Norbert

maleStatistical record

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

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

Norbert: Recorded since 1952, it reached #241 in 1975, and it stood at #3,112 in 2023.

3registrars recorded it
58times a registrar ranked it
72years from first to last
#241highest recorded position
20groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1999–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#2943
2001	#3134
2005	#3208
2006	#3385
2007	#1666
2008	#1242
2009	#1265
2010	#1620
2011	#1909
2012	#1589
2013	#1920
2014	#1630
2015	#2483
2016	#2027
2017	#2172
2018	#1875
2019	#3411
2021	#3451
2022	#2529
2023	#3112

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 24 of the 59 years from 1952 to 2010.

In 2017: #710 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2172 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1952–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1952
First recorded at #370 among boys in Norway in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1952–2010
Highest recorded position: #241 among boys in Norway, in 1975 (recorded 1952–2010).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #3112 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Boys

Norbert appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 24 years beginning in 1952, and has registered 191 births with the name.

Norbert across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Norbert's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#370 (1952)	#241 (1975)	#517 (2010)	24 of 59	191 (1952–2010)	21 (1975)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#250 (1965)	#245 (1967)	#710 (2017)	14 of 53	52 (1965–2017)	6 (2008)
England and Wales · Boys	#2943 (1999)	#1242 (2008)	#3112 (2023)	20 of 25	194 (1999–2023)	19 (2008)

Norbert 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 Norbert in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	13	3 of 10	4
1970sbusiest	97	8 of 10	12
1980s	53	7 of 10	8
1990s	14	3 of 10	5
2000s	9	2 of 10	5
2010s	5	1 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 12 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Norbert appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1952 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #241 in Norway in 1975.

Norbert'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
2023	England and Wales	male	#3112	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2529	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3451	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3411	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1875	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2172	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2027	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2483	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1630	14	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1920	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1589	15	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1909	11	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1620	14	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1265	19	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1242	19	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1666	12	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#517	5	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#523	5	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#574	4	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#584	4	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#558	5	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#584	5	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#598	5	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#420	10	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#449	9	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#596	5	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#542	6	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#512	7	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#391	11	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#360	12	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#323	14	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#343	13	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#342	13	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#241	21	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#358	12	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#450	8	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#607	4	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#475	4	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#430	4	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#370	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#605	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#540	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	6	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#527	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	3	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	3	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#265	5	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#245	4	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#256	3	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#250	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1952 and 2023, ranked in 45 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #241, first reached in 1975.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 21 births, registered in Norway in 1975.

Its record falls into 13 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1965, and 47 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

Nora · #1, 81y
Norah · #135, 62y
Noreen · #60, 61y
Nori · #2058, 10y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, 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.

Vivien · #243, 47y
Catharina · #238, 50y
Usman · #244, 46y
Gerry · #237, 43y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Bozena · #241, 30y
Hamid · #240, 65y
Steve · #242, 70y
Marija · #243, 53y

Norbert was ranked #241 in Norway · Boys in 1975. 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.

Norbert 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 Norbert without appearing here.

Norbert moved ahead of

Graeme Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3385 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1265 and #4527.
Maddison Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3385 and #3385 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1666 and #4333.
Morten Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3385 and #3385 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1666 and #4333.
Ole Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3451 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2529 and #4789.

Moved ahead of Norbert

Gustav Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3411 and #3937 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3451 and #2125.
Matheo Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1875 and #2693 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3411 and #2488.
Willow Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2529 and #4001 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #2325.
Aksel Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1630 and #2079 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #2483 and #1902.

Moved the opposite way to Norbert

Aaron Compare
Between 1965 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Norbert went from #250 to #710 while Aaron went from #222 to #31.
Adam Compare
Between 1965 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Norbert went from #250 to #710 while Adam went from #157 to #9.
Alexander Compare
Between 1965 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Norbert went from #250 to #710 while Alexander went from #115 to #39.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1965 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Norbert went from #250 to #710 while Benjamin went from #148 to #69.

Moved the same way as Norbert

Frank Compare
Between 1952 and 2007 in Norway · Boys, Norbert went from #370 to #523 and Frank from #50 to #475.
Frode Compare
Between 1952 and 2007 in Norway · Boys, Norbert went from #370 to #523 and Frode from #86 to #516.
Geir Compare
Between 1952 and 2007 in Norway · Boys, Norbert went from #370 to #523 and Geir from #17 to #347.
Raymond Compare
Between 1952 and 2007 in Norway · Boys, Norbert went from #370 to #523 and Raymond from #244 to #566.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1952 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #241 in Norway in 1975. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Norbert

Norbert at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Norbert across 3 official records

Norbert by decade in Norway · Boys

Norbert appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Norbert at a glance

Norbert across 3 official records

Norbert by decade in Norway · Boys

Norbert appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Norbert

Norbert and the names beside it

Norbert moved ahead of

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