Wanja

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Wanja: Recorded since 1956, it reached #309 in 1976, and it was last ranked in 2000.

1registrar recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
45years from first to last
#309highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Girls

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1956–2000

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Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1956	#458
1957	#437
1958	#477
1960	#361
1961	#462
1965	#436
1967	#481
1969	#432
1971	#552
1972	#414
1973	#355
1974	#391
1975	#334
1976	#309
1977	#485
1978	#589
1979	#604
1980	#658
1981	#607
1982	#674
1985	#590
1987	#586
1993	#514
1996	#611
2000	#642

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 25 of the 45 years from 1956 to 2000.

Official data for Norway, 1956–2000 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1956
First recorded at #458 among girls in Norway in 1956 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1956–2000
Highest recorded position: #309 among girls in Norway, in 1976 (recorded 1956–2000).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2000
Most recently recorded at #642 among girls in Norway, in 2000.
Norway · Girls

Wanja 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 Wanja in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	13	3 of 10	4
1960s	33	5 of 10	7
1970sbusiest	78	9 of 10	9
1980s	25	5 of 10	5
1990s	12	2 of 10	6
2000s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Norway · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Wanja 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 1956 to 2000. Highest recorded position: #309 in Norway in 1976.

Wanja'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
2000	Norway	female	#642	4	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#611	5	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#514	7	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#586	6	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#590	6	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#674	4	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#607	5	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#658	4	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#604	5	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#589	5	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#485	7	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#309	14	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#334	12	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#391	10	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#355	11	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#414	9	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#552	5	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#432	7	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#481	6	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#436	7	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#462	5	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#361	8	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#477	4	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#437	5	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#458	4	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 1956 and 2000, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #309, first reached in 1976.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 14 births, registered in Norway in 1976.

Its record falls into 11 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.

Wania · #1225, 23y
Waniya · #1692, 18y
Waqas · #458, 16y
Warda · #1784, 29y

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.

Sanja · #308, 21y
Kathinka · #311, 28y
Ragni · #311, 25y
Aled · #312, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

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

Larisa · #309, 48y
Minh · #310, 52y
Sabine · #311, 60y
Zoran · #312, 39y

Wanja was ranked #309 in Norway · Girls in 1976. 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.

Wanja 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 Wanja without appearing here.

Wanja moved ahead of

Vigdis Compare
In 1992 they stood at #586 and #345 in Norway · Girls; by 1993 that had become #514 and #676.
Sharon Compare
In 1986 they stood at #590 and #582 in Norway · Girls; by 1987 that had become #586 and #677.
Janet Compare
In 1986 they stood at #590 and #565 in Norway · Girls; by 1987 that had become #586 and #659.
Margaret Compare
In 1984 they stood at #674 and #428 in Norway · Girls; by 1985 that had become #590 and #617.

Moved ahead of Wanja

Josefine Compare
In 1992 they stood at #586 and #613 in Norway · Girls; by 1993 that had become #514 and #168.
Lara Compare
In 1999 they stood at #514 and #578 in Norway · Girls; by 2000 that had become #642 and #311.
Jessica Compare
In 1976 they stood at #309 and #428 in Norway · Girls; by 1977 that had become #485 and #196.
Isabella Compare
In 1995 they stood at #514 and #532 in Norway · Girls; by 1996 that had become #611 and #331.

Moved the opposite way to Wanja

Anette Compare
Between 1956 and 2000 in Norway · Girls, Wanja went from #458 to #642 while Anette went from #198 to #104.
Anna Compare
Between 1956 and 2000 in Norway · Girls, Wanja went from #458 to #642 while Anna went from #72 to #9.
Camilla Compare
Between 1956 and 2000 in Norway · Girls, Wanja went from #458 to #642 while Camilla went from #391 to #23.
Cecilie Compare
Between 1956 and 2000 in Norway · Girls, Wanja went from #458 to #642 while Cecilie went from #252 to #79.

Moved the same way as Wanja

Anita Compare
Between 1956 and 2000 in Norway · Girls, Wanja went from #458 to #642 and Anita from #36 to #178.
Ann Compare
Between 1956 and 2000 in Norway · Girls, Wanja went from #458 to #642 and Ann from #27 to #159.
Anne Compare
Between 1956 and 2000 in Norway · Girls, Wanja went from #458 to #642 and Anne from #1 to #42.
Åse Compare
Between 1956 and 2000 in Norway · Girls, Wanja went from #458 to #642 and Åse from #38 to #321.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

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 1956 to 2000. Highest recorded position: #309 in Norway in 1976. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Wanja

Wanja at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Wanja by decade in Norway · Girls

Wanja appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Wanja at a glance

Wanja by decade in Norway · Girls

Wanja appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Wanja

Wanja and the names beside it

Wanja moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Wanja

Moved the opposite way to Wanja

Moved the same way as Wanja