Pelle

maleStatistical record

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

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

Pelle: Recorded since 1994, it reached #221 in 2022, and it stood at #239 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
32years from first to last
#221highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Trend unknown

among boys in England and Wales · 1998

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2901

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

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 29 of the 32 years from 1994 to 2025.

In 1998: #484 among boys in Norway, #2901 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1994–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1994
First recorded at #605 among boys in Norway in 1994 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1994–2025
Highest recorded position: #221 among boys in Norway, in 2022 (recorded 1994–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #239 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Pelle 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 Pelle in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	19	4 of 10	5
2000s	95	9 of 10	11
2010s	101	10 of 10	10
2020sbusiest	81	6 of 10	14

Across Norway · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 14 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Pelle 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 2 regions, from 1994 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #221 in Norway in 2022.

Pelle'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
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#239	18	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#289	14	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#373	9	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#221	19	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#297	12	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#352	9	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#324	12	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#306	13	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#306	14	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#317	14	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#468	6	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#395	9	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#467	6	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#369	10	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#443	7	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#375	10	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#315	15	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#428	8	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#333	12	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#286	15	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#295	13	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#423	7	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#412	8	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#354	9	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#390	8	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#484	6	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#589	4	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#538	5	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#605	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1994 and 2025, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #221, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 19 births, registered in Norway in 2022.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1998, and 4 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.

Peighton · #2367, 17y
Pelin · #2770, 18y
Penelope · #32, 54y
Penelope-Rose · #2073, 12y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Rebecka · #222, 30y
Vernon · #222, 26y
Arunas · #219, 30y
Nicolle · #223, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Cathan · #221, 19y
Chelsey · #221, 30y
Emma-Louise · #221, 23y
Becky · #220, 25y

Pelle was ranked #221 in Norway · Boys in 2022. 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.

Pelle 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 Pelle without appearing here.

Pelle moved ahead of

Stig Compare
In 2004 they stood at #423 and #341 in Norway · Boys; by 2005 that had become #295 and #559.
Arild Compare
In 2004 they stood at #423 and #312 in Norway · Boys; by 2005 that had become #295 and #518.
Øystein Compare
In 2021 they stood at #297 and #253 in Norway · Boys; by 2022 that had become #221 and #436.
Joseph Compare
In 2017 they stood at #306 and #275 in Norway · Boys; by 2018 that had become #306 and #516.

Moved ahead of Pelle

Theo Compare
In 1995 they stood at #605 and #611 in Norway · Boys; by 1996 that had become #538 and #495.

Moved the opposite way to Pelle

Adrian Compare
Between 1994 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Pelle went from #605 to #239 while Adrian went from #35 to #70.
Alexander Compare
Between 1994 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Pelle went from #605 to #239 while Alexander went from #28 to #81.
Anders Compare
Between 1994 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Pelle went from #605 to #239 while Anders went from #10 to #293.
Andreas Compare
Between 1994 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Pelle went from #605 to #239 while Andreas went from #2 to #96.

Moved the same way as Pelle

Adam Compare
Between 1994 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Pelle went from #605 to #239 and Adam from #154 to #29.
Aksel Compare
Between 1994 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Pelle went from #605 to #239 and Aksel from #135 to #25.
Alfred Compare
Between 1994 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Pelle went from #605 to #239 and Alfred from #383 to #26.
Arthur Compare
Between 1994 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Pelle went from #605 to #239 and Arthur from #411 to #83.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 2 regions, from 1994 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #221 in Norway in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Pelle

Pelle at a glance

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Pelle by decade in Norway · Boys

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Pelle at a glance

Pelle by decade in Norway · Boys

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