Martinus

maleStatistical record

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

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

Martinus: Recorded since 1946, with a gap of 16 years, it reached #262 in 2008, and it stood at #493 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
35times a registrar ranked it
79years from first to last
#262highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Martinus's record

Absent from every published list for 16 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1946–2024

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1946	#348
1959	#465
1972	#603
1989	#590
1990	#582
1992	#553
1993	#403
1994	#491
1997	#525
1998	#377
1999	#317
2000	#368
2001	#557
2002	#488
2003	#315
2004	#338
2005	#326
2006	#406
2007	#330
2008	#262
2009	#319
2010	#274
2011	#335
2012	#287
2013	#300
2014	#314
2015	#312
2016	#292
2017	#320
2019	#383
2020	#407
2021	#442
2022	#450
2023	#420
2024	#493

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 35 of the 79 years from 1946 to 2024.

Official data for Norway, 1946–2024 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1946
First recorded at #348 among boys in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1946–2024
Highest recorded position: #262 among boys in Norway, in 2008 (recorded 1946–2024).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #493 among boys in Norway, in 2024.
Norway · Boys

Martinus 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 Martinus in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	5	1 of 10	5
1950s	4	1 of 10	4
1970s	4	1 of 10	4
1980s	5	1 of 10	5
1990s	51	7 of 10	7
2000s	104	10 of 10	10
2010sbusiest	125	9 of 10	14
2020s	27	5 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 14 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Martinus 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 2024. Highest recorded position: #262 in Norway in 2008.

Martinus'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
2024	Norway	male	#493	4	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#420	7	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#450	5	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#442	5	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#407	6	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#383	8	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#320	13	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#292	16	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#312	14	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#314	14	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#300	15	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#287	16	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#335	12	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#274	17	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#319	14	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#262	18	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#330	12	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#406	8	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#326	11	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#338	10	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#315	12	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#488	5	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#557	4	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#368	10	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#317	12	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#377	9	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#525	5	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#491	6	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#403	9	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#553	5	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#582	5	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#590	5	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#603	4	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#465	4	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#348	5	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 2024, ranked in 35 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #262, first reached in 2008.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 18 births, registered in Norway in 2008.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 16 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.

Martinius · #267, 23y
Martins · #393, 15y
Marton · #615, 9y
Marty · #324, 30y

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.

Laurits · #263, 36y
Ninni · #263, 33y
Marzena · #264, 33y
Ingebrigt · #265, 38y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Laurits · #263, 36y
Marry · #261, 13y
Ninni · #263, 33y
Mary-Ann · #260, 49y

Martinus was ranked #262 in Norway · Boys in 2008. 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.

Martinus 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 Martinus without appearing here.

Martinus moved ahead of

Roger Compare
In 2002 they stood at #488 and #356 in Norway · Boys; by 2003 that had become #315 and #552.
Frode Compare
In 2002 they stood at #488 and #342 in Norway · Boys; by 2003 that had become #315 and #529.
Stein Compare
In 2006 they stood at #406 and #343 in Norway · Boys; by 2007 that had become #330 and #531.
Ronny Compare
In 2002 they stood at #488 and #452 in Norway · Boys; by 2003 that had become #315 and #511.

Moved ahead of Martinus

Ulrik Compare
In 1988 they stood at #348 and #364 in Norway · Boys; by 1989 that had become #590 and #222.
Oscar Compare
In 1988 they stood at #603 and #609 in Norway · Boys; by 1989 that had become #590 and #277.
Noah Compare
In 1996 they stood at #403 and #560 in Norway · Boys; by 1997 that had become #525 and #274.
Oliver Compare
In 1971 they stood at #465 and #478 in Norway · Boys; by 1972 that had become #603 and #352.

Moved the opposite way to Martinus

Aksel Compare
Between 1946 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Martinus went from #348 to #493 while Aksel went from #171 to #20.
Alfred Compare
Between 1946 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Martinus went from #348 to #493 while Alfred went from #142 to #22.
Colin Compare
Between 1946 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Martinus went from #348 to #493 while Colin went from #326 to #162.
Daniel Compare
Between 1946 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Martinus went from #348 to #493 while Daniel went from #244 to #61.

Moved the same way as Martinus

Anders Compare
Between 1946 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Martinus went from #348 to #493 and Anders from #64 to #279.
Arne Compare
Between 1946 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Martinus went from #348 to #493 and Arne from #5 to #174.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1946 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Martinus went from #348 to #493 and Bjørn from #3 to #86.
Christopher Compare
Between 1946 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Martinus went from #348 to #493 and Christopher from #306 to #444.

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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 2024. Highest recorded position: #262 in Norway in 2008. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Martinus

Martinus at a glance

What stands out in Martinus's record

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Popularity journey

Martinus by decade in Norway · Boys

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Martinus at a glance

What stands out in Martinus's record

Martinus by decade in Norway · Boys

Martinus 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 Martinus

Martinus and the names beside it

Martinus moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Martinus

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