Esten

maleStatistical record

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

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

Esten: Recorded since 1964, with a gap of 13 years, it reached #378 in 1999, and it stood at #450 in 2020.

1registrar recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
57years from first to last
#378highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Esten's record

Absent from every published list for 13 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Norway · Boys

Rising

among boys in Norway · 1964–2020

View as table

Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1964	#505
1969	#511
1974	#490
1988	#629
1990	#571
1993	#504
1994	#573
1995	#415
1996	#569
1997	#466
1998	#460
1999	#378
2003	#493
2004	#491
2008	#547
2009	#544
2010	#497
2020	#450

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

RisingNorway · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 18 of the 57 years from 1964 to 2020.

Official data for Norway, 1964–2020 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #505 among boys in Norway in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1964–2020
Highest recorded position: #378 among boys in Norway, in 1999 (recorded 1964–2020).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2020
Most recently recorded at #450 among boys in Norway, in 2020.
Norway · Boys

Esten 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 Esten in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	9	2 of 10	5
1970s	7	1 of 10	7
1980s	4	1 of 10	4
1990sbusiest	48	8 of 10	6
2000s	18	4 of 10	5
2010s	5	1 of 10	5
2020s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Norway · Boys, the 1990s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Esten 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 1964 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #378 in Norway in 1999.

Esten'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
2020	Norway	male	#450	4	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#497	5	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#544	4	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#547	4	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#491	5	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#493	5	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#378	9	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#460	6	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#466	6	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#569	4	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#415	8	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#573	4	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#504	6	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#571	5	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#629	4	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#490	7	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#511	5	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#505	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 1964 and 2020, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #378, first reached in 1999.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in Norway in 1999.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 13 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.

7decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 7 decades →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
9separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
13 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#450position in 2020, its most recent recorded year
9births registered in its largest year, 1999Under 25 births →

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.

Estella · #380, 30y
Estelle · #391, 42y
Ester · #134, 77y
Estera · #491, 21y

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.

Aoileann · #377, 21y
Elowyn · #377, 15y
Pharrell · #381, 22y
John Paul · #384, 18y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Hatice · #377, 53y
Adrianne · #380, 18y
Agatha · #380, 33y
Estella · #380, 30y

Esten was ranked #378 in Norway · Boys in 1999. 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.

Esten 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 Esten without appearing here.

Esten moved ahead of

Stein Compare
In 2009 they stood at #544 and #442 in Norway · Boys; by 2010 that had become #497 and #565.
Kåre Compare
In 2009 they stood at #544 and #435 in Norway · Boys; by 2010 that had become #497 and #554.
Roger Compare
In 1998 they stood at #460 and #318 in Norway · Boys; by 1999 that had become #378 and #419.
Terje Compare
In 2009 they stood at #544 and #418 in Norway · Boys; by 2010 that had become #497 and #525.

Moved ahead of Esten

Filip Compare
In 1987 they stood at #511 and #561 in Norway · Boys; by 1988 that had become #629 and #205.
Sebastian Compare
In 1973 they stood at #511 and #586 in Norway · Boys; by 1974 that had become #490 and #189.
Sander Compare
In 1987 they stood at #490 and #633 in Norway · Boys; by 1988 that had become #629 and #386.
Noah Compare
In 1995 they stood at #415 and #464 in Norway · Boys; by 1996 that had become #569 and #332.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
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 1964 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #378 in Norway in 1999. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Esten

Esten at a glance

What stands out in Esten's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Esten by decade in Norway · Boys

Esten appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Esten

Esten and the names beside it

Esten moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Esten

Esten at a glance

What stands out in Esten's record

Esten by decade in Norway · Boys

Esten appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Esten

Esten and the names beside it

Esten moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Esten