, 10y
Berry · #1707, 24y

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.

Bent · #83, 56y
Maiken · #85, 62y
Preben · #81, 66y
Oddbjørn · #79, 62y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Bent · #83, 56y
Carlos · #83, 76y
Edith · #83, 78y
Helle · #83, 80y

Bernt was ranked #83 in Norway · Boys in 1953. 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.

Bernt 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 Bernt without appearing here.

Bernt moved ahead of

Harry Compare
In 1959 they stood at #106 and #101 in Norway · Boys; by 1960 that had become #96 and #158.
Svein Compare
In 2021 they stood at #540 and #371 in Norway · Boys; by 2022 that had become #441 and #500.
Steinar Compare
In 2021 they stood at #540 and #487 in Norway · Boys; by 2022 that had become #441 and #499.
Rolf Compare
In 2021 they stood at #540 and #456 in Norway · Boys; by 2022 that had become #441 and #494.

Moved ahead of Bernt

Aaron Compare
In 2001 they stood at #355 and #400 in Norway · Boys; by 2002 that had become #511 and #263.
Noel Compare
In 2011 they stood at #481 and #573 in Norway · Boys; by 2012 that had become #540 and #294.
Charlie Compare
In 2011 they stood at #481 and #549 in Norway · Boys; by 2012 that had become #540 and #304.
Alan Compare
In 2001 they stood at #355 and #527 in Norway · Boys; by 2002 that had become #511 and #284.

Moved the opposite way to Bernt

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 2022 in Norway · Boys, Bernt went from #92 to #441 while Aksel went from #174 to #13.
Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 2022 in Norway · Boys, Bernt went from #92 to #441 while Alfred went from #127 to #26.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 2022 in Norway · Boys, Bernt went from #92 to #441 while Andreas went from #140 to #66.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 2022 in Norway · Boys, Bernt went from #92 to #441 while Arthur went from #153 to #81.

Moved the same way as Bernt

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 2022 in Norway · Boys, Bernt went from #92 to #441 and Anders from #55 to #254.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 2022 in Norway · Boys, Bernt went from #92 to #441 and Arild from #32 to #356.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2022 in Norway · Boys, Bernt went from #92 to #441 and Arne from #6 to #217.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1945 and 2022 in Norway · Boys, Bernt went from #92 to #441 and Bjørn from #3 to #93.

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Recorded in official data for Norway from 1945 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #83 in Norway in 1953. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Bernt

Bernt at a glance

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Bernt by decade in Norway · Boys

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Bernt at a glance

Bernt by decade in Norway · Boys

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