Wenke

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Wenke: Recorded since 1947, it reached #181 in 1956, and it was last ranked in 1987.

1registrar recorded it
31times a registrar ranked it
41years from first to last
#181highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Girls

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1947–1987

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Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1947	#318
1948	#315
1950	#310
1951	#355
1952	#250
1953	#318
1954	#250
1955	#236
1956	#181
1957	#208
1958	#202
1959	#227
1960	#197
1961	#238
1962	#244
1963	#261
1964	#316
1965	#201
1966	#240
1967	#268
1968	#253
1969	#287
1970	#286
1971	#429
1972	#578
1973	#564
1974	#635
1975	#575
1976	#411
1984	#677
1987	#635

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 31 of the 41 years from 1947 to 1987.

Official data for Norway, 1947–1987 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1947
First recorded at #318 among girls in Norway in 1947 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1947–1987
Highest recorded position: #181 among girls in Norway, in 1956 (recorded 1947–1987).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1987
Most recently recorded at #635 among girls in Norway, in 1987.
Norway · Girls

Wenke 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 Wenke in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	16	2 of 10	8
1950s	137	10 of 10	14
1960sbusiest	158	10 of 10	16
1970s	50	7 of 10	7
1980s	9	2 of 10	5

Across Norway · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade, averaging 16 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Wenke 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 1947 to 1987. Highest recorded position: #181 in Norway in 1956.

Wenke'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
1987	Norway	female	#635	5	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#677	4	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#411	9	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#575	5	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#635	4	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#564	5	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#578	5	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#429	8	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#286	14	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#287	14	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#253	17	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#268	14	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#240	16	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#201	21	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#316	11	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#261	14	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#244	15	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#238	16	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#197	20	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#227	16	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#202	18	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#208	17	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#181	22	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#236	15	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#250	13	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#318	9	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#250	13	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#355	6	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#310	8	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#315	8	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#318	8	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 1947 and 1987, ranked in 31 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #181, first reached in 1956.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 22 births, registered in Norway in 1956.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 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.

Wenche · #7, 58y
Wendy · #8, 73y
Werner · #179, 53y
Weronika · #219, 43y

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.

Aonghus · #180, 30y
Balder · #182, 31y
Cathriona · #180, 36y
Jann · #179, 36y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Brede · #181, 79y
Eivor · #181, 56y
Gunnlaug · #181, 21y
Jose · #180, 79y

Wenke was ranked #181 in Norway · Girls in 1956. 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.

Wenke 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 Wenke without appearing here.

Wenke moved ahead of

Margaret Compare
In 1975 they stood at #575 and #471 in Norway · Girls; by 1976 that had become #411 and #468.
Elsie Compare
In 1952 they stood at #355 and #302 in Norway · Girls; by 1953 that had become #318 and #345.
Janet Compare
In 1986 they stood at #677 and #505 in Norway · Girls; by 1987 that had become #635 and #659.

Moved ahead of Wenke

Emma Compare
In 1983 they stood at #411 and #422 in Norway · Girls; by 1984 that had become #677 and #175.
Sofie Compare
In 1983 they stood at #411 and #577 in Norway · Girls; by 1984 that had become #677 and #248.
Natalie Compare
In 1983 they stood at #411 and #570 in Norway · Girls; by 1984 that had become #677 and #258.
Jessica Compare
In 1983 they stood at #411 and #428 in Norway · Girls; by 1984 that had become #677 and #267.

Moved the opposite way to Wenke

Anette Compare
Between 1947 and 1987 in Norway · Girls, Wenke went from #318 to #635 while Anette went from #361 to #12.
Anita Compare
Between 1947 and 1987 in Norway · Girls, Wenke went from #318 to #635 while Anita went from #136 to #59.
Anna Compare
Between 1947 and 1987 in Norway · Girls, Wenke went from #318 to #635 while Anna went from #46 to #19.
Cecilie Compare
Between 1947 and 1987 in Norway · Girls, Wenke went from #318 to #635 while Cecilie went from #264 to #23.

Moved the same way as Wenke

Ada Compare
Between 1947 and 1987 in Norway · Girls, Wenke went from #318 to #635 and Ada from #182 to #444.
Anne Compare
Between 1947 and 1987 in Norway · Girls, Wenke went from #318 to #635 and Anne from #1 to #8.
Annie Compare
Between 1947 and 1987 in Norway · Girls, Wenke went from #318 to #635 and Annie from #162 to #419.
Åse Compare
Between 1947 and 1987 in Norway · Girls, Wenke went from #318 to #635 and Åse from #23 to #168.

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 1947 to 1987. Highest recorded position: #181 in Norway in 1956. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Wenke

Wenke at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Wenke by decade in Norway · Girls

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Popularity data

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Wenke at a glance

Wenke by decade in Norway · Girls

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What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Wenke

Wenke and the names beside it

Wenke moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Wenke

Moved the opposite way to Wenke

Moved the same way as Wenke