Malene

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Malene: Recorded since 1948, with a gap of 20 years, it reached #66 in 1999, and it stood at #328 in 2025.

1registrar recorded it
50times a registrar ranked it
78years from first to last
#66highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Malene's record

Absent from every published list for 20 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Norway · Girls

Rising

among girls in Norway · 1948–2025

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Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1948	#380
1969	#508
1975	#372
1976	#514
1980	#529
1981	#590
1982	#504
1983	#418
1984	#325
1985	#356
1986	#335
1987	#78
1988	#89
1989	#111
1990	#83
1991	#75
1992	#78
1993	#85
1994	#68
1995	#78
1996	#81
1997	#76
1998	#78
1999	#66
2000	#66
2001	#80
2002	#69
2003	#77
2004	#72
2005	#83
2006	#84
2007	#79
2008	#94
2009	#115
2010	#125
2011	#104
2012	#149
2013	#125
2014	#155
2015	#161
2016	#170
2017	#169
2018	#203
2019	#185
2020	#222
2021	#183
2022	#216
2023	#223
2024	#285
2025	#328

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

RisingNorway · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 50 of the 78 years from 1948 to 2025.

Official data for Norway, 1948–2025 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1948
First recorded at #380 among girls in Norway in 1948 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1948–2025
Highest recorded position: #66 among girls in Norway, in 1999 (recorded 1948–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #328 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Malene 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 Malene in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	4	1 of 10	4
1960s	5	1 of 10	5
1970s	16	2 of 10	8
1980s	317	10 of 10	32
1990sbusiest	1,069	10 of 10	107
2000s	839	10 of 10	84
2010s	417	10 of 10	42
2020s	107	6 of 10	18

Across Norway · Girls, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 107 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1986 and 1987, when recorded births rose by 81, from 14 to 95.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Malene 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 1948 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #66 in Norway in 2000.

Malene'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
2025	Norway	female	#328	11	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#285	14	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#223	20	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#216	19	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#183	23	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#222	20	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#185	28	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#203	25	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#169	33	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#170	35	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#161	38	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#155	39	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#125	49	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#149	47	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#104	66	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#125	57	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#115	61	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#94	75	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#79	82	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#84	81	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#83	79	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#72	87	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#77	81	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#69	93	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#80	88	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#66	112	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#66	110	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#78	95	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#76	104	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#81	107	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#78	114	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#68	121	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#85	103	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#78	107	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#75	105	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#83	103	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#111	70	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#89	84	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#78	95	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#335	14	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#356	13	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#325	14	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#418	9	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#504	7	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#590	5	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#529	6	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#514	6	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#372	10	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#508	5	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#380	4	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 1948 and 2025, ranked in 50 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #66, first reached in 1999.

It held a top-100 place in 21 years, 19 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 121 births, registered in Norway in 1994.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 20 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.

Malek · #631, 26y
Malena · #305, 33y
Målfrid · #80, 41y
Malgorzata · #109, 60y

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.

Dagfinn · #67, 48y
Olaug · #68, 53y
Aslaug · #63, 52y
Merethe · #69, 54y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Kristen · #66, 78y
Dagfinn · #67, 48y
Ebba · #67, 43y
Georg · #65, 81y

Malene was ranked #66 in Norway · Girls in 1999. 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.

Malene 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 Malene without appearing here.

Malene moved ahead of

Aud Compare
In 1986 they stood at #335 and #244 in Norway · Girls; by 1987 that had become #78 and #553.
Susan Compare
In 1986 they stood at #335 and #261 in Norway · Girls; by 1987 that had become #78 and #506.
Elsie Compare
In 2012 they stood at #380 and #300 in Norway · Girls; by 2013 that had become #125 and #527.
Rachel Compare
In 1986 they stood at #335 and #283 in Norway · Girls; by 1987 that had become #78 and #464.

Moved ahead of Malene

Martine Compare
In 1975 they stood at #372 and #373 in Norway · Girls; by 1976 that had become #514 and #381.
Melissa Compare
In 2023 they stood at #223 and #236 in Norway · Girls; by 2024 that had become #285 and #189.
Molly Compare
In 2023 they stood at #223 and #237 in Norway · Girls; by 2024 that had become #285 and #203.
Vanessa Compare
In 2023 they stood at #223 and #226 in Norway · Girls; by 2024 that had become #285 and #206.

Moved the opposite way to Malene

Ann Compare
Between 1948 and 2023 in Norway · Girls, Malene went from #380 to #223 while Ann went from #59 to #404.
Berit Compare
Between 1948 and 2023 in Norway · Girls, Malene went from #380 to #223 while Berit went from #6 to #494.
Gro Compare
Between 1948 and 2023 in Norway · Girls, Malene went from #380 to #223 while Gro went from #55 to #465.
Janne Compare
Between 1948 and 2023 in Norway · Girls, Malene went from #380 to #223 while Janne went from #177 to #469.

Moved the same way as Malene

Isabella Compare
Between 1981 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Malene went from #590 to #328 and Isabella from #635 to #122.
Mila Compare
Between 1981 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Malene went from #590 to #328 and Mila from #653 to #102.
Sophie Compare
Between 1981 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Malene went from #590 to #328 and Sophie from #602 to #178.

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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 1948 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #66 in Norway in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Malene

Malene at a glance

What stands out in Malene's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Malene by decade in Norway · Girls

Malene appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1940s

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Malene at a glance

What stands out in Malene's record

Malene by decade in Norway · Girls

Malene 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 Malene

Malene and the names beside it

Malene moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Malene

Moved the opposite way to Malene

Moved the same way as Malene