Claes

maleStatistical record

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

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

Claes: Recorded since 1953, it reached #315 in 1965, and it was last ranked in 1989.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
37years from first to last
#315highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1953–1989

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1953	#361
1956	#391
1957	#344
1959	#417
1961	#463
1962	#486
1964	#474
1965	#315
1967	#386
1968	#399
1969	#506
1970	#447
1971	#414
1972	#384
1973	#436
1974	#397
1976	#507
1977	#462
1978	#553
1979	#522
1980	#455
1981	#634
1982	#608
1983	#618
1984	#490
1985	#575
1987	#523
1988	#502
1989	#614

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 29 of the 37 years from 1953 to 1989.

Official data for Norway, 1953–1989 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1953
First recorded at #361 among boys in Norway in 1953 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1953–1989
Highest recorded position: #315 among boys in Norway, in 1965 (recorded 1953–1989).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1989
Most recently recorded at #614 among boys in Norway, in 1989.
Norway · Boys

Claes 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 Claes in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	22	4 of 10	6
1960s	45	7 of 10	6
1970sbusiest	68	9 of 10	8
1980s	49	9 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Claes 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 1953 to 1989. Highest recorded position: #315 in Norway in 1965.

Claes'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
1989	Norway	male	#614	4	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#502	7	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#523	6	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#575	5	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#490	7	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#618	4	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#608	4	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#634	4	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#455	8	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#522	6	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#553	5	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#462	7	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#507	6	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#397	10	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#436	8	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#384	10	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#414	9	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#447	7	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#506	5	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#399	8	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#386	8	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#315	11	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#474	5	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#486	4	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#463	4	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#417	5	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#344	7	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#391	5	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#361	5	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 1953 and 1989, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #315, first reached in 1965.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in Norway in 1965.

Its record falls into 8 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.

Cj · #306, 23y
Cjay · #2470, 16y
Clair · #237, 37y
Claire · #10, 66y

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.

Ausra · #315, 27y
Catrin · #316, 29y
Tirill · #316, 30y
Yngvild · #317, 34y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

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

Nadja · #315, 38y
Karim · #314, 59y
Torkil · #314, 48y
Abraham · #313, 59y

Claes was ranked #315 in Norway · Boys in 1965. 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.

Claes 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 Claes without appearing here.

Claes moved ahead of

Colin Compare
In 1987 they stood at #618 and #576 in Norway · Boys; by 1988 that had become #502 and #621.
Ronald Compare
In 1986 they stood at #575 and #479 in Norway · Boys; by 1987 that had become #523 and #639.
Harry Compare
In 1987 they stood at #608 and #575 in Norway · Boys; by 1988 that had become #502 and #543.

Moved ahead of Claes

Lukas Compare
In 1988 they stood at #502 and #548 in Norway · Boys; by 1989 that had become #614 and #335.
George Compare
In 1977 they stood at #462 and #466 in Norway · Boys; by 1978 that had become #553 and #296.
Nicholas Compare
In 1980 they stood at #455 and #591 in Norway · Boys; by 1981 that had become #634 and #382.
Lucas Compare
In 1988 they stood at #502 and #595 in Norway · Boys; by 1989 that had become #614 and #377.

Moved the opposite way to Claes

Anders Compare
Between 1953 and 1989 in Norway · Boys, Claes went from #361 to #614 while Anders went from #65 to #8.
Andreas Compare
Between 1953 and 1989 in Norway · Boys, Claes went from #361 to #614 while Andreas went from #131 to #2.
Christian Compare
Between 1953 and 1989 in Norway · Boys, Claes went from #361 to #614 while Christian went from #127 to #11.
Christopher Compare
Between 1953 and 1989 in Norway · Boys, Claes went from #361 to #614 while Christopher went from #277 to #57.

Moved the same way as Claes

Aksel Compare
Between 1953 and 1989 in Norway · Boys, Claes went from #361 to #614 and Aksel from #162 to #251.
Alfred Compare
Between 1953 and 1989 in Norway · Boys, Claes went from #361 to #614 and Alfred from #206 to #568.
Arild Compare
Between 1953 and 1989 in Norway · Boys, Claes went from #361 to #614 and Arild from #22 to #172.
Arne Compare
Between 1953 and 1989 in Norway · Boys, Claes went from #361 to #614 and Arne from #7 to #85.

What's not yet available

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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 1953 to 1989. Highest recorded position: #315 in Norway in 1965. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Claes

Claes at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Claes by decade in Norway · Boys

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Claes at a glance

Claes by decade in Norway · Boys

Claes appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Claes

Claes and the names beside it

Claes moved ahead of

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