Esben

maleStatistical record

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

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

Esben: Recorded since 1953, with a gap of 15 years, it reached #251 in 1967, and it stood at #3,688 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
47times a registrar ranked it
72years from first to last
#251highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Esben's record

Absent from every published list for 15 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2017–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2017	#3996
2018	#4749
2019	#4702
2020	#2682
2023	#4991
2024	#3688

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 41 of the 49 years from 1953 to 2001.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1953–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1953
First recorded at #364 among boys in Norway in 1953 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1953–2001
Highest recorded position: #251 among boys in Norway, in 1967 (recorded 1953–2001).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3688 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Esben appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 41 years beginning in 1953, and has registered 385 births with the name.

Esben across 2 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.

Esben'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	#364 (1953)	#251 (1967)	#539 (2001)	41 of 49	385 (1953–2001)	17 (1967)
England and Wales · Boys	#3996 (2017)	#2682 (2020)	#3688 (2024)	6 of 8	25 (2017–2024)	7 (2020)

Esben 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 Esben in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	14	3 of 10	5
1960s	97	10 of 10	10
1970sbusiest	116	10 of 10	12
1980s	104	10 of 10	10
1990s	50	7 of 10	7
2000s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Norway · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 12 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Esben 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 2 regions, from 1953 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #251 in Norway in 1967.

Esben'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	#3688	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2682	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#539	4	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#503	5	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#472	6	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#491	6	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#398	9	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#398	9	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#482	7	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#452	8	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#406	10	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#324	14	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#490	7	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#411	10	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#326	14	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#462	8	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#377	11	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#327	14	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#540	6	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#402	10	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#613	4	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#390	10	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#373	11	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#355	12	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#320	13	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#346	12	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#366	11	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#278	17	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#289	15	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#347	11	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#468	6	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#315	12	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#251	17	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#419	7	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#278	14	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#364	9	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#363	8	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#351	8	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#322	9	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#375	7	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#420	4	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#381	5	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#364	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1953 and 2024, ranked in 47 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #251, first reached in 1967.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 17 births, registered in Norway in 1967.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 15 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2017, and 64 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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Eseosa · #2411, 16y
Esha · #285, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Christiane · #256, 46y
Karan · #246, 42y
Yonas · #258, 49y
Treasa · #240, 45y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

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

Mahmoud · #251, 69y
Miguel · #252, 58y
Fadumo · #248, 57y
Abdi · #247, 60y

Esben was ranked #251 in Norway · Boys in 1967. 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.

Esben 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 Esben without appearing here.

Esben moved ahead of

Espen Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #4107 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.
Brett Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #3523 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #4270.
Grant Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Esben

Matheo Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3996 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #4749 and #2693.
Filip Compare
In 1978 they stood at #390 and #514 in Norway · Boys; by 1979 that had become #613 and #276.
Theo Compare
In 2000 they stood at #503 and #541 in Norway · Boys; by 2001 that had become #539 and #225.
Jonathan Compare
In 1978 they stood at #390 and #524 in Norway · Boys; by 1979 that had become #613 and #326.

Moved the opposite way to Esben

Anders Compare
Between 1953 and 2001 in Norway · Boys, Esben went from #364 to #539 while Anders went from #65 to #29.
Andreas Compare
Between 1953 and 2001 in Norway · Boys, Esben went from #364 to #539 while Andreas went from #131 to #1.
Christian Compare
Between 1953 and 2001 in Norway · Boys, Esben went from #364 to #539 while Christian went from #127 to #28.
Christopher Compare
Between 1953 and 2001 in Norway · Boys, Esben went from #364 to #539 while Christopher went from #277 to #118.

Moved the same way as Esben

Arild Compare
Between 1953 and 2001 in Norway · Boys, Esben went from #364 to #539 and Arild from #22 to #332.
Arne Compare
Between 1953 and 2001 in Norway · Boys, Esben went from #364 to #539 and Arne from #7 to #157.
Arthur Compare
Between 1953 and 2001 in Norway · Boys, Esben went from #364 to #539 and Arthur from #187 to #290.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1953 and 2001 in Norway · Boys, Esben went from #364 to #539 and Bjørn from #3 to #75.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
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 2 regions, from 1953 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #251 in Norway in 1967. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Esben

Esben at a glance

What stands out in Esben's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Esben across 2 official records

Esben by decade in Norway · Boys

Esben appears in

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Esben at a glance

What stands out in Esben's record

Esben across 2 official records

Esben by decade in Norway · Boys

Esben 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 Esben

Esben and the names beside it

Esben moved ahead of

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