Oddbjørn

maleStatistical record

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

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

Oddbjørn: Recorded since 1945, it reached #79 in 1950, and it was last ranked in 2013.

1registrar recorded it
62times a registrar ranked it
69years from first to last
#79highest recorded position
15groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–2013

View as table

Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#87
1946	#87
1947	#95
1948	#99
1949	#97
1950	#79
1951	#104
1952	#96
1953	#96
1954	#105
1955	#117
1956	#105
1957	#104
1958	#103
1959	#121
1960	#120
1961	#101
1962	#117
1963	#114
1964	#122
1965	#128
1966	#151
1967	#137
1968	#111
1969	#151
1970	#150
1971	#159
1972	#190
1973	#206
1974	#187
1975	#186
1976	#193
1977	#210
1978	#219
1979	#229
1980	#218
1981	#206
1982	#205
1983	#256
1984	#231
1985	#378
1986	#236
1987	#274
1988	#406
1989	#337
1990	#298
1991	#374
1992	#298
1993	#366
1994	#318
1995	#506
1996	#449
1997	#371
1998	#435
1999	#390
2000	#473
2001	#515
2002	#542
2003	#382
2005	#467
2006	#556
2013	#549

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 62 of the 69 years from 1945 to 2013.

Official data for Norway, 1945–2013 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #87 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2013
Highest recorded position: #79 among boys in Norway, in 1950 (recorded 1945–2013).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2013
Most recently recorded at #549 among boys in Norway, in 2013.
Norway · Boys

Oddbjørn 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 Oddbjørn in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	351	5 of 10	70
1950s	638	10 of 10	64
1960s	551	10 of 10	55
1970s	341	10 of 10	34
1980s	211	10 of 10	21
1990s	107	10 of 10	11
2000s	34	6 of 10	6
2010s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Norway · Boys, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 70 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1950 and 1951, when recorded births fell by 32, from 91 to 59.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Oddbjørn 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 2013. Highest recorded position: #79 in Norway in 1950.

Oddbjørn'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
2013	Norway	male	#549	4	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#556	4	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#467	6	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#382	9	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#542	4	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#515	5	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#473	6	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#390	9	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#435	7	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#371	10	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#449	7	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#506	6	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#318	13	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#366	11	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#298	16	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#374	11	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#298	17	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#337	14	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#406	11	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#274	18	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#236	25	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#378	12	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#231	24	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#256	21	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#205	31	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#206	28	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#218	27	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#229	24	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#219	26	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#210	28	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#193	34	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#186	35	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#187	35	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#206	29	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#190	36	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#159	45	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#150	49	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#151	46	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#111	68	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#137	49	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#151	44	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#128	54	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#122	55	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#114	61	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#117	54	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#101	67	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#120	53	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#121	50	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#103	61	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#104	65	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#105	65	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#117	47	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#105	57	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#96	67	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#96	76	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#104	59	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#79	91	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#97	67	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#99	64	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#95	70	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#87	80	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#87	70	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 2013, ranked in 62 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #79, first reached in 1950.

It held a top-100 place in 8 years, 6 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 91 births, registered in Norway in 1950.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 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.

Odd · #7, 80y
Oddbjørg · #89, 33y
Oddgeir · #160, 48y
Oddlaug · #140, 21y

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.

Preben · #81, 66y
Svanhild · #77, 58y
Ine · #76, 63y
Arnt · #75, 67y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Anny · #79, 56y
Esther · #79, 81y
Ludvik · #79, 39y
Natalia · #79, 78y

Oddbjørn was ranked #79 in Norway · Boys in 1950. 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.

Oddbjørn 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 Oddbjørn without appearing here.

Oddbjørn moved ahead of

Harry Compare
In 1959 they stood at #121 and #101 in Norway · Boys; by 1960 that had become #120 and #158.
Svein Compare
In 2012 they stood at #556 and #326 in Norway · Boys; by 2013 that had become #549 and #559.

Moved ahead of Oddbjørn

Alan Compare
In 2001 they stood at #515 and #527 in Norway · Boys; by 2002 that had become #542 and #284.
Edward Compare
In 1994 they stood at #318 and #365 in Norway · Boys; by 1995 that had become #506 and #276.
Anthony Compare
In 2005 they stood at #382 and #522 in Norway · Boys; by 2006 that had become #556 and #328.
Phillip Compare
In 1999 they stood at #390 and #487 in Norway · Boys; by 2000 that had become #473 and #254.

Moved the opposite way to Oddbjørn

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 2013 in Norway · Boys, Oddbjørn went from #87 to #549 while Aksel went from #174 to #18.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 2013 in Norway · Boys, Oddbjørn went from #87 to #549 while Andreas went from #140 to #26.
Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 2013 in Norway · Boys, Oddbjørn went from #87 to #549 while Christian went from #161 to #72.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 2013 in Norway · Boys, Oddbjørn went from #87 to #549 while Daniel went from #280 to #10.

Moved the same way as Oddbjørn

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 2013 in Norway · Boys, Oddbjørn went from #87 to #549 and Anders from #55 to #202.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2013 in Norway · Boys, Oddbjørn went from #87 to #549 and Arne from #6 to #169.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1945 and 2013 in Norway · Boys, Oddbjørn went from #87 to #549 and Bjørn from #3 to #111.
Dag Compare
Between 1945 and 2013 in Norway · Boys, Oddbjørn went from #87 to #549 and Dag from #48 to #430.

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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 2013. Highest recorded position: #79 in Norway in 1950. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Oddbjørn

Oddbjørn at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Oddbjørn by decade in Norway · Boys

Oddbjørn appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Oddbjørn at a glance

Oddbjørn by decade in Norway · Boys

Oddbjørn 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 Oddbjørn

Oddbjørn and the names beside it

Oddbjørn moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Oddbjørn

Moved the opposite way to Oddbjørn

Moved the same way as Oddbjørn