Maj

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Maj: Recorded since 1946, it reached #150 in 1959, and it was last ranked in 1990.

1registrar recorded it
42times a registrar ranked it
45years from first to last
#150highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Girls

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1946–1990

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Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1946	#299
1947	#382
1948	#345
1949	#308
1950	#235
1951	#235
1952	#238
1953	#183
1954	#311
1955	#176
1956	#169
1957	#242
1958	#200
1959	#150
1960	#325
1961	#195
1962	#281
1963	#232
1964	#344
1965	#290
1966	#406
1967	#393
1968	#286
1969	#388
1970	#355
1971	#412
1972	#557
1973	#454
1974	#565
1975	#470
1976	#467
1977	#616
1978	#473
1979	#531
1980	#637
1982	#589
1983	#488
1985	#670
1987	#533
1988	#678
1989	#538
1990	#416

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 42 of the 45 years from 1946 to 1990.

Official data for Norway, 1946–1990 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1946
First recorded at #299 among girls in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1946–1990
Highest recorded position: #150 among girls in Norway, in 1959 (recorded 1946–1990).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1990
Most recently recorded at #416 among girls in Norway, in 1990.
Norway · Girls

Maj 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 Maj in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	28	4 of 10	7
1950sbusiest	180	10 of 10	18
1960s	116	10 of 10	12
1970s	66	10 of 10	7
1980s	38	7 of 10	5
1990s	10	1 of 10	10

Across Norway · Girls, the 1950s were its busiest decade, averaging 18 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Maj 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 1990. Highest recorded position: #150 in Norway in 1959.

Maj'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
1990	Norway	female	#416	10	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#538	7	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#678	4	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#533	7	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#670	4	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#488	7	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#589	5	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#637	4	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#531	6	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#473	7	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#616	4	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#467	7	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#470	7	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#565	5	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#454	7	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#557	5	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#412	8	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#355	10	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#388	8	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#286	14	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#393	8	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#406	7	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#290	13	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#344	9	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#232	16	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#281	11	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#195	21	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#325	9	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#150	27	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#200	18	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#242	13	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#169	26	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#176	23	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#311	9	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#183	22	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#238	14	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#235	14	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#235	14	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#308	8	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#345	6	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#382	5	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#299	9	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 1990, ranked in 42 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #150, first reached in 1959.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 27 births, registered in Norway in 1959.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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.

Maizie · #247, 29y
Maizy · #1117, 22y
Maja · #16, 61y
Majd · #829, 16y

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.

Guttorm · #150, 45y
Margunn · #150, 40y
Krister · #148, 46y
Thorleif · #152, 37y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Guttorm · #150, 45y
Margunn · #150, 40y
Lone · #149, 73y
Anne-Britt · #152, 35y

Maj was ranked #150 in Norway · Girls in 1959. 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.

Maj 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 Maj without appearing here.

Maj moved ahead of

Hedvig Compare
In 1989 they stood at #538 and #373 in Norway · Girls; by 1990 that had become #416 and #601.
Judith Compare
In 1989 they stood at #538 and #427 in Norway · Girls; by 1990 that had become #416 and #565.
Gerd Compare
In 1989 they stood at #538 and #420 in Norway · Girls; by 1990 that had become #416 and #513.
Margaret Compare
In 1988 they stood at #678 and #534 in Norway · Girls; by 1989 that had become #538 and #631.

Moved ahead of Maj

Alma Compare
In 1984 they stood at #488 and #620 in Norway · Girls; by 1985 that had become #670 and #319.
Emily Compare
In 1984 they stood at #488 and #525 in Norway · Girls; by 1985 that had become #670 and #324.
Nicole Compare
In 1984 they stood at #488 and #491 in Norway · Girls; by 1985 that had become #670 and #331.
Isabella Compare
In 1987 they stood at #533 and #610 in Norway · Girls; by 1988 that had become #678 and #370.

Moved the opposite way to Maj

Thea Compare
Between 1950 and 1990 in Norway · Girls, Maj went from #235 to #416 while Thea went from #380 to #44.
Cathrine Compare
Between 1951 and 1990 in Norway · Girls, Maj went from #235 to #416 while Cathrine went from #360 to #39.
Stine Compare
Between 1951 and 1990 in Norway · Girls, Maj went from #235 to #416 while Stine went from #312 to #5.
Victoria Compare
Between 1951 and 1990 in Norway · Girls, Maj went from #235 to #416 while Victoria went from #383 to #65.

Moved the same way as Maj

Teresa Compare
Between 1946 and 1989 in Norway · Girls, Maj went from #299 to #538 and Teresa from #387 to #548.
Vigdis Compare
Between 1946 and 1989 in Norway · Girls, Maj went from #299 to #538 and Vigdis from #25 to #595.
Janet Compare
Between 1947 and 1988 in Norway · Girls, Maj went from #382 to #678 and Janet from #308 to #622.
Josephine Compare
Between 1951 and 1990 in Norway · Girls, Maj went from #235 to #416 and Josephine from #367 to #610.

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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 1946 to 1990. Highest recorded position: #150 in Norway in 1959. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Maj

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Maj by decade in Norway · Girls

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