Hans-Petter

maleStatistical record

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

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

Hans-Petter: Recorded since 1945, it reached #273 in 1949, and it was last ranked in 1998.

1registrar recorded it
39times a registrar ranked it
54years from first to last
#273highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–1998

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#318
1947	#287
1949	#273
1950	#353
1952	#342
1953	#295
1955	#363
1956	#398
1958	#383
1959	#330
1960	#475
1961	#293
1962	#304
1963	#344
1965	#523
1966	#381
1967	#273
1968	#357
1969	#409
1970	#349
1971	#515
1972	#364
1973	#500
1974	#403
1975	#304
1976	#358
1977	#396
1978	#482
1980	#501
1981	#546
1982	#413
1983	#532
1984	#499
1985	#545
1987	#570
1994	#575
1995	#530
1996	#517
1998	#559

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 39 of the 54 years from 1945 to 1998.

Official data for Norway, 1945–1998 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #318 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–1998
Highest recorded position: #273 among boys in Norway, in 1949 (recorded 1945–1998).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1998
Most recently recorded at #559 among boys in Norway, in 1998.
Norway · Boys

Hans-Petter 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 Hans-Petter in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	24	3 of 10	8
1950s	44	7 of 10	6
1960s	80	9 of 10	9
1970sbusiest	87	9 of 10	10
1980s	47	7 of 10	7
1990s	18	4 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 10 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Hans-Petter 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 1945 to 1998. Highest recorded position: #273 in Norway in 1967.

Hans-Petter'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	#559	4	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#517	5	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#530	5	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#575	4	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#570	5	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#545	6	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#499	7	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#532	6	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#413	10	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#546	6	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#501	7	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#482	7	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#396	10	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#358	12	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#304	14	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#403	10	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#500	6	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#364	11	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#515	6	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#349	11	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#409	8	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#357	10	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#273	14	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#381	9	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#523	4	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#344	9	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#304	11	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#293	11	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#475	4	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#330	8	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#383	6	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#398	5	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#363	6	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#295	8	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#342	6	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#353	5	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#273	9	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#287	9	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#318	6	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 1945 and 1998, ranked in 39 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #273, first reached in 1949.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 14 births, registered in Norway in 1967.

Its record falls into 11 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 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.

Hanorah · #257, 11y
Hans · #10, 81y
Hansel · #2088, 16y
Hanson · #2483, 18y

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.

Rino · #272, 42y
Siril · #272, 41y
Trine-Lise · #276, 37y
Borgar · #279, 36y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Agnethe · #273, 50y
Gert · #273, 23y
Inghild · #273, 32y
Narve · #273, 29y

Hans-Petter was ranked #273 in Norway · Boys in 1949. 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.

Hans-Petter 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 Hans-Petter without appearing here.

Hans-Petter moved ahead of

Harry Compare
In 1979 they stood at #482 and #446 in Norway · Boys; by 1980 that had become #501 and #634.
Roman Compare
In 1995 they stood at #530 and #509 in Norway · Boys; by 1996 that had become #517 and #596.
Ronald Compare
In 1986 they stood at #545 and #479 in Norway · Boys; by 1987 that had become #570 and #639.
Francis Compare
In 1994 they stood at #570 and #359 in Norway · Boys; by 1995 that had become #530 and #584.

Moved ahead of Hans-Petter

Sondre Compare
In 1970 they stood at #349 and #510 in Norway · Boys; by 1971 that had become #515 and #220.
Joseph Compare
In 1984 they stood at #499 and #504 in Norway · Boys; by 1985 that had become #545 and #272.
Muhammad Compare
In 1964 they stood at #344 and #491 in Norway · Boys; by 1965 that had become #523 and #254.
Kevin Compare
In 1972 they stood at #364 and #477 in Norway · Boys; by 1973 that had become #500 and #245.

Moved the opposite way to Hans-Petter

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 1998 in Norway · Boys, Hans-Petter went from #318 to #559 while Anders went from #55 to #19.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 1998 in Norway · Boys, Hans-Petter went from #318 to #559 while Andreas went from #140 to #2.
Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 1998 in Norway · Boys, Hans-Petter went from #318 to #559 while Christian went from #161 to #32.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 1998 in Norway · Boys, Hans-Petter went from #318 to #559 while Daniel went from #280 to #4.

Moved the same way as Hans-Petter

Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 1998 in Norway · Boys, Hans-Petter went from #318 to #559 and Alfred from #127 to #320.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 1998 in Norway · Boys, Hans-Petter went from #318 to #559 and Arild from #32 to #260.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 1998 in Norway · Boys, Hans-Petter went from #318 to #559 and Arne from #6 to #136.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 1998 in Norway · Boys, Hans-Petter went from #318 to #559 and Arthur from #153 to #282.

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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 1945 to 1998. Highest recorded position: #273 in Norway in 1967. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Hans-Petter

Hans-Petter at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Hans-Petter by decade in Norway · Boys

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Hans-Petter at a glance

Hans-Petter by decade in Norway · Boys

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Hans-Petter and the names beside it

Hans-Petter moved ahead of

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