Jørn

maleStatistical record

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

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

Jørn: Recorded since 1945, it reached #40 in 1972, and it was last ranked in 2011.

1registrar recorded it
64times a registrar ranked it
67years from first to last
#40highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Jørn's record

Held a top-100 place for 30 years running. Names by top-100 run

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–2011

View as table

Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#172
1946	#151
1947	#143
1948	#119
1949	#109
1950	#102
1951	#92
1952	#77
1953	#77
1954	#77
1955	#71
1956	#71
1957	#65
1958	#51
1959	#51
1960	#45
1961	#46
1962	#45
1963	#45
1964	#51
1965	#42
1966	#44
1967	#48
1968	#51
1969	#48
1970	#47
1971	#43
1972	#40
1973	#47
1974	#48
1975	#54
1976	#52
1977	#59
1978	#71
1979	#77
1980	#79
1981	#107
1982	#107
1983	#118
1984	#110
1985	#102
1986	#71
1987	#87
1988	#87
1989	#83
1990	#122
1991	#143
1992	#165
1993	#184
1994	#200
1995	#205
1996	#220
1997	#262
1998	#273
1999	#303
2000	#243
2001	#417
2002	#410
2003	#403
2004	#378
2005	#535
2006	#433
2008	#479
2011	#548

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 64 of the 67 years from 1945 to 2011.

Official data for Norway, 1945–2011 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #172 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2011
Highest recorded position: #40 among boys in Norway, in 1972 (recorded 1945–2011).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2011
Most recently recorded at #548 among boys in Norway, in 2011.
Norway · Boys

Jørn 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 Jørn in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	189	5 of 10	38
1950s	1,105	10 of 10	111
1960sbusiest	1,977	10 of 10	198
1970s	1,651	10 of 10	165
1980s	848	10 of 10	85
1990s	316	10 of 10	32
2000s	68	8 of 10	9
2010s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Norway · Boys, the 1960s were its busiest decade, averaging 198 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1972 and 1973, when recorded births fell by 56, from 233 to 177.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Jørn 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 2011. Highest recorded position: #40 in Norway in 1972.

Jørn'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
2011	Norway	male	#548	4	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#479	6	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#433	7	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#535	4	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#378	8	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#403	8	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#410	7	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#417	7	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#243	21	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#303	13	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#273	16	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#262	18	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#220	24	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#205	29	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#200	31	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#184	34	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#165	40	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#143	50	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#122	61	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#83	91	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#87	92	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#87	87	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#71	103	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#102	82	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#110	74	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#118	69	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#107	76	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#107	74	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#79	100	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#77	103	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#71	113	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#59	128	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#52	153	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#54	151	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#48	165	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#47	177	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#40	233	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#43	218	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#47	210	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#48	210	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#51	190	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#48	196	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#44	224	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#42	224	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#51	187	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#45	189	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#45	189	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#46	187	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#45	181	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#51	163	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#51	156	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#65	121	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#71	122	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#71	114	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#77	103	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#77	100	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#77	96	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#92	72	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#102	58	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#109	48	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#119	47	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#143	36	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#151	34	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#172	24	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 2011, ranked in 64 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #40, first reached in 1972.

It held a top-100 place in 34 years, 30 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 233 births, registered in Norway in 1972.

Its record falls into 3 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.

Joris · #334, 18y
Jorja · #35, 30y
Jorun · #49, 46y
Jørund · #256, 57y

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.

Ingunn · #36, 68y
Solfrid · #44, 68y
Trym · #45, 65y
Pernille · #34, 64y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Ane · #40, 73y
Lillian · #40, 81y
Oline · #40, 40y
Agnes · #39, 81y

Jørn was ranked #40 in Norway · Boys in 1972. 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.

Jørn 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 Jørn without appearing here.

Jørn moved ahead of

Vidar Compare
In 2005 they stood at #535 and #444 in Norway · Boys; by 2006 that had become #433 and #529.
Frode Compare
In 2007 they stood at #535 and #459 in Norway · Boys; by 2008 that had become #479 and #551.
Stig Compare
In 2004 they stood at #378 and #341 in Norway · Boys; by 2005 that had become #535 and #559.
Trond Compare
In 2010 they stood at #479 and #354 in Norway · Boys; by 2011 that had become #548 and #562.

Moved ahead of Jørn

Aaron Compare
In 2004 they stood at #378 and #390 in Norway · Boys; by 2005 that had become #535 and #272.
Denis Compare
In 2004 they stood at #378 and #400 in Norway · Boys; by 2005 that had become #535 and #302.
Mark Compare
In 2010 they stood at #479 and #521 in Norway · Boys; by 2011 that had become #548 and #317.
Theo Compare
In 2000 they stood at #243 and #318 in Norway · Boys; by 2001 that had become #417 and #225.

Moved the opposite way to Jørn

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 2011 in Norway · Boys, Jørn went from #172 to #548 while Aksel went from #174 to #25.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 2011 in Norway · Boys, Jørn went from #172 to #548 while Andreas went from #140 to #16.
Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 2011 in Norway · Boys, Jørn went from #172 to #548 while Christian went from #161 to #82.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 2011 in Norway · Boys, Jørn went from #172 to #548 while Daniel went from #280 to #13.

Moved the same way as Jørn

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 2011 in Norway · Boys, Jørn went from #172 to #548 and Anders from #55 to #114.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 2011 in Norway · Boys, Jørn went from #172 to #548 and Arild from #32 to #485.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2011 in Norway · Boys, Jørn went from #172 to #548 and Arne from #6 to #208.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 2011 in Norway · Boys, Jørn went from #172 to #548 and Arthur from #153 to #239.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 1945 to 2011. Highest recorded position: #40 in Norway in 1972. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Jørn

Jørn at a glance

What stands out in Jørn's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Jørn by decade in Norway · Boys

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Jørn at a glance

What stands out in Jørn's record

Jørn by decade in Norway · Boys

Jørn appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1940s

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Jørn and the names beside it

Jørn moved ahead of

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