Bjarte

maleStatistical record

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

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

Bjarte: Recorded since 1945, it reached #93 in 1971, and it was last ranked in 2010.

1registrar recorded it
60times a registrar ranked it
66years from first to last
#93highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Bjarte's record

Moved 106 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–2010

View as table

Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#293
1946	#254
1947	#252
1948	#205
1949	#270
1950	#271
1951	#243
1952	#204
1953	#201
1954	#208
1955	#175
1956	#193
1957	#152
1958	#140
1959	#182
1960	#162
1961	#159
1962	#180
1963	#155
1964	#136
1965	#110
1966	#118
1967	#113
1968	#112
1969	#98
1970	#136
1971	#93
1972	#111
1973	#115
1974	#113
1975	#102
1976	#108
1977	#130
1978	#115
1979	#149
1980	#153
1981	#153
1982	#155
1983	#136
1984	#153
1985	#141
1986	#157
1987	#231
1988	#203
1989	#216
1990	#292
1991	#225
1992	#222
1993	#261
1994	#297
1995	#287
1996	#266
1997	#284
1998	#390
1999	#398
2000	#450
2001	#407
2002	#366
2003	#395
2010	#444

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 60 of the 66 years from 1945 to 2010.

Official data for Norway, 1945–2010 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #293 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2010
Highest recorded position: #93 among boys in Norway, in 1971 (recorded 1945–2010).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2010
Most recently recorded at #444 among boys in Norway, in 2010.
Norway · Boys

Bjarte 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 Bjarte in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	54	5 of 10	11
1950s	206	10 of 10	21
1960s	507	10 of 10	51
1970sbusiest	700	10 of 10	70
1980s	421	10 of 10	42
1990s	169	10 of 10	17
2000s	29	4 of 10	7
2010s	7	1 of 10	7

Across Norway · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 70 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1970 and 1971, when recorded births rose by 42, from 56 to 98.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Bjarte 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 2010. Highest recorded position: #93 in Norway in 1971.

Bjarte'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
2010	Norway	male	#444	7	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#395	8	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#366	8	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#407	7	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#450	6	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#398	8	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#390	8	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#284	15	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#266	17	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#287	15	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#297	15	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#261	20	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#222	28	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#225	26	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#292	17	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#216	28	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#203	29	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#231	24	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#157	46	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#141	54	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#153	45	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#136	56	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#155	47	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#153	46	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#153	46	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#149	48	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#115	66	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#130	55	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#108	70	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#102	83	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#113	75	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#115	72	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#111	77	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#93	98	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#136	56	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#98	82	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#112	66	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#113	65	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#118	60	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#110	65	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#136	45	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#155	36	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#180	26	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#159	31	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#162	31	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#182	24	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#140	36	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#152	30	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#193	21	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#175	24	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#208	16	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#201	18	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#204	16	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#243	12	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#271	9	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#270	9	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#205	16	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#252	11	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#254	11	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#293	7	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 2010, ranked in 60 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #93, first reached in 1971.

It held a top-100 place in 2 years.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 98 births, registered in Norway in 1971.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 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.

Bismah · #1012, 27y
Bjarne · #45, 72y
Bjørg · #6, 70y
Bjørge · #296, 27y

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.

Benedikte · #95, 57y
Gudrun · #91, 59y
Ingvill · #97, 59y
Ottar · #97, 63y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Eirin · #94, 80y
Mai · #94, 81y
Marta · #92, 81y
May-Britt · #92, 47y

Bjarte was ranked #93 in Norway · Boys in 1971. 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.

Bjarte 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 Bjarte without appearing here.

Bjarte moved ahead of

Roger Compare
In 2002 they stood at #366 and #356 in Norway · Boys; by 2003 that had become #395 and #552.
Frode Compare
In 2002 they stood at #366 and #342 in Norway · Boys; by 2003 that had become #395 and #529.
Stein Compare
In 2009 they stood at #395 and #344 in Norway · Boys; by 2010 that had become #444 and #565.
Raymond Compare
In 2000 they stood at #450 and #336 in Norway · Boys; by 2001 that had become #407 and #519.

Moved ahead of Bjarte

Levi Compare
In 2009 they stood at #395 and #406 in Norway · Boys; by 2010 that had become #444 and #149.
Luca Compare
In 2009 they stood at #395 and #542 in Norway · Boys; by 2010 that had become #444 and #217.
Phillip Compare
In 1999 they stood at #398 and #487 in Norway · Boys; by 2000 that had become #450 and #254.
Lucas Compare
In 1997 they stood at #284 and #290 in Norway · Boys; by 1998 that had become #390 and #209.

Moved the opposite way to Bjarte

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 2010 in Norway · Boys, Bjarte went from #293 to #444 while Aksel went from #174 to #21.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 2010 in Norway · Boys, Bjarte went from #293 to #444 while Andreas went from #140 to #16.
Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 2010 in Norway · Boys, Bjarte went from #293 to #444 while Christian went from #161 to #57.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 2010 in Norway · Boys, Bjarte went from #293 to #444 while Daniel went from #280 to #8.

Moved the same way as Bjarte

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 2010 in Norway · Boys, Bjarte went from #293 to #444 and Anders from #55 to #86.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 2010 in Norway · Boys, Bjarte went from #293 to #444 and Arild from #32 to #443.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2010 in Norway · Boys, Bjarte went from #293 to #444 and Arne from #6 to #202.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 2010 in Norway · Boys, Bjarte went from #293 to #444 and Arthur from #153 to #268.

What's not yet available

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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 2010. Highest recorded position: #93 in Norway in 1971. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Bjarte

Bjarte at a glance

What stands out in Bjarte's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Bjarte by decade in Norway · Boys

Bjarte appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1940s

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Bjarte moved ahead of

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Bjarte at a glance

What stands out in Bjarte's record

Bjarte by decade in Norway · Boys

Bjarte 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 Bjarte

Bjarte and the names beside it

Bjarte moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Bjarte

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