Bjorn

maleStatistical record

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

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

Bjorn: Recorded since 1996, it reached #421 in 2016, and it stood at #829 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
31times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#421highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1765
1997	#2337
1998	#2419
1999	#1850
2000	#1889
2001	#1746
2003	#2189
2004	#1732
2005	#1851
2006	#1744
2007	#2023
2008	#2507
2009	#1649
2010	#2629
2011	#4647
2012	#2721
2013	#3822
2014	#2459
2015	#1511
2016	#1187
2017	#906
2018	#1013
2019	#723
2020	#812
2021	#659
2022	#640
2023	#614
2024	#800

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 England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2020: #741 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #812 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1765 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Bjorn appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 28 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 519 births with the name.

Bjorn 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.

Bjorn'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
England and Wales · Boys	#1765 (1996)	#614 (2023)	#800 (2024)	28 of 29	519 (1996–2024)	58 (2023)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#741 (2020)	#741 (2020)	#829 (2025)	2 of 6	6 (2020–2025)	3 (2020)

Bjorn by decade in England and Wales · 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 Bjorn in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	20	4 of 10	5
2000s	76	9 of 10	8
2010s	176	10 of 10	18
2020sbusiest	247	5 of 10	49

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 49 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Bjorn 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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #421 in Northern Ireland in 2016.

Bjorn'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	#800	41	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#614	58	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#640	55	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#659	55	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#812	38	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#723	46	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1013	28	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#906	34	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1187	23	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1511	16	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2459	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2721	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1649	13	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2507	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2023	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1744	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1851	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1732	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1746	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1889	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1850	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1765	6	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#421	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #421, first reached in 2016.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 58 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2016, and 24 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.

Bjørg · #6, 70y
Bjørge · #296, 27y
Bjørn · #2, 81y
Bjørn-Erik · #300, 35y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Kaidan · #421, 24y
Taya · #421, 30y
Zelda · #420, 27y
Alissa · #419, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Kaidan · #421, 24y
Taya · #421, 30y
Vada · #421, 15y
Zeeshan · #421, 29y

Bjorn was ranked #421 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2016. 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.

Bjorn 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 Bjorn without appearing here.

Bjorn moved ahead of

Shannon Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #906 and #4812.
Brent Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1511 and #4747.
Kim Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1511 and #4747.
Garry Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3822 and #2216 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2459 and #4632.

Moved ahead of Bjorn

Arlo Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1746 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #2189 and #1188.
Hunter Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1732 and #1878 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1851 and #1135.
Hudson Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1765 and #2863 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #2337 and #1761.
Kasper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2189 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1732 and #1347.

Moved the opposite way to Bjorn

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bjorn went from #1765 to #800 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bjorn went from #1765 to #800 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bjorn went from #1765 to #800 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bjorn went from #1765 to #800 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Bjorn

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bjorn went from #1765 to #800 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bjorn went from #1765 to #800 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bjorn went from #1765 to #800 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bjorn went from #1765 to #800 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

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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.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #421 in Northern Ireland in 2016. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Bjorn

Bjorn at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Bjorn across 2 official records

Bjorn by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Bjorn appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Bjorn at a glance

Bjorn across 2 official records

Bjorn by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Bjorn appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Bjorn

Bjorn and the names beside it

Bjorn moved ahead of

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