Bjørn-Erik

maleStatistical record

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

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

Bjørn-Erik: Recorded since 1947, it reached #300 in 1967, and it was last ranked in 1998.

1registrar recorded it
35times a registrar ranked it
52years from first to last
#300highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1947–1998

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1947	#367
1952	#353
1958	#454
1961	#421
1962	#412
1964	#387
1965	#518
1966	#415
1967	#300
1968	#426
1969	#354
1970	#372
1971	#505
1972	#462
1974	#369
1975	#453
1976	#540
1977	#496
1978	#602
1979	#485
1980	#423
1981	#488
1982	#484
1983	#574
1984	#576
1985	#460
1986	#492
1987	#396
1988	#499
1989	#573
1990	#606
1994	#473
1995	#485
1997	#497
1998	#424

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 35 of the 52 years from 1947 to 1998.

Official data for Norway, 1947–1998 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1947
First recorded at #367 among boys in Norway in 1947 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1947–1998
Highest recorded position: #300 among boys in Norway, in 1967 (recorded 1947–1998).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1998
Most recently recorded at #424 among boys in Norway, in 1998.
Norway · Boys

Bjørn-Erik 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 Bjørn-Erik in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	4	1 of 10	4
1950s	9	2 of 10	5
1960sbusiest	59	8 of 10	7
1970s	64	9 of 10	7
1980s	70	10 of 10	7
1990s	28	5 of 10	6

Across Norway · Boys, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Bjørn-Erik 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 1947 to 1998. Highest recorded position: #300 in Norway in 1967.

Bjørn-Erik'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
1998	Norway	male	#424	7	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#497	5	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#485	6	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#473	6	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#606	4	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#573	5	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#499	7	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#396	10	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#492	7	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#460	8	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#576	5	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#574	5	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#484	7	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#488	7	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#423	9	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#485	7	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#602	4	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#496	6	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#540	5	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#453	8	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#369	11	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#462	7	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#505	6	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#372	10	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#354	10	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#426	7	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#300	12	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#415	7	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#518	4	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#387	8	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#412	6	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#421	5	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#454	4	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#353	5	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#367	4	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 1947 and 1998, ranked in 35 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #300, first reached in 1967.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in Norway in 1967.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 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.

Bjorn · #421, 29y
Bjørn · #2, 81y
Bjørnar · #64, 81y
Blade · #970, 22y

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.

Tom-Erik · #302, 32y
Ole-Kristian · #305, 39y
Kestutis · #293, 33y
Gorm · #289, 31y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Gudbrand · #301, 19y
Birgitta · #298, 22y
Dorthea · #304, 27y
Gyda · #296, 47y

Bjørn-Erik was ranked #300 in Norway · Boys in 1967. 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.

Bjørn-Erik 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 Bjørn-Erik without appearing here.

Bjørn-Erik moved ahead of

Colin Compare
In 1973 they stood at #462 and #326 in Norway · Boys; by 1974 that had become #369 and #599.
Joseph Compare
In 1997 they stood at #497 and #391 in Norway · Boys; by 1998 that had become #424 and #470.
Ben Compare
In 1997 they stood at #497 and #496 in Norway · Boys; by 1998 that had become #424 and #453.
Stephen Compare
In 1994 they stood at #473 and #339 in Norway · Boys; by 1995 that had become #485 and #511.

Moved ahead of Bjørn-Erik

Sondre Compare
In 1970 they stood at #372 and #510 in Norway · Boys; by 1971 that had become #505 and #220.
Lukas Compare
In 1988 they stood at #499 and #548 in Norway · Boys; by 1989 that had become #573 and #335.
Brian Compare
In 1988 they stood at #499 and #500 in Norway · Boys; by 1989 that had become #573 and #346.
Joakim Compare
In 1970 they stood at #372 and #492 in Norway · Boys; by 1971 that had become #505 and #292.

Moved the opposite way to Bjørn-Erik

Joakim Compare
Between 1967 and 1998 in Norway · Boys, Bjørn-Erik went from #300 to #424 while Joakim went from #534 to #31.
Julian Compare
Between 1967 and 1998 in Norway · Boys, Bjørn-Erik went from #300 to #424 while Julian went from #537 to #138.
Tobias Compare
Between 1967 and 1998 in Norway · Boys, Bjørn-Erik went from #300 to #424 while Tobias went from #513 to #18.

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.

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1947 to 1998. Highest recorded position: #300 in Norway in 1967. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Bjørn-Erik

Bjørn-Erik at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Bjørn-Erik by decade in Norway · Boys

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Bjørn-Erik at a glance

Bjørn-Erik by decade in Norway · Boys

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What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Bjørn-Erik

Bjørn-Erik and the names beside it

Bjørn-Erik moved ahead of

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