Svein-Erik

maleStatistical record

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

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

Svein-Erik: Recorded since 1946, its highest recorded position is #225, and it was last ranked in 1990.

1registrar recorded it
33times a registrar ranked it
45years from first to last
#225highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1946–1990

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1946	#259
1947	#225
1948	#302
1949	#296
1950	#338
1951	#302
1953	#351
1954	#397
1958	#440
1959	#446
1960	#421
1961	#448
1962	#511
1964	#438
1966	#551
1967	#379
1968	#327
1969	#333
1970	#473
1971	#403
1972	#455
1973	#527
1974	#441
1975	#631
1976	#623
1978	#637
1979	#547
1981	#519
1983	#637
1984	#647
1985	#641
1986	#634
1990	#645

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 45 years from 1946 to 1990.

Official data for Norway, 1946–1990 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1946
First recorded at #259 among boys in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1946–1990
Highest recorded position: #225 among boys in Norway, in 1947 (recorded 1946–1990).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1990
Most recently recorded at #645 among boys in Norway, in 1990.
Norway · Boys

Svein-Erik 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 Svein-Erik in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	41	4 of 10	10
1950s	35	6 of 10	6
1960sbusiest	59	8 of 10	7
1970s	58	9 of 10	6
1980s	23	5 of 10	5
1990s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Norway · Boys, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Svein-Erik 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 1990. Highest recorded position: #225 in Norway in 1947.

Svein-Erik'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
1990	Norway	male	#645	4	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#634	4	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#641	4	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#647	4	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#637	4	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#519	7	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#547	6	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#637	4	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#623	4	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#631	4	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#441	9	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#527	6	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#455	8	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#403	10	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#473	7	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#333	12	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#327	12	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#379	9	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#551	4	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#438	7	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#511	4	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#448	5	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#421	6	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#446	5	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#440	5	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#397	5	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#351	6	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#302	8	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#338	6	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#296	8	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#302	8	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#225	14	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#259	11	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 1990, ranked in 33 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #225, first reached in 1947.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 14 births, registered in Norway in 1947.

Its record falls into 9 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.

Svanhild · #77, 58y
Svein · #4, 77y
Sveinung · #128, 66y
Sven · #69, 81y

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.

Tomos · #223, 29y
Turi · #228, 36y
Cathrin · #229, 31y
Hild · #229, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Anbjørg · #224, 18y
Edna · #224, 46y
Magni · #226, 33y
Bergljot · #223, 25y

Svein-Erik was ranked #225 in Norway · Boys in 1947. 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.

Svein-Erik 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 Svein-Erik without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Svein-Erik

Ben Compare
In 1974 they stood at #441 and #450 in Norway · Boys; by 1975 that had become #631 and #291.
Isak Compare
In 1982 they stood at #519 and #550 in Norway · Boys; by 1983 that had become #637 and #305.
Oliver Compare
In 1974 they stood at #441 and #572 in Norway · Boys; by 1975 that had become #631 and #328.
Oscar Compare
In 1974 they stood at #441 and #471 in Norway · Boys; by 1975 that had become #631 and #330.

Moved the opposite way to Svein-Erik

Anders Compare
Between 1946 and 1990 in Norway · Boys, Svein-Erik went from #259 to #645 while Anders went from #64 to #7.
Andreas Compare
Between 1946 and 1990 in Norway · Boys, Svein-Erik went from #259 to #645 while Andreas went from #121 to #2.
Christian Compare
Between 1946 and 1990 in Norway · Boys, Svein-Erik went from #259 to #645 while Christian went from #156 to #17.
Christopher Compare
Between 1946 and 1990 in Norway · Boys, Svein-Erik went from #259 to #645 while Christopher went from #306 to #66.

Moved the same way as Svein-Erik

Aksel Compare
Between 1946 and 1990 in Norway · Boys, Svein-Erik went from #259 to #645 and Aksel from #171 to #243.
Alan Compare
Between 1946 and 1990 in Norway · Boys, Svein-Erik went from #259 to #645 and Alan from #253 to #390.
Alfred Compare
Between 1946 and 1990 in Norway · Boys, Svein-Erik went from #259 to #645 and Alfred from #142 to #479.
Anthony Compare
Between 1946 and 1990 in Norway · Boys, Svein-Erik went from #259 to #645 and Anthony from #355 to #558.

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 1990. Highest recorded position: #225 in Norway in 1947. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Svein-Erik

Svein-Erik at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Svein-Erik by decade in Norway · Boys

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Svein-Erik at a glance

Svein-Erik by decade in Norway · Boys

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Svein-Erik

Svein-Erik and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Svein-Erik

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