Preben

maleStatistical record

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

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

Preben: Recorded since 1947, it reached #81 in 1997, and it stood at #409 in 2021.

1registrar recorded it
66times a registrar ranked it
75years from first to last
#81highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Preben's record

Moved 128 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1947–2021

View as table

Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1947	#307
1949	#360
1953	#287
1954	#305
1955	#433
1957	#331
1958	#300
1960	#459
1962	#433
1963	#444
1964	#379
1965	#307
1966	#259
1967	#292
1968	#272
1969	#286
1970	#222
1971	#229
1972	#204
1973	#200
1974	#206
1975	#187
1976	#224
1977	#212
1978	#242
1979	#199
1980	#238
1981	#207
1982	#214
1983	#231
1984	#196
1985	#188
1986	#105
1987	#109
1988	#113
1989	#98
1990	#91
1991	#119
1992	#110
1993	#97
1994	#121
1995	#99
1996	#82
1997	#81
1998	#105
1999	#114
2000	#103
2001	#130
2002	#126
2003	#130
2004	#164
2005	#147
2006	#133
2007	#247
2008	#253
2009	#244
2010	#290
2011	#283
2012	#334
2013	#377
2014	#425
2015	#500
2016	#439
2017	#389
2019	#386
2021	#409

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 66 of the 75 years from 1947 to 2021.

Official data for Norway, 1947–2021 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1947
First recorded at #307 among boys in Norway in 1947 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1947–2021
Highest recorded position: #81 among boys in Norway, in 1997 (recorded 1947–2021).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #409 among boys in Norway, in 2021.
Norway · Boys

Preben 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 Preben in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	13	2 of 10	7
1950s	39	5 of 10	8
1960s	97	9 of 10	11
1970s	280	10 of 10	28
1980s	474	10 of 10	47
1990sbusiest	730	10 of 10	73
2000s	435	10 of 10	44
2010s	91	9 of 10	10
2020s	6	1 of 10	6

Across Norway · Boys, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 73 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1985 and 1986, when recorded births rose by 42, from 36 to 78.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Preben 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 1947 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #81 in Norway in 1997.

Preben'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
2021	Norway	male	#409	6	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#386	8	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#389	9	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#439	7	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#500	5	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#425	8	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#377	10	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#334	12	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#283	16	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#290	16	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#244	21	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#253	19	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#247	20	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#133	57	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#147	46	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#164	38	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#130	51	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#126	56	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#130	52	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#103	75	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#114	62	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#105	68	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#81	93	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#82	95	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#99	72	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#121	60	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#97	69	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#110	64	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#119	63	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#91	84	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#98	79	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#113	74	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#109	72	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#105	78	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#188	36	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#196	32	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#231	24	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#214	28	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#207	28	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#238	23	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#199	32	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#242	22	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#212	27	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#224	25	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#187	35	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#206	30	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#200	31	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#204	31	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#229	23	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#222	24	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#286	15	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#272	15	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#292	13	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#259	16	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#307	12	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#379	9	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#444	6	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#433	6	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#459	5	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#300	10	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#331	8	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#433	4	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#305	8	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#287	9	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#360	5	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#307	8	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 1947 and 2021, ranked in 66 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #81, first reached in 1997.

It held a top-100 place in 6 years, 3 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 95 births, registered in Norway in 1996.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 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.

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Preesha · #3447, 11y

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.

Guri · #82, 70y
Bernt · #83, 61y
Oddbjørn · #79, 62y
Maiken · #85, 62y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Vera · #81, 81y
Anniken · #82, 72y
Guri · #82, 70y
Haakon · #82, 80y

Preben was ranked #81 in Norway · Boys in 1997. 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.

Preben 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 Preben without appearing here.

Preben moved ahead of

Kenneth Compare
In 2016 they stood at #439 and #390 in Norway · Boys; by 2017 that had become #389 and #506.
Francis Compare
In 1963 they stood at #433 and #415 in Norway · Boys; by 1964 that had become #379 and #478.
Trond Compare
In 2018 they stood at #439 and #401 in Norway · Boys; by 2019 that had become #386 and #484.
Steinar Compare
In 2020 they stood at #439 and #398 in Norway · Boys; by 2021 that had become #409 and #492.

Moved ahead of Preben

Ryan Compare
In 2014 they stood at #425 and #507 in Norway · Boys; by 2015 that had become #500 and #249.
Vegard Compare
In 1959 they stood at #300 and #371 in Norway · Boys; by 1960 that had become #459 and #250.
Alexander Compare
In 1959 they stood at #300 and #304 in Norway · Boys; by 1960 that had become #459 and #319.
Daniel Compare
In 1954 they stood at #305 and #322 in Norway · Boys; by 1955 that had become #433 and #329.

Moved the opposite way to Preben

Edward Compare
Between 1953 and 2021 in Norway · Boys, Preben went from #287 to #409 while Edward went from #328 to #182.
Elias Compare
Between 1953 and 2021 in Norway · Boys, Preben went from #287 to #409 while Elias went from #362 to #7.
Isak Compare
Between 1953 and 2021 in Norway · Boys, Preben went from #287 to #409 while Isak went from #337 to #4.
Kevin Compare
Between 1953 and 2021 in Norway · Boys, Preben went from #287 to #409 while Kevin went from #369 to #135.

Moved the same way as Preben

Dag Compare
Between 1947 and 2016 in Norway · Boys, Preben went from #307 to #439 and Dag from #46 to #518.
Stein Compare
Between 1947 and 2015 in Norway · Boys, Preben went from #307 to #500 and Stein from #50 to #503.
Roman Compare
Between 1953 and 2016 in Norway · Boys, Preben went from #287 to #439 and Roman from #319 to #468.

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.

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1947 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #81 in Norway in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Preben

Preben at a glance

What stands out in Preben's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Preben by decade in Norway · Boys

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Preben at a glance

What stands out in Preben's record

Preben by decade in Norway · Boys

Preben appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Preben

Preben and the names beside it

Preben moved ahead of

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