Karstein

maleStatistical record

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

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

Karstein: Recorded since 1945, it reached #134 in 1951, and it was last ranked in 2002.

1registrar recorded it
36times a registrar ranked it
58years from first to last
#134highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–2002

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#194
1946	#139
1947	#156
1948	#150
1949	#155
1950	#157
1951	#134
1952	#167
1953	#174
1954	#184
1955	#167
1956	#180
1957	#232
1958	#317
1959	#302
1960	#267
1961	#267
1962	#288
1963	#396
1964	#339
1965	#385
1966	#314
1967	#342
1968	#391
1969	#419
1970	#356
1972	#522
1974	#500
1975	#497
1976	#455
1981	#596
1984	#625
1989	#540
1993	#607
1997	#516
2002	#530

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 36 of the 58 years from 1945 to 2002.

Official data for Norway, 1945–2002 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #194 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2002
Highest recorded position: #134 among boys in Norway, in 1951 (recorded 1945–2002).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2002
Most recently recorded at #530 among boys in Norway, in 2002.
Norway · Boys

Karstein 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 Karstein in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	155	5 of 10	31
1950s	222	10 of 10	22
1960s	102	10 of 10	10
1970s	39	5 of 10	8
1980s	15	3 of 10	5
1990s	9	2 of 10	5
2000s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Norway · Boys, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 31 births a year.

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Karstein 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 2002. Highest recorded position: #134 in Norway in 1951.

Karstein'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
2002	Norway	male	#530	4	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#516	5	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#607	4	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#540	6	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#625	4	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#596	5	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#455	8	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#497	7	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#500	7	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#522	6	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#356	11	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#419	8	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#391	9	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#342	10	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#314	12	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#385	8	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#339	10	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#396	7	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#288	12	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#267	13	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#267	13	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#302	10	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#317	9	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#232	15	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#180	24	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#167	27	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#184	21	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#174	25	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#167	26	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#134	35	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#157	30	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#155	30	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#150	33	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#156	33	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#139	40	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#194	19	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 2002, ranked in 36 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #134, first reached in 1951.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 40 births, registered in Norway in 1946.

Its record falls into 9 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.

Karolis · #257, 30y
Karson · #304, 22y
Karsten · #110, 81y
Kartar · #1290, 19y

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.

Gitte · #134, 40y
Yngvar · #134, 40y
Sigrunn · #136, 33y
Vårin · #136, 35y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Ester · #134, 77y
Thelma · #134, 56y
Yngvar · #134, 40y
Brith · #135, 25y

Karstein was ranked #134 in Norway · Boys in 1951. 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.

Karstein 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 Karstein without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Karstein

Joakim Compare
In 1971 they stood at #356 and #492 in Norway · Boys; by 1972 that had become #522 and #214.
Sebastian Compare
In 1971 they stood at #356 and #436 in Norway · Boys; by 1972 that had become #522 and #226.
Stephen Compare
In 1980 they stood at #455 and #465 in Norway · Boys; by 1981 that had become #596 and #320.
Sondre Compare
In 1971 they stood at #356 and #510 in Norway · Boys; by 1972 that had become #522 and #263.

Moved the opposite way to Karstein

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 2002 in Norway · Boys, Karstein went from #194 to #530 while Anders went from #55 to #27.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 2002 in Norway · Boys, Karstein went from #194 to #530 while Andreas went from #140 to #2.
Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 2002 in Norway · Boys, Karstein went from #194 to #530 while Christian went from #161 to #32.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 2002 in Norway · Boys, Karstein went from #194 to #530 while Daniel went from #280 to #5.

Moved the same way as Karstein

Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 2002 in Norway · Boys, Karstein went from #194 to #530 and Alfred from #127 to #213.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 2002 in Norway · Boys, Karstein went from #194 to #530 and Arild from #32 to #462.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2002 in Norway · Boys, Karstein went from #194 to #530 and Arne from #6 to #169.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 2002 in Norway · Boys, Karstein went from #194 to #530 and Arthur from #153 to #307.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 1945 to 2002. Highest recorded position: #134 in Norway in 1951. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Karstein

Karstein at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Karstein by decade in Norway · Boys

Karstein appears in

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Karstein at a glance

Karstein by decade in Norway · Boys

Karstein appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Karstein

Karstein and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Karstein

Moved the opposite way to Karstein

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