Per-Arne

maleStatistical record

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

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

Per-Arne: Recorded since 1946, it reached #245 in 1963, and it was last ranked in 1993.

1registrar recorded it
33times a registrar ranked it
48years from first to last
#245highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1946–1993

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1946	#323
1947	#356
1950	#335
1951	#347
1952	#332
1953	#318
1954	#368
1955	#309
1956	#379
1958	#394
1959	#338
1960	#388
1961	#280
1962	#343
1963	#245
1964	#289
1965	#292
1966	#435
1967	#402
1968	#472
1970	#505
1971	#480
1972	#445
1973	#559
1974	#631
1975	#469
1976	#519
1979	#590
1980	#546
1981	#516
1982	#449
1985	#636
1993	#627

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 33 of the 48 years from 1946 to 1993.

Official data for Norway, 1946–1993 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1946
First recorded at #323 among boys in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1946–1993
Highest recorded position: #245 among boys in Norway, in 1963 (recorded 1946–1993).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1993
Most recently recorded at #627 among boys in Norway, in 1993.
Norway · Boys

Per-Arne 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 Per-Arne in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	12	2 of 10	6
1950s	60	9 of 10	7
1960sbusiest	92	9 of 10	10
1970s	49	8 of 10	6
1980s	26	4 of 10	7
1990s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Norway · Boys, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 10 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Per-Arne 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 1993. Highest recorded position: #245 in Norway in 1963.

Per-Arne'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
1993	Norway	male	#627	4	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#636	4	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#449	9	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#516	7	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#546	6	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#590	5	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#519	6	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#469	8	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#631	4	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#559	5	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#445	8	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#480	7	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#505	6	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#472	6	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#402	8	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#435	7	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#292	13	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#289	13	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#245	17	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#343	9	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#280	12	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#388	7	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#338	8	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#394	6	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#379	6	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#309	8	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#368	6	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#318	7	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#332	7	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#347	6	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#335	6	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#356	5	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#323	7	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 1993, ranked in 33 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #245, first reached in 1963.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 17 births, registered in Norway in 1963.

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

Pepper · #2201, 20y
Per · #1, 81y
Per-Erik · #338, 21y
Percival · #814, 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.

Anne-Sofie · #244, 37y
Aedin · #243, 30y
Tellef · #243, 28y
Egidijus · #248, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Eyvind · #245, 44y
Gudveig · #245, 16y
Inger-Marie · #245, 27y
Anne-Sofie · #244, 37y

Per-Arne was ranked #245 in Norway · Boys in 1963. 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.

Per-Arne 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 Per-Arne without appearing here.

Per-Arne moved ahead of

Harry Compare
In 1979 they stood at #519 and #484 in Norway · Boys; by 1980 that had become #546 and #634.

Moved ahead of Per-Arne

Oscar Compare
In 1984 they stood at #449 and #546 in Norway · Boys; by 1985 that had become #636 and #286.
Kevin Compare
In 1972 they stood at #445 and #477 in Norway · Boys; by 1973 that had become #559 and #245.
Scott Compare
In 1992 they stood at #516 and #610 in Norway · Boys; by 1993 that had become #627 and #347.
Anthony Compare
In 1984 they stood at #449 and #524 in Norway · Boys; by 1985 that had become #636 and #364.

Moved the opposite way to Per-Arne

Anders Compare
Between 1946 and 1993 in Norway · Boys, Per-Arne went from #323 to #627 while Anders went from #64 to #8.
Andreas Compare
Between 1946 and 1993 in Norway · Boys, Per-Arne went from #323 to #627 while Andreas went from #121 to #2.
Christian Compare
Between 1946 and 1993 in Norway · Boys, Per-Arne went from #323 to #627 while Christian went from #156 to #27.
Christopher Compare
Between 1946 and 1993 in Norway · Boys, Per-Arne went from #323 to #627 while Christopher went from #306 to #89.

Moved the same way as Per-Arne

Alan Compare
Between 1946 and 1993 in Norway · Boys, Per-Arne went from #323 to #627 and Alan from #253 to #492.
Alfred Compare
Between 1946 and 1993 in Norway · Boys, Per-Arne went from #323 to #627 and Alfred from #142 to #372.
Andrew Compare
Between 1946 and 1993 in Norway · Boys, Per-Arne went from #323 to #627 and Andrew from #344 to #496.
Anthony Compare
Between 1946 and 1993 in Norway · Boys, Per-Arne went from #323 to #627 and Anthony from #355 to #530.

What's not yet available

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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 1993. Highest recorded position: #245 in Norway in 1963. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Per-Arne

Per-Arne at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Per-Arne by decade in Norway · Boys

Per-Arne appears in

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Per-Arne at a glance

Per-Arne by decade in Norway · Boys

Per-Arne 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 Per-Arne

Per-Arne and the names beside it

Per-Arne moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Per-Arne

Moved the opposite way to Per-Arne

Moved the same way as Per-Arne