Venke

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Venke: Recorded since 1945, it reached #105 in 1958, and it was last ranked in 1991.

1registrar recorded it
37times a registrar ranked it
47years from first to last
#105highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Girls

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1945–1991

How to read this chart

A rank is a position in one registrar's list for one year.
Ranks from different countries are separate scales, so compare shapes, not numbers.
A rise in rank can be a small change in births, especially far down a list.

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Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#356
1946	#278
1947	#220
1948	#212
1949	#242
1950	#227
1951	#195
1952	#192
1953	#115
1954	#171
1955	#156
1956	#160
1957	#124
1958	#105
1959	#130
1960	#143
1961	#141
1962	#140
1963	#181
1964	#115
1965	#135
1966	#167
1967	#155
1968	#222
1969	#285
1970	#267
1971	#331
1972	#295
1973	#254
1974	#584
1975	#488
1977	#580
1978	#361
1982	#673
1983	#611
1989	#696
1991	#578

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 37 of the 47 years from 1945 to 1991.

Official data for Norway, 1945–1991 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Year-by-year storyFirst recorded, most recent, each country and each decade

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #356 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–1991
Highest recorded position: #105 among girls in Norway, in 1958 (recorded 1945–1991).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1991
Most recently recorded at #578 among girls in Norway, in 1991.
Norway · Girls

Venke by decade in Norway · Girls

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 Venke in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	65	5 of 10	13
1950sbusiest	305	10 of 10	31
1960s	300	10 of 10	30
1970s	89	8 of 10	11
1980s	13	3 of 10	4
1990s	6	1 of 10	6

Across Norway · Girls, the 1950s were its busiest decade, averaging 31 births a year.

See the names Norway has recorded the most births with →

Venke appears in

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

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1945 to 1991. Highest recorded position: #105 in Norway in 1958.

Venke'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
1991	Norway	female	#578	6	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#696	4	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#611	5	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#673	4	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#361	11	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#580	5	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#488	7	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#584	5	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#254	18	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#295	15	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#331	12	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#267	16	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#285	14	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#222	20	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#155	32	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#167	28	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#135	38	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#115	48	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#181	24	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#140	34	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#141	32	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#143	30	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#130	35	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#105	50	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#124	36	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#160	29	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#156	29	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#171	24	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#115	45	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#192	22	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#195	20	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#227	15	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#242	14	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#212	18	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#220	17	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#278	11	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#356	5	High	Verified

Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

Names measured beside itNeighbours, comparisons, related names and shared trajectories

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1945 and 1991, ranked in 37 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #105, first reached in 1958.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 50 births, registered in Norway in 1958.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 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.

Venessa · #383, 15y
Venice · #873, 21y
Venus · #1250, 28y
Vera · #81, 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.

Oddrun · #105, 39y
Nikoline · #103, 36y
Haldis · #100, 35y
Nicoline · #100, 40y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Asbjørg · #105, 28y
Frøydis · #105, 70y
Oddmund · #105, 50y
Oddrun · #105, 39y

Venke was ranked #105 in Norway · Girls in 1958. 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.

Vibeke#101
Lill#102
Hildegunn#103
Sigrid#104
Aina#106
Mai#107
Oddny#108
Helene#109

Venke 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 2,576 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Venke without appearing here.

Venke moved ahead of

Margaret
In 1990 they stood at #696 and #631 in Norway · Girls; by 1991 that had become #578 and #661.
Elsie
In 1945 they stood at #356 and #301 in Norway · Girls; by 1946 that had become #278 and #346.
Vigdis
In 1990 they stood at #696 and #595 in Norway · Girls; by 1991 that had become #578 and #625.
Unni
In 1990 they stood at #696 and #552 in Norway · Girls; by 1991 that had become #578 and #624.

Moved ahead of Venke

Isabelle
In 1988 they stood at #611 and #642 in Norway · Girls; by 1989 that had become #696 and #226.
Aurora
In 1988 they stood at #611 and #628 in Norway · Girls; by 1989 that had become #696 and #233.
Isabella
In 1988 they stood at #611 and #641 in Norway · Girls; by 1989 that had become #696 and #254.
Natalie
In 1981 they stood at #361 and #633 in Norway · Girls; by 1982 that had become #673 and #284.

Moved the opposite way to Venke

Anna
Between 1945 and 1991 in Norway · Girls, Venke went from #356 to #578 while Anna went from #38 to #22.
Cecilie
Between 1945 and 1991 in Norway · Girls, Venke went from #356 to #578 while Cecilie went from #359 to #32.
Christine
Between 1945 and 1991 in Norway · Girls, Venke went from #356 to #578 while Christine went from #253 to #31.
Elisabeth
Between 1945 and 1991 in Norway · Girls, Venke went from #356 to #578 while Elisabeth went from #50 to #20.

Moved the same way as Venke

Ada
Between 1945 and 1991 in Norway · Girls, Venke went from #356 to #578 and Ada from #229 to #421.
Alma
Between 1945 and 1991 in Norway · Girls, Venke went from #356 to #578 and Alma from #293 to #423.
Anne
Between 1945 and 1991 in Norway · Girls, Venke went from #356 to #578 and Anne from #1 to #15.
Annie
Between 1945 and 1991 in Norway · Girls, Venke went from #356 to #578 and Annie from #180 to #497.

What is known about Venke

How to read this

How often it is registered: Official record; 1 official registrar, 1945–1991.
Meaning: Not established; Not researched yet.
Origin: Not established; Not researched yet.
Pronunciation: Not established; Not recorded yet.

A claim marked not established does not mean the name lacks a meaning or is not widely used — only that Namewise has not 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 1945 to 1991. Highest recorded position: #105 in Norway in 1958. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Venke

Venke at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Venke by decade in Norway · Girls

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Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 1940s

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Venke at a glance

Venke by decade in Norway · Girls

Venke 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 Venke

Venke and the names beside it

Venke moved ahead of

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