Ann-Helen

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Ann-Helen: Recorded since 1952, it reached #216 in 1969, and it was last ranked in 2004.

1registrar recorded it
47times a registrar ranked it
53years from first to last
#216highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Girls

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1952–2004

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Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1952	#359
1954	#383
1956	#344
1957	#280
1958	#330
1959	#405
1960	#457
1961	#356
1962	#307
1963	#357
1964	#236
1965	#398
1966	#228
1967	#257
1968	#244
1969	#216
1970	#228
1971	#346
1972	#216
1973	#264
1974	#300
1975	#316
1976	#314
1977	#296
1978	#307
1979	#271
1980	#277
1981	#275
1982	#320
1983	#517
1984	#314
1985	#302
1986	#306
1987	#303
1988	#347
1989	#345
1990	#550
1991	#450
1992	#458
1993	#382
1994	#559
1995	#350
1996	#618
1997	#549
1999	#598
2001	#570
2004	#511

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 47 of the 53 years from 1952 to 2004.

Official data for Norway, 1952–2004 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1952
First recorded at #359 among girls in Norway in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1952–2004
Highest recorded position: #216 among girls in Norway, in 1969 (recorded 1952–2004).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2004
Most recently recorded at #511 among girls in Norway, in 2004.
Norway · Girls

Ann-Helen 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 Ann-Helen in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	41	6 of 10	7
1960s	118	10 of 10	12
1970sbusiest	150	10 of 10	15
1980s	136	10 of 10	14
1990s	61	9 of 10	7
2000s	9	2 of 10	5

Across Norway · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 15 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Ann-Helen 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 1952 to 2004. Highest recorded position: #216 in Norway in 1972.

Ann-Helen'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
2004	Norway	female	#511	5	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#570	4	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#598	4	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#549	5	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#618	4	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#350	11	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#559	5	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#382	10	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#458	8	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#450	8	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#550	6	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#345	13	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#347	13	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#303	15	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#306	15	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#302	15	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#314	14	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#517	6	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#320	13	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#275	16	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#277	16	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#271	16	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#307	14	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#296	14	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#314	13	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#316	12	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#300	14	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#264	16	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#216	22	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#346	10	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#228	19	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#216	20	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#244	17	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#257	14	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#228	16	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#398	7	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#236	16	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#357	8	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#307	9	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#356	7	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#457	4	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#405	5	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#330	8	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#280	10	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#344	7	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#383	5	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#359	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 1952 and 2004, ranked in 47 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #216, first reached in 1969.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 22 births, registered in Norway in 1972.

Its record falls into 6 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.

Ann · #4, 81y
Ann-Christin · #159, 32y
Ann-Karin · #171, 39y
Ann-Kristin · #73, 48y

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.

Dorthe · #211, 51y
Synøve · #222, 42y
Lars-Erik · #223, 44y
Jahn · #207, 49y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

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

Benthe · #216, 25y
Hussein · #216, 65y
Jimmy · #216, 68y
Ole-Martin · #216, 38y

Ann-Helen was ranked #216 in Norway · Girls in 1969. 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.

Ann-Helen 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 Ann-Helen without appearing here.

Ann-Helen moved ahead of

Vigdis Compare
In 1992 they stood at #458 and #454 in Norway · Girls; by 1993 that had become #382 and #676.
Barbara Compare
In 1994 they stood at #559 and #399 in Norway · Girls; by 1995 that had become #350 and #615.
Unni Compare
In 1990 they stood at #550 and #542 in Norway · Girls; by 1991 that had become #450 and #624.
Elsie Compare
In 1970 they stood at #457 and #429 in Norway · Girls; by 1971 that had become #346 and #475.

Moved ahead of Ann-Helen

Cassandra Compare
In 1995 they stood at #350 and #377 in Norway · Girls; by 1996 that had become #618 and #236.
Iben Compare
In 1995 they stood at #350 and #450 in Norway · Girls; by 1996 that had become #618 and #307.
Stephanie Compare
In 1995 they stood at #350 and #371 in Norway · Girls; by 1996 that had become #618 and #319.
Isabella Compare
In 1995 they stood at #350 and #386 in Norway · Girls; by 1996 that had become #618 and #331.

Moved the opposite way to Ann-Helen

Ada Compare
Between 1952 and 2004 in Norway · Girls, Ann-Helen went from #359 to #511 while Ada went from #217 to #104.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1952 and 2004 in Norway · Girls, Ann-Helen went from #359 to #511 while Alexandra went from #400 to #70.
Andrea Compare
Between 1952 and 2004 in Norway · Girls, Ann-Helen went from #359 to #511 while Andrea went from #401 to #14.
Anna Compare
Between 1952 and 2004 in Norway · Girls, Ann-Helen went from #359 to #511 while Anna went from #62 to #10.

Moved the same way as Ann-Helen

Anita Compare
Between 1952 and 2004 in Norway · Girls, Ann-Helen went from #359 to #511 and Anita from #90 to #219.
Ann Compare
Between 1952 and 2004 in Norway · Girls, Ann-Helen went from #359 to #511 and Ann from #47 to #220.
Anne Compare
Between 1952 and 2004 in Norway · Girls, Ann-Helen went from #359 to #511 and Anne from #1 to #63.
Annie Compare
Between 1952 and 2004 in Norway · Girls, Ann-Helen went from #359 to #511 and Annie from #168 to #295.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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.

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1952 to 2004. Highest recorded position: #216 in Norway in 1972. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Ann-Helen

Ann-Helen at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ann-Helen by decade in Norway · Girls

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Ann-Helen at a glance

Ann-Helen by decade in Norway · Girls

Ann-Helen 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 Ann-Helen

Ann-Helen and the names beside it

Ann-Helen moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ann-Helen

Moved the opposite way to Ann-Helen

Moved the same way as Ann-Helen