Goran

maleStatistical record

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

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

Goran: Recorded since 1956, it reached #300 in 1970, and it stood at #4,789 in 2021.

2registrars recorded it
40times a registrar ranked it
66years from first to last
#300highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1999–2021

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#2943
2001	#3134
2002	#2636
2003	#2189
2004	#3651
2007	#4333
2008	#4432
2009	#4527
2010	#4678
2017	#4812
2021	#4789

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 29 of the 38 years from 1956 to 1993.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1956–2021 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1956
First recorded at #422 among boys in Norway in 1956 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1956–1993
Highest recorded position: #300 among boys in Norway, in 1970 (recorded 1956–1993).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #4789 among boys in England and Wales, in 2021.
England and Wales · Boys

Goran appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1956, and has registered 259 births with the name.

Goran 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.

Goran'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
Norway · Boys	#422 (1956)	#300 (1970)	#595 (1993)	29 of 38	259 (1956–1993)	15 (1973)
England and Wales · Boys	#2943 (1999)	#2189 (2003)	#4789 (2021)	11 of 23	37 (1999–2021)	6 (2003)

Goran 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 Goran in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	4	1 of 10	4
1960s	39	6 of 10	7
1970sbusiest	115	10 of 10	12
1980s	85	9 of 10	9
1990s	16	3 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 12 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Goran 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 2 regions, from 1956 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #300 in Norway in 1973.

Goran'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
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#595	4	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#573	5	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#491	7	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#396	11	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#529	6	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#572	5	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#501	7	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#319	15	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#469	8	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#440	9	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#327	13	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#384	11	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#381	11	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#392	10	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#358	12	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#317	14	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#346	12	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#347	12	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#300	15	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#589	4	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#358	11	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#300	14	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#407	8	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#430	7	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#458	6	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#521	4	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#414	7	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#387	7	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#422	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1956 and 2021, ranked in 40 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #300, first reached in 1970.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 15 births, registered in Norway in 1973.

Its record falls into 10 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1999, and 43 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.

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Gøran · #124, 53y
Gordan · #194, 18y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Amanuel · #302, 43y
Annmarie · #298, 45y
Ngoc · #298, 45y
Katriona · #297, 37y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

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

Ireneusz · #298, 26y
Ngoc · #298, 45y
Tom-Erik · #302, 32y
Halima · #303, 56y

Goran was ranked #300 in Norway · Boys in 1970. 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.

Goran 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 Goran without appearing here.

Goran moved ahead of

Ronald Compare
In 1985 they stood at #501 and #479 in Norway · Boys; by 1986 that had become #572 and #593.

Moved ahead of Goran

Oliver Compare
In 1989 they stood at #396 and #408 in Norway · Boys; by 1990 that had become #491 and #231.
Julian Compare
In 1984 they stood at #319 and #334 in Norway · Boys; by 1985 that had become #501 and #247.
Scott Compare
In 1992 they stood at #573 and #594 in Norway · Boys; by 1993 that had become #595 and #347.
Matthew Compare
In 1984 they stood at #319 and #351 in Norway · Boys; by 1985 that had become #501 and #267.

Moved the opposite way to Goran

Alexander Compare
Between 1956 and 1993 in Norway · Boys, Goran went from #422 to #595 while Alexander went from #415 to #23.
Anders Compare
Between 1956 and 1993 in Norway · Boys, Goran went from #422 to #595 while Anders went from #64 to #8.
Andreas Compare
Between 1956 and 1993 in Norway · Boys, Goran went from #422 to #595 while Andreas went from #142 to #2.
Christian Compare
Between 1956 and 1993 in Norway · Boys, Goran went from #422 to #595 while Christian went from #130 to #27.

Moved the same way as Goran

Alfred Compare
Between 1956 and 1993 in Norway · Boys, Goran went from #422 to #595 and Alfred from #230 to #372.
Arild Compare
Between 1956 and 1993 in Norway · Boys, Goran went from #422 to #595 and Arild from #23 to #267.
Arne Compare
Between 1956 and 1993 in Norway · Boys, Goran went from #422 to #595 and Arne from #9 to #123.
Arthur Compare
Between 1956 and 1993 in Norway · Boys, Goran went from #422 to #595 and Arthur from #256 to #447.

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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1956 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #300 in Norway in 1973. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Goran

Goran at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Goran across 2 official records

Goran by decade in Norway · Boys

Goran appears in

Popularity data

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Goran at a glance

Goran across 2 official records

Goran by decade in Norway · Boys

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Goran

Goran and the names beside it

Goran moved ahead of

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