Sten

maleStatistical record

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

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

Sten: Recorded since 1945, it reached #103 in 1970, and it was last ranked in 2012.

1registrar recorded it
58times a registrar ranked it
68years from first to last
#103highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–2012

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#158
1946	#132
1947	#135
1948	#187
1949	#166
1950	#143
1951	#146
1952	#166
1953	#126
1954	#160
1955	#178
1956	#132
1957	#142
1958	#155
1959	#170
1960	#151
1961	#147
1962	#133
1963	#140
1964	#144
1965	#132
1966	#130
1967	#121
1968	#134
1969	#115
1970	#103
1971	#120
1972	#150
1973	#164
1974	#181
1975	#214
1976	#202
1977	#207
1978	#250
1979	#253
1980	#328
1981	#240
1982	#294
1983	#354
1984	#257
1985	#563
1986	#402
1987	#510
1988	#355
1989	#363
1990	#504
1991	#469
1992	#514
1994	#542
1995	#432
1997	#538
1998	#529
1999	#366
2001	#432
2002	#454
2007	#532
2011	#477
2012	#523

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 58 of the 68 years from 1945 to 2012.

Official data for Norway, 1945–2012 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #158 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2012
Highest recorded position: #103 among boys in Norway, in 1970 (recorded 1945–2012).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2012
Most recently recorded at #523 among boys in Norway, in 2012.
Norway · Boys

Sten 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 Sten in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	154	5 of 10	31
1950s	323	10 of 10	32
1960sbusiest	499	10 of 10	50
1970s	409	10 of 10	41
1980s	136	10 of 10	14
1990s	54	8 of 10	7
2000s	18	3 of 10	6
2010s	11	2 of 10	6

Across Norway · Boys, the 1960s were its busiest decade, averaging 50 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Sten 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 2012. Highest recorded position: #103 in Norway in 1970.

Sten'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
2012	Norway	male	#523	5	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#477	6	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#532	5	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#454	6	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#432	7	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#366	10	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#529	5	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#538	5	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#432	8	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#542	5	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#514	6	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#469	8	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#504	7	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#363	13	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#355	13	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#510	7	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#402	11	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#563	6	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#257	21	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#354	13	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#294	17	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#240	21	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#328	14	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#253	20	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#250	21	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#207	29	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#202	30	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#214	26	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#181	38	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#164	45	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#150	51	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#120	72	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#103	77	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#115	71	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#134	54	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#121	60	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#130	55	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#132	53	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#144	44	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#140	41	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#133	46	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#147	38	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#151	37	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#170	28	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#155	30	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#142	36	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#132	42	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#178	24	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#160	28	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#126	41	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#166	27	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#146	32	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#143	35	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#166	26	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#187	21	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#135	37	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#132	43	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#158	27	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 2012, ranked in 58 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #103, first reached in 1970.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 77 births, registered in Norway in 1970.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 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.

Stella · #29, 60y
Stellan · #1906, 16y
Stephan · #196, 64y
Stephanie · #5, 72y

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.

Hildegunn · #101, 54y
Ingar · #98, 62y
Ingvill · #97, 59y
Ottar · #97, 63y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Andrzej · #103, 63y
Are · #103, 78y
Edmund · #103, 80y
Arnhild · #104, 43y

Sten was ranked #103 in Norway · Boys in 1970. 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.

Sten 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 Sten without appearing here.

Sten moved ahead of

Rune Compare
In 2010 they stood at #532 and #430 in Norway · Boys; by 2011 that had become #477 and #516.
Arild Compare
In 2010 they stood at #532 and #470 in Norway · Boys; by 2011 that had become #477 and #485.

Moved ahead of Sten

Filip Compare
In 1984 they stood at #257 and #283 in Norway · Boys; by 1985 that had become #563 and #243.
Jacob Compare
In 1984 they stood at #257 and #348 in Norway · Boys; by 1985 that had become #563 and #244.
Julian Compare
In 1984 they stood at #257 and #334 in Norway · Boys; by 1985 that had become #563 and #247.
James Compare
In 1984 they stood at #257 and #269 in Norway · Boys; by 1985 that had become #563 and #266.

Moved the opposite way to Sten

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 2012 in Norway · Boys, Sten went from #158 to #523 while Aksel went from #174 to #29.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 2012 in Norway · Boys, Sten went from #158 to #523 while Andreas went from #140 to #24.
Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 2012 in Norway · Boys, Sten went from #158 to #523 while Christian went from #161 to #69.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 2012 in Norway · Boys, Sten went from #158 to #523 while Daniel went from #280 to #16.

Moved the same way as Sten

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 2012 in Norway · Boys, Sten went from #158 to #523 and Anders from #55 to #202.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2012 in Norway · Boys, Sten went from #158 to #523 and Arne from #6 to #231.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1945 and 2012 in Norway · Boys, Sten went from #158 to #523 and Bjørn from #3 to #130.
Dag Compare
Between 1945 and 2012 in Norway · Boys, Sten went from #158 to #523 and Dag from #48 to #465.

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Recorded in official data for Norway from 1945 to 2012. Highest recorded position: #103 in Norway in 1970. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Sten

Sten at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sten by decade in Norway · Boys

Sten appears in

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Sten at a glance

Sten by decade in Norway · Boys

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Sten moved ahead of

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