Selmer

maleStatistical record

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

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

Selmer: Recorded since 2002, its highest recorded position is #172, reached in 2025.

1registrar recorded it
22times a registrar ranked it
24years from first to last
#172highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Rising

among boys in Norway · 2002–2025

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2002	#549
2003	#555
2005	#557
2007	#529
2008	#432
2009	#373
2010	#398
2011	#447
2012	#327
2013	#265
2014	#258
2015	#472
2016	#276
2017	#308
2018	#237
2019	#247
2020	#255
2021	#310
2022	#265
2023	#265
2024	#221
2025	#172

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

RisingNorway · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 22 of the 24 years from 2002 to 2025.

Official data for Norway, 2002–2025 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2002
First recorded at #549 among boys in Norway in 2002 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded2002–2025
Highest recorded position: #172 among boys in Norway, in 2025 (recorded 2002–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #172 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Selmer 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 Selmer in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	36	6 of 10	6
2010s	145	10 of 10	15
2020sbusiest	107	6 of 10	18

Across Norway · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 18 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Selmer 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 2002 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #172 in Norway in 2025.

Selmer'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
2025	Norway	male	#172	29	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#221	21	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#265	16	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#265	15	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#310	11	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#255	15	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#247	19	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#237	21	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#308	14	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#276	18	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#472	6	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#258	19	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#265	19	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#327	13	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#447	7	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#398	9	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#373	11	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#432	8	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#529	5	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#557	4	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#555	4	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#549	4	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 2002 and 2025, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #172, first reached in 2025.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 29 births, registered in Norway in 2025.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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.

Seline · #284, 35y
Selma · #5, 67y
Sema · #2096, 22y
Sena · #873, 28y

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.

Inger-Johanne · #173, 27y
Norvald · #173, 23y
Wilmer · #174, 18y
Gunnvor · #175, 25y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Rafferty · #172, 25y
Claragh · #171, 16y
Wilmer · #174, 18y
Varg · #177, 19y

Selmer was ranked #172 in Norway · Boys in 2025. 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.

Selmer 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 Selmer without appearing here.

Selmer moved ahead of

Joseph Compare
In 2017 they stood at #308 and #275 in Norway · Boys; by 2018 that had become #237 and #516.
Mark Compare
In 2015 they stood at #472 and #410 in Norway · Boys; by 2016 that had become #276 and #530.
Tony Compare
In 2011 they stood at #447 and #339 in Norway · Boys; by 2012 that had become #327 and #566.
Tommy Compare
In 2015 they stood at #472 and #445 in Norway · Boys; by 2016 that had become #276 and #506.

Moved the opposite way to Selmer

Adrian Compare
Between 2002 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Selmer went from #549 to #172 while Adrian went from #15 to #70.
Alexander Compare
Between 2002 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Selmer went from #549 to #172 while Alexander went from #26 to #81.
Anders Compare
Between 2002 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Selmer went from #549 to #172 while Anders went from #27 to #293.
Andreas Compare
Between 2002 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Selmer went from #549 to #172 while Andreas went from #2 to #96.

Moved the same way as Selmer

Adam Compare
Between 2002 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Selmer went from #549 to #172 and Adam from #111 to #29.
Aksel Compare
Between 2002 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Selmer went from #549 to #172 and Aksel from #112 to #25.
Alfred Compare
Between 2002 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Selmer went from #549 to #172 and Alfred from #213 to #26.
Arthur Compare
Between 2002 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Selmer went from #549 to #172 and Arthur from #307 to #83.

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.

Recorded in official data for Norway from 2002 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #172 in Norway in 2025. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Selmer

Selmer at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Selmer by decade in Norway · Boys

Selmer appears in

Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Selmer

Selmer and the names beside it

Selmer moved ahead of

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Selmer at a glance

Selmer by decade in Norway · Boys

Selmer appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Selmer

Selmer and the names beside it

Selmer moved ahead of

Moved the opposite way to Selmer

Moved the same way as Selmer