Kari-Anne

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Kari-Anne: Recorded since 1946, it reached #140 in 1970, and it was last ranked in 1995.

1registrar recorded it
40times a registrar ranked it
50years from first to last
#140highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Girls

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1946–1995

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Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1946	#376
1949	#368
1951	#369
1952	#387
1953	#402
1956	#447
1957	#379
1958	#390
1959	#424
1960	#441
1961	#445
1962	#372
1963	#344
1964	#473
1965	#383
1966	#252
1967	#262
1968	#218
1969	#183
1970	#140
1971	#180
1972	#162
1973	#205
1974	#222
1975	#348
1976	#231
1977	#212
1978	#299
1979	#321
1980	#418
1981	#320
1982	#542
1983	#483
1984	#410
1985	#485
1986	#396
1988	#455
1989	#577
1990	#659
1995	#541

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 40 of the 50 years from 1946 to 1995.

Official data for Norway, 1946–1995 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1946
First recorded at #376 among girls in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1946–1995
Highest recorded position: #140 among girls in Norway, in 1970 (recorded 1946–1995).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1995
Most recently recorded at #541 among girls in Norway, in 1995.
Norway · Girls

Kari-Anne by decade in Norway · Girls

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 Kari-Anne in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	10	2 of 10	5
1950s	36	7 of 10	5
1960s	113	10 of 10	11
1970sbusiest	231	10 of 10	23
1980s	79	9 of 10	9
1990s	10	2 of 10	5

Across Norway · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 23 births a year.

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Kari-Anne 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 1946 to 1995. Highest recorded position: #140 in Norway in 1970.

Kari-Anne'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
1995	Norway	female	#541	6	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#659	4	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#577	6	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#455	9	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#396	11	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#485	8	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#410	10	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#483	7	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#542	6	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#320	13	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#418	9	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#321	13	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#299	15	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#212	23	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#231	20	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#348	11	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#222	22	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#205	23	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#162	35	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#180	29	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#140	40	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#183	25	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#218	20	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#262	14	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#252	15	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#383	8	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#473	5	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#344	9	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#372	7	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#445	5	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#441	5	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#424	5	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#390	6	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#379	6	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#447	4	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#402	5	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#387	5	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#369	5	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#368	5	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#376	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 1946 and 1995, ranked in 40 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #140, first reached in 1970.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 40 births, registered in Norway in 1970.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 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.

Karena · #349, 25y
Kari · #3, 81y
Karianne · #64, 56y
Karim · #314, 59y

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.

Børre · #141, 40y
Herdis · #144, 36y
Vårin · #136, 35y
Gitte · #134, 40y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Oddlaug · #140, 21y
Børre · #141, 40y
Milan · #141, 69y
Sol · #139, 45y

Kari-Anne was ranked #140 in Norway · Girls 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.

Kari-Anne 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 Kari-Anne without appearing here.

Kari-Anne moved ahead of

Elsie Compare
In 1970 they stood at #441 and #429 in Norway · Girls; by 1971 that had become #180 and #475.
Kate Compare
In 1994 they stood at #659 and #450 in Norway · Girls; by 1995 that had become #541 and #636.
Sharon Compare
In 1980 they stood at #418 and #354 in Norway · Girls; by 1981 that had become #320 and #413.
Barbara Compare
In 1994 they stood at #659 and #434 in Norway · Girls; by 1995 that had become #541 and #615.

Moved ahead of Kari-Anne

Tara Compare
In 1989 they stood at #577 and #643 in Norway · Girls; by 1990 that had become #659 and #355.
Louise Compare
In 1981 they stood at #320 and #322 in Norway · Girls; by 1982 that had become #542 and #245.
Sophie Compare
In 1988 they stood at #455 and #542 in Norway · Girls; by 1989 that had become #577 and #297.
Josefine Compare
In 1988 they stood at #455 and #528 in Norway · Girls; by 1989 that had become #577 and #317.

Moved the opposite way to Kari-Anne

Anna Compare
Between 1946 and 1995 in Norway · Girls, Kari-Anne went from #376 to #541 while Anna went from #46 to #6.
Cecilie Compare
Between 1946 and 1995 in Norway · Girls, Kari-Anne went from #376 to #541 while Cecilie went from #325 to #42.
Charlotte Compare
Between 1946 and 1995 in Norway · Girls, Kari-Anne went from #376 to #541 while Charlotte went from #345 to #35.
Christina Compare
Between 1946 and 1995 in Norway · Girls, Kari-Anne went from #376 to #541 while Christina went from #307 to #54.

Moved the same way as Kari-Anne

Anne Compare
Between 1946 and 1995 in Norway · Girls, Kari-Anne went from #376 to #541 and Anne from #1 to #24.
Annie Compare
Between 1946 and 1995 in Norway · Girls, Kari-Anne went from #376 to #541 and Annie from #192 to #479.
Åse Compare
Between 1946 and 1995 in Norway · Girls, Kari-Anne went from #376 to #541 and Åse from #23 to #230.
Astrid Compare
Between 1946 and 1995 in Norway · Girls, Kari-Anne went from #376 to #541 and Astrid from #16 to #81.

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 1946 to 1995. Highest recorded position: #140 in Norway in 1970. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Kari-Anne

Kari-Anne at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kari-Anne by decade in Norway · Girls

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Kari-Anne at a glance

Kari-Anne by decade in Norway · Girls

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What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Kari-Anne

Kari-Anne and the names beside it

Kari-Anne moved ahead of

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