Werner

maleStatistical record

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

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

Werner: Recorded since 1945, with a gap of 21 years, it reached #179 in 1957, and it stood at #480 in 2025.

1registrar recorded it
53times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#179highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Werner's record

Absent from every published list for 21 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–2025

View as table

Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#210
1946	#219
1947	#364
1948	#303
1949	#218
1950	#212
1951	#240
1952	#213
1953	#195
1954	#216
1955	#209
1956	#211
1957	#179
1958	#224
1959	#307
1960	#227
1961	#208
1962	#244
1963	#260
1964	#220
1965	#248
1966	#246
1967	#285
1968	#233
1969	#252
1970	#215
1971	#286
1972	#293
1973	#335
1974	#392
1975	#388
1976	#436
1977	#349
1978	#375
1979	#371
1980	#523
1981	#619
1982	#479
1983	#372
1985	#523
1987	#646
1989	#563
1991	#436
1992	#573
1993	#443
1994	#437
1996	#604
1997	#547
1999	#535
2021	#498
2022	#456
2023	#448
2025	#480

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 53 of the 81 years from 1945 to 2025.

Official data for Norway, 1945–2025 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #210 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #179 among boys in Norway, in 1957 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #480 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Werner 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 Werner in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	61	5 of 10	12
1950s	164	10 of 10	16
1960sbusiest	177	10 of 10	18
1970s	138	10 of 10	14
1980s	49	7 of 10	7
1990s	44	7 of 10	6
2020s	20	4 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 1960s were its busiest decade, averaging 18 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Werner 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 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #179 in Norway in 1957.

Werner'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
2025	Norway	male	#480	5	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#448	6	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#456	5	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#498	4	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#535	5	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#547	5	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#604	4	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#437	8	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#443	8	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#573	5	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#436	9	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#563	6	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#646	4	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#523	7	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#372	12	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#479	8	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#619	5	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#523	7	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#371	12	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#375	12	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#349	13	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#436	9	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#388	11	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#392	11	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#335	13	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#293	16	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#286	16	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#215	25	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#252	19	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#233	20	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#285	14	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#246	18	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#248	18	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#220	20	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#260	15	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#244	16	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#208	20	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#227	17	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#307	10	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#224	16	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#179	23	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#211	18	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#209	16	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#216	16	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#195	20	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#213	15	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#240	13	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#212	17	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#218	15	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#303	8	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#364	5	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#219	16	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#210	17	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 1945 and 2025, ranked in 53 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #179, first reached in 1957.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 25 births, registered in Norway in 1970.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 21 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.

Wendy · #8, 73y
Wenke · #181, 31y
Weronika · #219, 43y
Wesley · #62, 56y

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.

Birthe · #177, 52y
Silja · #183, 52y
Hermann · #174, 58y
Birte · #171, 56y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Ann-Mari · #179, 47y
Åsa · #179, 73y
Halldis · #179, 24y
Jann · #179, 36y

Werner was ranked #179 in Norway · Boys in 1957. 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.

Werner 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 Werner without appearing here.

Werner moved ahead of

Geir Compare
In 2022 they stood at #498 and #467 in Norway · Boys; by 2023 that had become #448 and #512.
Arild Compare
In 2022 they stood at #456 and #356 in Norway · Boys; by 2023 that had become #448 and #498.
Rune Compare
In 2021 they stood at #535 and #209 in Norway · Boys; by 2022 that had become #456 and #495.
Ronald Compare
In 1998 they stood at #547 and #536 in Norway · Boys; by 1999 that had become #535 and #571.

Moved ahead of Werner

William Compare
In 1979 they stood at #371 and #372 in Norway · Boys; by 1980 that had become #523 and #233.
Noah Compare
In 1995 they stood at #443 and #560 in Norway · Boys; by 1996 that had become #604 and #332.
Levi Compare
In 1995 they stood at #437 and #529 in Norway · Boys; by 1996 that had become #604 and #348.
Nicholas Compare
In 1980 they stood at #523 and #591 in Norway · Boys; by 1981 that had become #619 and #382.

Moved the opposite way to Werner

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Werner went from #210 to #480 while Aksel went from #174 to #25.
Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Werner went from #210 to #480 while Alfred went from #127 to #26.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Werner went from #210 to #480 while Arthur went from #153 to #83.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Werner went from #210 to #480 while Daniel went from #280 to #66.

Moved the same way as Werner

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Werner went from #210 to #480 and Anders from #55 to #293.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Werner went from #210 to #480 and Arild from #32 to #489.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Werner went from #210 to #480 and Arne from #6 to #222.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Werner went from #210 to #480 and Bjørn from #3 to #56.

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Recorded in official data for Norway from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #179 in Norway in 1957. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Werner

Werner at a glance

What stands out in Werner's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Werner by decade in Norway · Boys

Werner 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

Names published alongside Werner

Werner and the names beside it

Werner moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Werner

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Werner at a glance

What stands out in Werner's record

Werner by decade in Norway · Boys

Werner appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Werner

Werner and the names beside it

Werner moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Werner

Moved the opposite way to Werner

Moved the same way as Werner