Kolbjørn

maleStatistical record

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

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

Kolbjørn: Recorded since 1945, with a gap of 12 years, it reached #128 in 1949, and it was last ranked in 2018.

1registrar recorded it
49times a registrar ranked it
74years from first to last
#128highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Kolbjørn's record

Absent from every published list for 12 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–2018

View as table

Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#144
1946	#140
1947	#149
1948	#142
1949	#128
1950	#170
1951	#177
1952	#168
1953	#165
1954	#185
1955	#235
1956	#269
1957	#184
1958	#191
1959	#219
1960	#287
1961	#297
1962	#194
1963	#279
1964	#303
1965	#263
1966	#268
1967	#428
1968	#256
1969	#260
1970	#537
1971	#309
1972	#523
1973	#353
1974	#413
1975	#436
1976	#399
1977	#451
1979	#535
1980	#642
1981	#648
1982	#582
1984	#626
1986	#585
1988	#594
1989	#631
1990	#579
1991	#621
1992	#549
1993	#552
1996	#439
2004	#563
2017	#455
2018	#519

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 49 of the 74 years from 1945 to 2018.

Official data for Norway, 1945–2018 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #144 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2018
Highest recorded position: #128 among boys in Norway, in 1949 (recorded 1945–2018).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2018
Most recently recorded at #519 among boys in Norway, in 2018.
Norway · Boys

Kolbjørn 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 Kolbjørn in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	184	5 of 10	37
1950s	208	10 of 10	21
1960s	142	10 of 10	14
1970s	80	9 of 10	9
1980s	31	7 of 10	4
1990s	26	5 of 10	5
2000s	4	1 of 10	4
2010s	10	2 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 37 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Kolbjørn 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 2018. Highest recorded position: #128 in Norway in 1949.

Kolbjørn'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
2018	Norway	male	#519	4	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#455	6	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#563	4	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#439	7	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#552	5	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#549	5	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#621	4	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#579	5	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#631	4	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#594	5	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#585	5	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#626	4	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#582	5	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#648	4	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#642	4	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#535	6	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#451	8	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#399	10	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#436	9	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#413	10	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#353	12	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#523	6	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#309	14	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#537	5	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#260	17	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#256	16	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#428	7	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#268	15	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#263	16	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#303	12	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#279	13	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#194	23	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#297	11	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#287	12	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#219	17	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#191	21	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#184	22	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#269	11	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#235	13	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#185	21	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#165	28	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#168	26	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#177	23	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#170	26	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#128	41	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#142	36	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#149	35	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#140	39	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#144	33	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 2018, ranked in 49 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #128, first reached in 1949.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 41 births, registered in Norway in 1949.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 12 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.

Kohen · #348, 17y
Kojo · #1703, 21y
Kolby · #312, 16y
Kole · #348, 28y

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.

Jorid · #126, 49y
Annbjørg · #131, 47y
Liss · #131, 44y
Regine · #125, 54y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Ådne · #128, 67y
Sveinung · #128, 66y
Aslak · #127, 81y
Bo · #129, 77y

Kolbjørn was ranked #128 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.

Kolbjørn 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 Kolbjørn without appearing here.

Kolbjørn moved ahead of

Harry Compare
In 1995 they stood at #621 and #575 in Norway · Boys; by 1996 that had become #439 and #574.
Geir Compare
In 2016 they stood at #563 and #405 in Norway · Boys; by 2017 that had become #455 and #501.
Tore Compare
In 2017 they stood at #563 and #344 in Norway · Boys; by 2018 that had become #519 and #535.
Terje Compare
In 2017 they stood at #455 and #438 in Norway · Boys; by 2018 that had become #519 and #534.

Moved ahead of Kolbjørn

Theo Compare
In 2003 they stood at #439 and #495 in Norway · Boys; by 2004 that had become #563 and #152.
Simen Compare
In 1969 they stood at #260 and #289 in Norway · Boys; by 1970 that had become #537 and #205.
Simon Compare
In 1971 they stood at #309 and #328 in Norway · Boys; by 1972 that had become #523 and #199.
Muhammad Compare
In 1969 they stood at #260 and #390 in Norway · Boys; by 1970 that had become #537 and #231.

Moved the opposite way to Kolbjørn

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 2018 in Norway · Boys, Kolbjørn went from #144 to #519 while Aksel went from #174 to #9.
Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 2018 in Norway · Boys, Kolbjørn went from #144 to #519 while Alfred went from #127 to #36.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 2018 in Norway · Boys, Kolbjørn went from #144 to #519 while Andreas went from #140 to #64.
Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 2018 in Norway · Boys, Kolbjørn went from #144 to #519 while Christian went from #161 to #96.

Moved the same way as Kolbjørn

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 2018 in Norway · Boys, Kolbjørn went from #144 to #519 and Anders from #55 to #164.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 2018 in Norway · Boys, Kolbjørn went from #144 to #519 and Arild from #32 to #506.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2018 in Norway · Boys, Kolbjørn went from #144 to #519 and Arne from #6 to #222.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1945 and 2018 in Norway · Boys, Kolbjørn went from #144 to #519 and Bjørn from #3 to #108.

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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 2018. Highest recorded position: #128 in Norway in 1949. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Kolbjørn

Kolbjørn at a glance

What stands out in Kolbjørn's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kolbjørn by decade in Norway · Boys

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Popularity data

What the record shows

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Kolbjørn at a glance

What stands out in Kolbjørn's record

Kolbjørn by decade in Norway · Boys

Kolbjørn 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 Kolbjørn

Kolbjørn and the names beside it

Kolbjørn moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kolbjørn

Moved the opposite way to Kolbjørn

Moved the same way as Kolbjørn