Lene

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Lene: Recorded since 1946, it reached #4 in 1976, and it stood at #482 in 2021.

2registrars recorded it
82times a registrar ranked it
76years from first to last
#4highest recorded position
18groupings it qualifies for
15names it appears alongside

What stands out in Lene's record

Held a top-100 place for 40 years running. Names by top-100 run
Appears alongside 15 other names across 5 kinds of recorded relationship. All recorded relationships
Shares a published list with another name across 73 years. Longest shared records

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2000–2012

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2000	#1831
2001	#3998
2004	#3725
2005	#4798
2006	#4157
2007	#5201
2008	#5545
2010	#4688
2012	#5876

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 73 of the 76 years from 1946 to 2021.

In 2012: #400 among girls in Norway, #5876 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1946–2021 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1946
First recorded at #377 among girls in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1946–2021
Highest recorded position: #4 among girls in Norway, in 1976 (recorded 1946–2021).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #482 among girls in Norway, in 2021.
Norway · Girls

Lene appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 73 years beginning in 1946, and has registered 9,989 births with the name.

Lene 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.

Lene'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 · Girls	#377 (1946)	#4 (1976)	#482 (2021)	73 of 76	9,989 (1946–2021)	490 (1976)
England and Wales · Girls	#1831 (2000)	#1831 (2000)	#5876 (2012)	9 of 13	36 (2000–2012)	9 (2000)

Lene by decade in Norway · Girls

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 Lene in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	36	4 of 10	9
1950s	157	10 of 10	16
1960s	1,160	10 of 10	116
1970sbusiest	3,578	10 of 10	358
1980s	3,071	10 of 10	307
1990s	1,525	10 of 10	153
2000s	398	10 of 10	40
2010s	60	8 of 10	8
2020s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Norway · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 358 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1975 and 1976, when recorded births rose by 141, from 349 to 490.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Lene 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 1946 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #4 in Norway in 1979.

Lene'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
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1831	9	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#482	4	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#489	5	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#484	6	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#375	11	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#526	5	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#543	5	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#400	10	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#400	10	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#456	8	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#275	19	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#238	24	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#237	23	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#278	17	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#240	22	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#188	30	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#130	48	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#119	53	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#104	65	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#73	97	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#75	100	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#80	93	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#95	86	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#60	125	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#50	143	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#47	154	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#42	174	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#47	176	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#24	259	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#37	215	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#27	246	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#23	259	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#14	279	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#19	265	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#20	264	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#16	301	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#10	359	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#12	344	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#11	343	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#6	411	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#4	420	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#12	346	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#11	358	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#4	490	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#16	349	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#15	352	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#17	335	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#21	299	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#24	316	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#23	313	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#35	251	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#46	189	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#69	121	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#65	137	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#79	97	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#84	89	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#83	79	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#82	87	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#91	64	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#107	46	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#125	36	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#193	20	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#182	21	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#215	16	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#260	13	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#309	9	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#308	9	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#258	12	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#265	11	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#277	10	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#233	15	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#294	9	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#335	7	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#377	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 1946 and 2021, ranked in 73 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #4, first reached in 1976.

It held a top-100 place in 40 years, 40 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 490 births, registered in Norway in 1976.

1 registrar ranked it inside their own top 10.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2000, and 54 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.

Lena · #20, 81y
Lenard · #2921, 12y
Leni · #288, 45y
Lenka · #905, 20y

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.

Hilde · #2, 76y
Rune · #2, 78y
Tove · #6, 74y
Herman · #20, 76y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Anita · #4, 81y
Ann · #4, 81y
Elin · #4, 81y
Henry · #4, 81y

