Vibeke

femaleStatistical record

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

No researched meaning or origin yet — what that means.

Pronunciation

Community-contributed pronunciation recording

A Swedish pronunciation, as its file is labelled. Licence: CC0. Source

VerifiedSource: Wikidata.Confidence: medium.

Vibeke: Recorded every year since 1945, it reached #24 in 1970, and it was last ranked in 2008.

1registrar recorded it
64times a registrar ranked it
64years from first to last
#24highest recorded position
20groupings it qualifies for
20names it appears alongside

What stands out in Vibeke's record

Ranked every year since 1945, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 25 years running. Names by top-100 run
Shares a published list with another name across 64 years. Longest shared records

Norway · Girls

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1945–2008

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.

View as table

Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#196
1946	#178
1947	#157
1948	#173
1949	#167
1950	#176
1951	#157
1952	#174
1953	#124
1954	#116
1955	#139
1956	#114
1957	#136
1958	#101
1959	#91
1960	#89
1961	#101
1962	#90
1963	#85
1964	#83
1965	#86
1966	#74
1967	#62
1968	#47
1969	#45
1970	#24
1971	#26
1972	#25
1973	#27
1974	#31
1975	#37
1976	#29
1977	#44
1978	#35
1979	#64
1980	#54
1981	#65
1982	#92
1983	#85
1984	#86
1985	#94
1986	#87
1987	#125
1988	#130
1989	#182
1990	#162
1991	#164
1992	#188
1993	#187
1994	#184
1995	#250
1996	#216
1997	#197
1998	#210
1999	#319
2000	#362
2001	#342
2002	#386
2003	#440
2004	#463
2005	#572
2006	#539
2007	#579
2008	#458

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 every year from 1945 to 2008.

Official data for Norway, 1945–2008 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

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

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #196 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2008
Highest recorded position: #24 among girls in Norway, in 1970 (recorded 1945–2008).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2008
Most recently recorded at #458 among girls in Norway, in 2008.
Norway · Girls

Vibeke 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 Vibeke in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	128	5 of 10	26
1950s	397	10 of 10	40
1960s	1,079	10 of 10	108
1970sbusiest	2,223	10 of 10	222
1980s	809	10 of 10	81
1990s	295	10 of 10	30
2000s	72	9 of 10	8

Across Norway · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 222 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1969 and 1970, when recorded births rose by 103, from 201 to 304.

See the names Norway has recorded the most births with →

Vibeke 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 2008. Highest recorded position: #24 in Norway in 1970.

Vibeke'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
2008	Norway	female	#458	8	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#579	5	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#539	6	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#572	5	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#463	7	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#440	8	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#386	10	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#342	12	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#362	11	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#319	13	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#210	24	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#197	28	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#216	24	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#250	20	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#184	32	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#187	34	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#188	34	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#164	42	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#162	44	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#182	38	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#130	57	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#125	59	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#87	82	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#94	74	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#86	85	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#85	86	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#92	80	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#65	112	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#54	136	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#64	116	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#35	179	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#44	159	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#29	206	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#37	197	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#31	226	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#27	253	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#25	275	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#26	308	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#24	304	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#45	201	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#47	189	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#62	145	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#74	108	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#86	82	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#83	90	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#85	76	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#90	68	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#101	54	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#89	66	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#91	66	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#101	52	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#136	33	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#114	47	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#139	37	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#116	43	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#124	42	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#174	25	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#157	27	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#176	25	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#167	25	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#173	24	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#157	32	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#178	26	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#196	21	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 2008, ranked in 64 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #24, first reached in 1970.

It held a top-100 place in 27 years, 25 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 308 births, registered in Norway in 1971.

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.

Vianna · #2300, 15y
Vibecke · #188, 36y
Vicente · #770, 19y
Vicki · #12, 53y

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.

Trude · #25, 59y
Gro · #22, 62y
Siv · #20, 68y
Grete · #18, 64y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

May · #24, 81y
Ronald · #24, 78y
Steffen · #24, 71y
Egil · #25, 79y

Comparisons involving Vibeke

Existing comparison pages where Vibeke and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Vibeke in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Elise vs Vibeke
Over 64 shared years in Norway · Girls, Elise rose about as far as Vibeke fell — from #223 and #196 in 1945 to #33 and #458 in 2008.
Elise · Vibeke · 64 shared years, 1945–2008 · Mirrored each other
See the 2008 Norway ranking
Ida vs Vibeke
Over 64 shared years in Norway · Girls, Ida rose about as far as Vibeke fell — from #204 and #196 in 1945 to #3 and #458 in 2008.
Ida · Vibeke · 64 shared years, 1945–2008 · Mirrored each other
See the 2008 Norway ranking
Jenny vs Vibeke
Over 64 shared years in Norway · Girls, Jenny rose about as far as Vibeke fell — from #190 and #196 in 1945 to #37 and #458 in 2008.
Jenny · Vibeke · 64 shared years, 1945–2008 · Mirrored each other
See the 2008 Norway ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Vibeke and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Marte vs Vibeke
In Norway · Girls, Marte moved into the top 50 at #36 in 1979 as Vibeke fell out of it to #64, having been #35 the year before.
Marte · Vibeke · 62 shared years, 1946–2008 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1979 Norway ranking

Compared inside Norway lists

Pairs involving Vibeke measured in Norway's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Vibeke at its highest position.

