Kjartan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Kjartan: Recorded since 1945, it reached #145 in 1976, and it was last ranked in 2011.

1registrar recorded it
61times a registrar ranked it
67years from first to last
#145highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–2011

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#305
1946	#228
1947	#233
1948	#333
1949	#291
1950	#264
1951	#296
1952	#365
1953	#251
1954	#300
1955	#304
1956	#252
1957	#241
1958	#242
1959	#218
1960	#222
1961	#229
1962	#246
1963	#350
1964	#260
1965	#189
1966	#224
1967	#228
1968	#193
1969	#211
1970	#221
1971	#205
1972	#185
1973	#199
1974	#159
1975	#163
1976	#145
1977	#180
1978	#161
1979	#192
1980	#194
1981	#209
1982	#193
1983	#253
1984	#241
1985	#233
1986	#241
1987	#256
1988	#312
1989	#331
1990	#305
1991	#248
1992	#243
1993	#202
1994	#345
1995	#256
1996	#347
1997	#255
1998	#274
1999	#314
2000	#311
2001	#382
2002	#312
2003	#378
2004	#415
2011	#550

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 61 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 #305 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: #145 among boys in Norway, in 1976 (recorded 1945–2011).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2011
Most recently recorded at #550 among boys in Norway, in 2011.
Norway · Boys

Kjartan 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 Kjartan in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	48	5 of 10	10
1950s	108	10 of 10	11
1960s	198	10 of 10	20
1970sbusiest	372	10 of 10	37
1980s	233	10 of 10	23
1990s	181	10 of 10	18
2000s	48	5 of 10	10
2010s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Norway · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 37 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Kjartan 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: #145 in Norway in 1976.

Kjartan'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	#550	4	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#415	7	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#378	9	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#312	11	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#382	8	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#311	13	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#314	12	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#274	16	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#255	19	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#347	11	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#256	18	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#345	11	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#202	31	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#243	25	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#248	22	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#305	16	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#331	14	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#312	15	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#256	20	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#241	24	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#233	25	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#241	22	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#253	21	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#193	33	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#209	26	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#194	33	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#192	35	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#161	42	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#180	36	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#145	50	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#163	43	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#159	46	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#199	31	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#185	37	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#205	28	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#221	24	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#211	26	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#193	29	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#228	21	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#224	21	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#189	28	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#260	15	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#350	9	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#246	15	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#229	17	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#222	17	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#218	17	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#242	14	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#241	14	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#252	13	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#304	8	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#300	8	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#251	11	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#365	5	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#296	8	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#264	10	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#291	8	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#333	6	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#233	13	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#228	14	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#305	7	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 61 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #145, first reached in 1976.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 50 births, registered in Norway in 1976.

Its record falls into 2 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.

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Kjellaug · #82, 32y

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.

Asgeir · #145, 61y
Paal · #144, 57y
Gøril · #143, 56y
Vemund · #147, 58y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Arnulf · #145, 27y
Asgeir · #145, 61y
Hassan · #144, 79y
Herdis · #144, 36y

Kjartan was ranked #145 in Norway · Boys in 1976. 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.

Kjartan 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 Kjartan without appearing here.

Kjartan moved ahead of

Roman Compare
In 1989 they stood at #331 and #272 in Norway · Boys; by 1990 that had become #305 and #441.
Raymond Compare
In 1996 they stood at #347 and #257 in Norway · Boys; by 1997 that had become #255 and #349.
Frode Compare
In 2001 they stood at #382 and #320 in Norway · Boys; by 2002 that had become #312 and #342.
Roger Compare
In 1996 they stood at #347 and #261 in Norway · Boys; by 1997 that had become #255 and #281.

Moved ahead of Kjartan

Nathan Compare
In 2010 they stood at #415 and #459 in Norway · Boys; by 2011 that had become #550 and #267.
Noel Compare
In 2010 they stood at #415 and #573 in Norway · Boys; by 2011 that had become #550 and #282.
Mark Compare
In 2010 they stood at #415 and #514 in Norway · Boys; by 2011 that had become #550 and #317.
Kasper Compare
In 1993 they stood at #202 and #210 in Norway · Boys; by 1994 that had become #345 and #158.

Moved the opposite way to Kjartan

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 2011 in Norway · Boys, Kjartan went from #305 to #550 while Aksel went from #174 to #25.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 2011 in Norway · Boys, Kjartan went from #305 to #550 while Andreas went from #140 to #16.
Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 2011 in Norway · Boys, Kjartan went from #305 to #550 while Christian went from #161 to #82.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 2011 in Norway · Boys, Kjartan went from #305 to #550 while Daniel went from #280 to #13.

Moved the same way as Kjartan

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 2011 in Norway · Boys, Kjartan went from #305 to #550 and Anders from #55 to #114.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 2011 in Norway · Boys, Kjartan went from #305 to #550 and Arild from #32 to #485.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2011 in Norway · Boys, Kjartan went from #305 to #550 and Arne from #6 to #208.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 2011 in Norway · Boys, Kjartan went from #305 to #550 and Arthur from #153 to #239.

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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 2011. Highest recorded position: #145 in Norway in 1976. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Kjartan

Kjartan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kjartan by decade in Norway · Boys

Kjartan appears in

Popularity data

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Kjartan at a glance

Kjartan by decade in Norway · Boys

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Kjartan

Kjartan and the names beside it

Kjartan moved ahead of

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