Comparisons involving Lene

Existing comparison pages where Lene and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Lene in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Lene vs Andrea
Over 63 shared years in Norway · Girls, Andrea rose about as far as Lene fell — from #258 and #401 in 1952 to #482 and #75 in 2021.
Lene · Andrea · 63 shared years, 1952–2021 · Mirrored each other
See the 2021 Norway ranking
Lene vs Julia
Over 62 shared years in Norway · Girls, Julia rose about as far as Lene fell — from #308 and #401 in 1953 to #482 and #51 in 2021.
Lene · Julia · 62 shared years, 1953–2021 · Mirrored each other
See the 2021 Norway ranking
Lene vs Victoria
Over 62 shared years in Norway · Girls, Victoria rose about as far as Lene fell — from #265 and #383 in 1951 to #482 and #66 in 2021.
Lene · Victoria · 62 shared years, 1951–2021 · Mirrored each other
See the 2021 Norway ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Lene and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Camilla vs Lene
In 1977, Camilla moved ahead of Lene in Norway · Girls — #5 and #4 the year before became #3 and #11.
Camilla · Lene · 63 shared years, 1949–2021 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1977 Norway ranking
Silje vs Lene
In 1981, Silje moved ahead of Lene in Norway · Girls — #8 and #6 the year before became #5 and #11.
Silje · Lene · 53 shared years, 1966–2021 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1981 Norway ranking
Lene vs Grethe
In Norway · Girls, Lene moved into the top 50 at #35 in 1969 as Grethe fell out of it to #57, having been #44 the year before.
Lene · Grethe · 59 shared years, 1946–2012 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1969 Norway ranking

Compared inside Norway lists

Pairs involving Lene measured in Norway's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Lene at its highest position.

Lene vs Alexandra
Over 57 shared years in Norway · Girls, Alexandra rose about as far as Lene fell — from #258 and #400 in 1952 to #482 and #148 in 2021.
Lene · Alexandra · 57 shared years, 1952–2021 · Mirrored each other
See the 2021 Norway ranking
Thea vs Lene
Over 56 shared years in Norway · Girls, Thea rose about as far as Lene fell — from #380 and #277 in 1950 to #24 and #482 in 2021.
Thea · Lene · 56 shared years, 1950–2021 · Mirrored each other
See the 2021 Norway ranking
Lene vs Anette
Lene and Anette changed places 24 times in Norway · Girls between 1947 and 2016, ending at #484 and #544.
Lene · Anette · 68 shared years, 1947–2016 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2016 Norway ranking

Norway overview→

Lene was ranked #4 in Norway · Girls in 1976. 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.

Lene 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 Lene without appearing here.

Lene moved ahead of

Finlay Compare
In 2009 they stood at #5545 and #3005 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #4688 and #5707.
Martine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #5201 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #4688 and #5707.
Berit Compare
In 2014 they stood at #526 and #509 in Norway · Girls; by 2015 that had become #375 and #545.
Siv Compare
In 2014 they stood at #526 and #502 in Norway · Girls; by 2015 that had become #375 and #505.

Moved ahead of Lene

Kristine Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4688 and #5707 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #5876 and #2969.
Beau Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1831 and #3247 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #3998 and #1107.
Tracey Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1831 and #1995 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #3998 and #1238.
Alma Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1831 and #2416 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #3998 and #1728.

Moved the opposite way to Lene

Frida Compare
Between 1947 and 2021 in Norway · Girls, Lene went from #335 to #482 while Frida went from #350 to #6.
Mia Compare
Between 1947 and 2021 in Norway · Girls, Lene went from #335 to #482 while Mia went from #357 to #17.
Mina Compare
Between 1947 and 2021 in Norway · Girls, Lene went from #335 to #482 while Mina went from #392 to #77.
Sara Compare
Between 1947 and 2021 in Norway · Girls, Lene went from #335 to #482 while Sara went from #385 to #32.

Moved the same way as Lene

Anette Compare
Between 1947 and 2016 in Norway · Girls, Lene went from #335 to #484 and Anette from #361 to #544.
Jane Compare
Between 1946 and 2013 in Norway · Girls, Lene went from #377 to #543 and Jane from #227 to #576.
Judith Compare
Between 1946 and 2013 in Norway · Girls, Lene went from #377 to #543 and Judith from #119 to #537.
Jeanette Compare
Between 1949 and 2014 in Norway · Girls, Lene went from #233 to #526 and Jeanette from #342 to #522.

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 1946 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #4 in Norway in 1979. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Lene

Lene at a glance

What stands out in Lene's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lene across 2 official records

Lene by decade in Norway · Girls

Lene appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Lene

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Lene

Lene and the names beside it

Lene moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Lene

Moved the opposite way to Lene

Moved the same way as Lene

Lene at a glance

What stands out in Lene's record

Lene across 2 official records

Lene by decade in Norway · Girls

Lene appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Lene

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Lene

Lene and the names beside it

Lene moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Lene

Moved the opposite way to Lene

Moved the same way as Lene