Maria vs Vibeke
Over 64 shared years in Norway · Girls, Maria rose about as far as Vibeke fell — from #126 and #196 in 1945 to #8 and #458 in 2008.
Maria · Vibeke · 64 shared years, 1945–2008 · Mirrored each other
See the 2008 Norway ranking
Nora vs Vibeke
Over 64 shared years in Norway · Girls, Nora rose about as far as Vibeke fell — from #219 and #196 in 1945 to #5 and #458 in 2008.
Nora · Vibeke · 64 shared years, 1945–2008 · Mirrored each other
See the 2008 Norway ranking
Maren vs Vibeke
Over 62 shared years in Norway · Girls, Maren rose about as far as Vibeke fell — from #316 and #196 in 1945 to #49 and #458 in 2008.
Maren · Vibeke · 62 shared years, 1945–2008 · Mirrored each other
See the 2008 Norway ranking

Norway overview →

Vibeke was ranked #24 in Norway · Girls 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.

Inger#20
Hanne#21
Siv#22
Lene#23
Kari#25
Lena#26
Wenche#27
Tove#28

Vibeke 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 Vibeke without appearing here.

Vibeke moved ahead of

Bente Compare
In 1995 they stood at #250 and #206 in Norway · Girls; by 1996 that had become #216 and #397.
Randi Compare
In 2007 they stood at #579 and #492 in Norway · Girls; by 2008 that had become #458 and #612.
Jorunn
In 2007 they stood at #579 and #478 in Norway · Girls; by 2008 that had become #458 and #599.
Rita Compare
In 2007 they stood at #579 and #434 in Norway · Girls; by 2008 that had become #458 and #576.

Moved ahead of Vibeke

Zara
In 2004 they stood at #463 and #554 in Norway · Girls; by 2005 that had become #572 and #323.
Elizabeth
In 2006 they stood at #539 and #596 in Norway · Girls; by 2007 that had become #579 and #353.
Cassandra
In 2001 they stood at #342 and #348 in Norway · Girls; by 2002 that had become #386 and #206.
Jennifer
In 1999 they stood at #319 and #348 in Norway · Girls; by 2000 that had become #362 and #187.

Moved the opposite way to Vibeke

Ada
Between 1945 and 2008 in Norway · Girls, Vibeke went from #196 to #458 while Ada went from #229 to #76.
Alma
Between 1945 and 2008 in Norway · Girls, Vibeke went from #196 to #458 while Alma went from #293 to #70.
Anna
Between 1945 and 2008 in Norway · Girls, Vibeke went from #196 to #458 while Anna went from #38 to #10.
Cecilie
Between 1945 and 2008 in Norway · Girls, Vibeke went from #196 to #458 while Cecilie went from #359 to #200.

Moved the same way as Vibeke

Anita
Between 1945 and 2008 in Norway · Girls, Vibeke went from #196 to #458 and Anita from #162 to #353.
Ann
Between 1945 and 2008 in Norway · Girls, Vibeke went from #196 to #458 and Ann from #82 to #259.
Anne
Between 1945 and 2008 in Norway · Girls, Vibeke went from #196 to #458 and Anne from #1 to #77.
Annie
Between 1945 and 2008 in Norway · Girls, Vibeke went from #196 to #458 and Annie from #180 to #335.

What is known about Vibeke

How to read this

How often it is registered: Official record; 1 official registrar, 1945–2008.
Meaning: Not established; Not researched yet.
Origin: Not established; Not researched yet.
Pronunciation: Reported; A recorded pronunciation is available.

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 2008. Highest recorded position: #24 in Norway in 1970. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Vibeke

Pronunciation

Vibeke at a glance

What stands out in Vibeke's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Vibeke by decade in Norway · Girls

Vibeke appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Vibeke

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Vibeke

Vibeke and the names beside it

Vibeke moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Vibeke

Moved the opposite way to Vibeke

Moved the same way as Vibeke

What is known about Vibeke

Vibeke at a glance

What stands out in Vibeke's record

Vibeke by decade in Norway · Girls

Vibeke appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Vibeke

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Vibeke

Vibeke and the names beside it

Vibeke moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Vibeke

Moved the opposite way to Vibeke

Moved the same way as Vibeke