Torben

maleStatistical record

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

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

Torben: Recorded since 1953, it reached #231 in 1971, and it stood at #441 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
79times a registrar ranked it
73years from first to last
#231highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2419
1999	#2097
2002	#2636
2006	#3385
2008	#4432
2009	#3744
2011	#2390
2012	#2458
2013	#2403
2014	#2964
2015	#2020
2016	#1363
2017	#2052
2018	#1382
2019	#1369
2020	#1314
2021	#1860
2022	#1609
2023	#1701
2024	#1322

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 59 of the 73 years from 1953 to 2025.

In 2024: #386 among boys in Norway, #1322 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1953–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1953
First recorded at #379 among boys in Norway in 1953 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1953–2025
Highest recorded position: #231 among boys in Norway, in 1971 (recorded 1953–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #441 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Torben appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 59 years beginning in 1953, and has registered 502 births with the name.

Torben across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Torben's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#379 (1953)	#231 (1971)	#441 (2025)	59 of 73	502 (1953–2025)	23 (1971)
England and Wales · Boys	#2419 (1998)	#1314 (2020)	#1322 (2024)	20 of 27	211 (1998–2024)	20 (2024)

Torben 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 Torben in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	17	3 of 10	6
1960s	44	6 of 10	7
1970sbusiest	133	10 of 10	13
1980s	50	8 of 10	6
1990s	50	6 of 10	8
2000s	88	10 of 10	9
2010s	76	10 of 10	8
2020s	44	6 of 10	7

Across Norway · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 13 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Torben appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1953 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #231 in Norway in 1971.

Torben'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
2024	England and Wales	male	#1322	20	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1701	14	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1609	15	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1860	12	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1314	19	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1369	18	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1382	18	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2052	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1363	19	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2020	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2964	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2403	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2458	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2390	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2097	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#441	6	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#386	8	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#397	8	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#396	7	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#384	7	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#375	8	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#443	6	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#407	8	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#396	9	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#400	9	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#361	11	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#454	7	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#445	7	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#373	10	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#523	5	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#569	4	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#443	8	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#334	13	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#432	8	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#287	15	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#407	8	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#469	6	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#361	10	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#425	7	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#393	8	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#531	5	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#424	8	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#377	10	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#441	8	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#480	7	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#433	9	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#474	8	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#512	7	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#488	8	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#600	5	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#643	4	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#518	7	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#640	4	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#521	7	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#480	8	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#367	12	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#403	10	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#286	16	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#348	13	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#311	14	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#419	10	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#374	11	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#274	18	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#231	23	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#512	6	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#461	7	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#418	8	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#548	4	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#476	6	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#332	10	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#336	9	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#413	5	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#341	7	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#379	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1953 and 2025, ranked in 60 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #231, first reached in 1971.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 23 births, registered in Norway in 1971.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1998, and 45 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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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Toralf · #183, 40y
Torbjørg · #114, 33y
Torbjørn · #43, 81y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

Bernice · #236, 58y
Anneli · #225, 64y
Cynthia · #225, 57y
Asta · #217, 65y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Julius · #231, 55y
Matthias · #232, 60y
Mirjam · #230, 46y
Tatjana · #230, 47y

Torben was ranked #231 in Norway · Boys in 1971. 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.

Torben 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 Torben without appearing here.

Torben moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1701 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1322 and #5119.
Kim Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3744 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #2458 and #4805.
Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3744 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2403 and #4685.
Malin Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4432 and #4432 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #2390 and #4647.

Moved ahead of Torben

Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2097 and #2943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #2636 and #848.
Kasper Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2097 and #2425 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #2636 and #1411.
Filip Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2419 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #2097 and #1664.
Cillian Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2097 and #2943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #2636 and #2254.

Moved the opposite way to Torben

Lukas Compare
Between 1977 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Torben went from #286 to #441 while Lukas went from #615 to #35.
Aaron Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Torben went from #2419 to #1322 while Aaron went from #31 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Torben went from #2419 to #1322 while Adam went from #21 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Torben went from #2419 to #1322 while Alan went from #196 to #592.

Moved the same way as Torben

Ronald Compare
Between 1953 and 2000 in Norway · Boys, Torben went from #379 to #531 and Ronald from #166 to #569.
Albie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Torben went from #2419 to #1322 and Albie from #716 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Torben went from #2419 to #1322 and Alfie from #71 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Torben went from #2419 to #1322 and Alfred from #174 to #81.

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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1953 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #231 in Norway in 1971. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Torben

Torben at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Torben across 2 official records

Torben by decade in Norway · Boys

Torben appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Torben by decade in Norway · Boys

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