Bogdan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Bogdan: Recorded since 1955, it reached #212 in 1965, and it stood at #402 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
80times a registrar ranked it
71years from first to last
#212highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2007–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2007	#2435
2008	#3687
2009	#2837
2010	#2199
2011	#4647
2012	#1756
2013	#2403
2014	#2079
2015	#1586
2016	#1081
2017	#968
2018	#851
2019	#952
2020	#812
2021	#963
2022	#825
2023	#1407
2024	#1951

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 48 of the 71 years from 1955 to 2025.

In 2025: #402 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #491 among boys in Norway.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1955–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1955
First recorded at #278 among boys in Norway in 1955 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1955–2025
Highest recorded position: #212 among boys in Norway, in 1965 (recorded 1955–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #491 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Bogdan appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 48 years beginning in 1955, and has registered 442 births with the name.

Bogdan across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Bogdan's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#278 (1955)	#212 (1965)	#491 (2025)	48 of 71	442 (1955–2025)	22 (1965)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#451 (2002)	#382 (2014)	#402 (2025)	14 of 24	80 (2002–2025)	10 (2014)
England and Wales · Boys	#2435 (2007)	#812 (2020)	#1951 (2024)	18 of 18	335 (2007–2024)	38 (2020)

Bogdan 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 Bogdan in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	49	5 of 10	10
1960sbusiest	118	10 of 10	12
1970s	111	10 of 10	11
1980s	99	9 of 10	11
1990s	25	5 of 10	5
2000s	13	3 of 10	4
2010s	9	2 of 10	5
2020s	18	4 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 1960s were its busiest decade, averaging 12 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Bogdan appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1955 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #212 in Norway in 1965.

Bogdan'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
2024	England and Wales	male	#1951	12	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1407	18	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#825	38	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#963	31	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#812	38	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#952	30	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#851	36	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#968	31	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1081	26	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1586	15	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2079	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2403	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1756	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2199	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2837	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2435	7	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#491	4	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#422	6	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#500	4	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#465	4	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#508	4	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#488	5	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#538	4	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#490	5	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#548	4	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#575	4	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#565	4	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#533	5	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#451	7	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#563	5	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#538	6	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#355	12	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#408	10	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#347	13	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#404	10	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#407	10	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#301	16	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#369	11	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#378	11	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#351	12	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#377	11	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#353	12	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#440	8	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#392	10	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#485	7	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#344	12	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#324	13	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#319	13	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#315	13	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#253	18	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#352	10	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#414	7	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#375	9	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#212	22	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#315	11	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#316	10	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#317	10	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#223	17	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#471	4	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#267	12	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#287	10	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#268	11	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#336	7	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#278	9	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#402	9	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#655	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#660	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#454	7	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#454	7	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#637	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#402	9	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#635	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#541	5	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#459	7	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#382	10	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	4	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#451	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1955 and 2025, ranked in 62 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #212, first reached in 1965.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 38 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2002, and 52 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, 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.

Eibhlin · #209, 59y
Moira · #209, 61y
Hussein · #216, 65y
Neasa · #222, 60y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Dorthe · #211, 51y
Viola · #211, 40y
Ann-Helen · #216, 47y
Benthe · #216, 25y

Bogdan was ranked #212 in Norway · Boys in 1965. 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.

Bogdan 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 Bogdan without appearing here.

Bogdan moved ahead of

Rodney Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4647 and #2613 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1756 and #4805.
Garry Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2403 and #2216 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2079 and #4632.
Madison Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4647 and #2892 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1756 and #3987.
Kim Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2837 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2199 and #3865.

Moved ahead of Bogdan

Aksel Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1407 and #1461 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1951 and #1132.
Rune Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1407 and #1799 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1951 and #1460.
Conan Compare
In 2022 they stood at #825 and #1143 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1407 and #987.
Ulrik Compare
In 1987 they stood at #355 and #373 in Norway · Boys; by 1988 that had become #538 and #245.

Moved the opposite way to Bogdan

Adam Compare
Between 1955 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Bogdan went from #278 to #491 while Adam went from #409 to #29.
Aksel Compare
Between 1955 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Bogdan went from #278 to #491 while Aksel went from #197 to #25.
Alfred Compare
Between 1955 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Bogdan went from #278 to #491 while Alfred went from #217 to #26.
Arthur Compare
Between 1955 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Bogdan went from #278 to #491 while Arthur went from #189 to #83.

Moved the same way as Bogdan

Anders Compare
Between 1955 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Bogdan went from #278 to #491 and Anders from #69 to #293.
Arild Compare
Between 1955 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Bogdan went from #278 to #491 and Arild from #27 to #489.
Arne Compare
Between 1955 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Bogdan went from #278 to #491 and Arne from #9 to #222.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1955 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Bogdan went from #278 to #491 and Bjørn from #3 to #56.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1955 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #212 in Norway in 1965. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Bogdan

Bogdan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Bogdan across 3 official records

Bogdan by decade in Norway · Boys

Bogdan appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1950s

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Bogdan and the names beside it

Bogdan moved ahead of

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Bogdan at a glance

Bogdan across 3 official records

Bogdan by decade in Norway · Boys

Bogdan appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Bogdan

Bogdan and the names beside it

Bogdan moved ahead of

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