Gert

maleStatistical record

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

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

Gert: Recorded since 1945, it reached #273 in 1948, and it was last ranked in 1988.

1registrar recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
44years from first to last
#273highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–1988

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#317
1948	#273
1953	#333
1954	#381
1956	#421
1957	#370
1958	#459
1962	#378
1963	#504
1965	#442
1966	#422
1968	#387
1969	#444
1970	#348
1971	#512
1972	#471
1973	#466
1974	#493
1975	#560
1976	#550
1977	#501
1980	#632
1988	#635

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 23 of the 44 years from 1945 to 1988.

Official data for Norway, 1945–1988 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #317 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–1988
Highest recorded position: #273 among boys in Norway, in 1948 (recorded 1945–1988).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1988
Most recently recorded at #635 among boys in Norway, in 1988.
Norway · Boys

Gert 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 Gert in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	15	2 of 10	8
1950s	25	5 of 10	5
1960sbusiest	40	6 of 10	7
1970s	54	8 of 10	7
1980s	8	2 of 10	4

Across Norway · Boys, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Gert 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 1988. Highest recorded position: #273 in Norway in 1948.

Gert'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
1988	Norway	male	#635	4	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#632	4	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#501	6	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#550	5	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#560	5	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#493	7	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#466	7	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#471	7	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#512	6	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#348	11	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#444	7	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#387	9	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#422	7	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#442	6	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#504	4	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#378	7	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#459	4	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#370	6	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#421	4	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#381	5	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#333	6	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#273	9	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#317	6	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 1988, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #273, first reached in 1948.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in Norway in 1970.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 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.

Gerrard · #181, 37y
Gerry · #237, 43y
Gertrude · #154, 29y
Gethin · #272, 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.

Breege · #272, 25y
Daiva · #274, 26y
Renathe · #274, 27y
Vaidas · #277, 22y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Agnethe · #273, 50y
Hans-Petter · #273, 39y
Inghild · #273, 32y
Narve · #273, 29y

Gert was ranked #273 in Norway · Boys in 1948. 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.

Gert 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 Gert without appearing here.

Gert moved ahead of

Ronald Compare
In 1979 they stood at #501 and #428 in Norway · Boys; by 1980 that had become #632 and #653.

Moved ahead of Gert

Matthew Compare
In 1979 they stood at #501 and #513 in Norway · Boys; by 1980 that had become #632 and #281.
Sondre Compare
In 1970 they stood at #348 and #510 in Norway · Boys; by 1971 that had become #512 and #220.
Sander Compare
In 1987 they stood at #560 and #581 in Norway · Boys; by 1988 that had become #635 and #386.
Scott Compare
In 1987 they stood at #632 and #656 in Norway · Boys; by 1988 that had become #635 and #387.

Moved the opposite way to Gert

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 1988 in Norway · Boys, Gert went from #317 to #635 while Anders went from #55 to #6.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 1988 in Norway · Boys, Gert went from #317 to #635 while Andreas went from #140 to #2.
Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 1988 in Norway · Boys, Gert went from #317 to #635 while Christian went from #161 to #16.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 1988 in Norway · Boys, Gert went from #317 to #635 while Daniel went from #280 to #4.

Moved the same way as Gert

Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 1988 in Norway · Boys, Gert went from #317 to #635 and Alfred from #127 to #572.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 1988 in Norway · Boys, Gert went from #317 to #635 and Arild from #32 to #156.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 1988 in Norway · Boys, Gert went from #317 to #635 and Arne from #6 to #89.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1945 and 1988 in Norway · Boys, Gert went from #317 to #635 and Bjørn from #3 to #27.

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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 1988. Highest recorded position: #273 in Norway in 1948. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Gert

Gert at a glance

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Popularity journey

Gert by decade in Norway · Boys

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Gert at a glance

Gert by decade in Norway · Boys

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