Arnstein

maleStatistical record

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

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

Arnstein: Recorded since 1945, it reached #116 in 1956, and it was last ranked in 2001.

1registrar recorded it
52times a registrar ranked it
57years from first to last
#116highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–2001

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#292
1946	#210
1947	#251
1948	#241
1949	#161
1950	#226
1951	#175
1952	#149
1953	#153
1954	#121
1955	#131
1956	#116
1957	#133
1958	#150
1959	#156
1960	#135
1961	#158
1962	#168
1963	#154
1964	#164
1965	#203
1966	#185
1967	#191
1968	#170
1969	#239
1970	#314
1971	#352
1972	#258
1973	#249
1974	#254
1975	#229
1976	#253
1977	#239
1978	#230
1979	#254
1980	#220
1981	#266
1982	#325
1983	#298
1984	#278
1985	#387
1986	#406
1987	#521
1988	#537
1989	#383
1990	#559
1991	#386
1992	#580
1993	#582
1994	#561
1999	#542
2001	#529

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 52 of the 57 years from 1945 to 2001.

Official data for Norway, 1945–2001 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #292 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2001
Highest recorded position: #116 among boys in Norway, in 1956 (recorded 1945–2001).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2001
Most recently recorded at #529 among boys in Norway, in 2001.
Norway · Boys

Arnstein 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 Arnstein in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	73	5 of 10	15
1950sbusiest	338	10 of 10	34
1960s	310	10 of 10	31
1970s	185	10 of 10	19
1980s	136	10 of 10	14
1990s	31	6 of 10	5
2000s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Norway · Boys, the 1950s were its busiest decade, averaging 34 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Arnstein 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 2001. Highest recorded position: #116 in Norway in 1956.

Arnstein'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
2001	Norway	male	#529	4	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#542	4	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#561	4	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#582	4	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#580	4	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#386	10	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#559	5	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#383	11	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#537	6	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#521	6	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#406	10	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#387	11	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#278	18	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#298	16	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#325	14	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#266	18	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#220	26	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#254	19	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#230	23	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#239	20	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#253	19	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#229	22	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#254	19	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#249	20	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#258	19	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#352	11	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#314	13	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#239	19	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#170	36	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#191	29	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#185	29	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#203	24	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#164	35	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#154	36	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#168	29	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#158	31	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#135	42	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#156	30	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#150	32	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#133	39	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#116	52	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#131	41	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#121	44	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#153	31	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#149	32	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#175	23	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#226	14	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#161	27	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#241	12	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#251	11	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#210	16	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#292	7	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 2001, ranked in 52 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #116, first reached in 1956.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 52 births, registered in Norway in 1956.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 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.

Arno · #1786, 20y
Arnold · #121, 64y
Arnt · #75, 67y
Arnulf · #145, 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.

Barbro · #117, 52y
Ingvar · #117, 55y
Leiv · #117, 48y
Torfinn · #119, 50y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Hjørdis · #116, 34y
Thi · #116, 56y
Asle · #117, 59y
Barbro · #117, 52y

Arnstein was ranked #116 in Norway · Boys in 1956. 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.

Arnstein 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 Arnstein without appearing here.

Arnstein moved ahead of

Harry Compare
In 1990 they stood at #559 and #396 in Norway · Boys; by 1991 that had become #386 and #575.
Ronald Compare
In 1974 they stood at #254 and #245 in Norway · Boys; by 1975 that had become #229 and #308.

Moved ahead of Arnstein

Oliver Compare
In 1989 they stood at #383 and #434 in Norway · Boys; by 1990 that had become #559 and #231.
George Compare
In 1991 they stood at #386 and #526 in Norway · Boys; by 1992 that had become #580 and #322.
Theo Compare
In 1998 they stood at #561 and #611 in Norway · Boys; by 1999 that had become #542 and #309.
Scott Compare
In 1991 they stood at #386 and #594 in Norway · Boys; by 1992 that had become #580 and #353.

Moved the opposite way to Arnstein

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 2001 in Norway · Boys, Arnstein went from #292 to #529 while Anders went from #55 to #29.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 2001 in Norway · Boys, Arnstein went from #292 to #529 while Andreas went from #140 to #1.
Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 2001 in Norway · Boys, Arnstein went from #292 to #529 while Christian went from #161 to #28.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 2001 in Norway · Boys, Arnstein went from #292 to #529 while Daniel went from #280 to #4.

Moved the same way as Arnstein

Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 2001 in Norway · Boys, Arnstein went from #292 to #529 and Alfred from #127 to #250.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 2001 in Norway · Boys, Arnstein went from #292 to #529 and Arild from #32 to #332.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2001 in Norway · Boys, Arnstein went from #292 to #529 and Arne from #6 to #157.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 2001 in Norway · Boys, Arnstein went from #292 to #529 and Arthur from #153 to #290.

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 1945 to 2001. Highest recorded position: #116 in Norway in 1956. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Arnstein

Arnstein at a glance

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Arnstein by decade in Norway · Boys

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Arnstein by decade in Norway · Boys

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