Ernst

maleStatistical record

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

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

Ernst: Recorded since 1945, it reached #111 in 1953, and it was last ranked in 1996.

1registrar recorded it
49times a registrar ranked it
52years from first to last
#111highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–1996

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#120
1946	#130
1947	#133
1948	#117
1949	#114
1950	#138
1951	#138
1952	#129
1953	#111
1954	#115
1955	#132
1956	#128
1957	#136
1958	#136
1959	#176
1960	#154
1961	#166
1962	#170
1963	#161
1964	#231
1965	#176
1966	#193
1967	#177
1968	#184
1969	#225
1970	#235
1971	#206
1972	#209
1973	#258
1974	#237
1975	#303
1976	#330
1977	#329
1978	#415
1979	#355
1980	#532
1981	#344
1982	#366
1983	#525
1984	#494
1985	#540
1986	#432
1987	#489
1988	#508
1989	#424
1990	#489
1992	#457
1993	#451
1996	#471

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 49 of the 52 years from 1945 to 1996.

Official data for Norway, 1945–1996 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #120 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–1996
Highest recorded position: #111 among boys in Norway, in 1953 (recorded 1945–1996).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1996
Most recently recorded at #471 among boys in Norway, in 1996.
Norway · Boys

Ernst 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 Ernst in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	216	5 of 10	43
1950s	397	10 of 10	40
1960s	288	10 of 10	29
1970s	179	10 of 10	18
1980s	81	10 of 10	8
1990s	27	4 of 10	7

Across Norway · Boys, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 43 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Ernst 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 1996. Highest recorded position: #111 in Norway in 1953.

Ernst'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
1996	Norway	male	#471	6	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#451	7	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#457	7	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#489	7	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#424	9	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#508	7	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#489	7	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#432	9	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#540	6	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#494	7	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#525	6	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#366	12	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#344	12	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#532	6	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#355	12	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#415	9	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#329	13	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#330	13	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#303	14	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#237	22	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#258	19	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#209	29	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#206	27	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#235	21	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#225	23	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#184	31	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#177	32	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#193	28	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#176	30	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#231	18	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#161	34	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#170	28	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#166	29	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#154	35	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#176	26	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#136	41	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#136	39	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#128	45	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#132	41	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#115	46	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#111	49	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#129	40	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#138	34	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#138	36	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#114	45	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#117	47	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#133	37	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#130	44	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#120	43	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 1996, ranked in 49 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #111, first reached in 1953.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 49 births, registered in Norway in 1953.

Its record falls into 3 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.

Ernest · #167, 48y
Ernie · #316, 27y
Eron · #1892, 24y
Eros · #655, 15y

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.

Ranveig · #111, 52y
Bengt · #112, 51y
Lisbet · #110, 45y
Øistein · #112, 47y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Ranveig · #111, 52y
Sylvia · #111, 81y
Bengt · #112, 51y
Gaute · #110, 81y

Ernst was ranked #111 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.

Ernst 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 Ernst without appearing here.

Ernst moved ahead of

Harry Compare
In 1995 they stood at #489 and #396 in Norway · Boys; by 1996 that had become #471 and #574.

Moved ahead of Ernst

William Compare
In 1979 they stood at #355 and #372 in Norway · Boys; by 1980 that had become #532 and #233.
Oliver Compare
In 1989 they stood at #424 and #434 in Norway · Boys; by 1990 that had become #489 and #231.
Julian Compare
In 1982 they stood at #366 and #371 in Norway · Boys; by 1983 that had become #525 and #292.
Joshua Compare
In 1995 they stood at #451 and #464 in Norway · Boys; by 1996 that had become #471 and #278.

Moved the opposite way to Ernst

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 1996 in Norway · Boys, Ernst went from #120 to #471 while Anders went from #55 to #17.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 1996 in Norway · Boys, Ernst went from #120 to #471 while Andreas went from #140 to #2.
Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 1996 in Norway · Boys, Ernst went from #120 to #471 while Christian went from #161 to #30.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 1996 in Norway · Boys, Ernst went from #120 to #471 while Daniel went from #280 to #3.

Moved the same way as Ernst

Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 1996 in Norway · Boys, Ernst went from #120 to #471 and Alfred from #127 to #339.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 1996 in Norway · Boys, Ernst went from #120 to #471 and Arild from #32 to #221.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 1996 in Norway · Boys, Ernst went from #120 to #471 and Arne from #6 to #120.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 1996 in Norway · Boys, Ernst went from #120 to #471 and Arthur from #153 to #282.

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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 1996. Highest recorded position: #111 in Norway in 1953. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Ernst

Ernst at a glance

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Ernst by decade in Norway · Boys

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Ernst at a glance

Ernst by decade in Norway · Boys

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Ernst moved ahead of

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