Zbigniew

maleStatistical record

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

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

Zbigniew: Recorded since 1953, with a gap of 24 years, it reached #139 in 1960, and it was last ranked in 2018.

2registrars recorded it
37times a registrar ranked it
66years from first to last
#139highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Zbigniew's record

Absent from every published list for 24 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Trend unknown

among boys in England and Wales · 2018

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2018	#4749

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 36 of the 41 years from 1953 to 1993.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1953–2018 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1953
First recorded at #291 among boys in Norway in 1953 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1953–1993
Highest recorded position: #139 among boys in Norway, in 1960 (recorded 1953–1993).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1993
Most recently recorded at #641 among boys in Norway, in 1993.
Norway · Boys

Zbigniew 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 Zbigniew in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	139	7 of 10	20
1960sbusiest	376	10 of 10	38
1970s	301	10 of 10	30
1980s	92	8 of 10	12
1990s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Norway · Boys, the 1960s were its busiest decade, averaging 38 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Zbigniew appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1953 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #139 in Norway in 1960.

Zbigniew'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
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#641	4	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#551	6	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#403	11	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#571	6	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#357	13	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#402	11	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#345	14	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#363	12	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#274	19	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#240	22	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#203	32	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#271	18	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#203	30	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#236	22	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#230	24	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#187	34	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#151	51	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#191	34	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#180	34	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#161	42	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#174	36	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#140	49	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#163	37	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#175	31	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#167	32	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#142	41	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#174	28	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#148	38	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#139	42	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#152	33	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#186	23	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#195	21	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#220	17	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#196	19	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#205	17	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#291	9	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1953 and 2018, ranked in 37 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #139, first reached in 1960.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 51 births, registered in Norway in 1972.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 24 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2018, and 65 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

Jaroslaw · #139, 36y
Slawomir · #139, 36y
Nicklas · #136, 40y
Sanne · #143, 39y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

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

Nikola · #139, 52y
Slawomir · #139, 36y
Vanja · #139, 61y
Irina · #136, 74y

Zbigniew was ranked #139 in Norway · Boys in 1960. 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.

Zbigniew 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 Zbigniew without appearing here.

Zbigniew moved ahead of

Ronald Compare
In 1985 they stood at #571 and #479 in Norway · Boys; by 1986 that had become #403 and #593.
Harry Compare
In 1964 they stood at #167 and #153 in Norway · Boys; by 1965 that had become #175 and #177.

Moved ahead of Zbigniew

Joseph Compare
In 1984 they stood at #357 and #504 in Norway · Boys; by 1985 that had become #571 and #272.
Scott Compare
In 1992 they stood at #551 and #641 in Norway · Boys; by 1993 that had become #641 and #347.
Andrew Compare
In 1984 they stood at #357 and #359 in Norway · Boys; by 1985 that had become #571 and #289.
Phillip Compare
In 1992 they stood at #551 and #588 in Norway · Boys; by 1993 that had become #641 and #385.

Moved the opposite way to Zbigniew

Anders Compare
Between 1953 and 1993 in Norway · Boys, Zbigniew went from #291 to #641 while Anders went from #65 to #8.
Andreas Compare
Between 1953 and 1993 in Norway · Boys, Zbigniew went from #291 to #641 while Andreas went from #131 to #2.
Christian Compare
Between 1953 and 1993 in Norway · Boys, Zbigniew went from #291 to #641 while Christian went from #127 to #27.
Christopher Compare
Between 1953 and 1993 in Norway · Boys, Zbigniew went from #291 to #641 while Christopher went from #277 to #89.

Moved the same way as Zbigniew

Alfred Compare
Between 1953 and 1993 in Norway · Boys, Zbigniew went from #291 to #641 and Alfred from #206 to #372.
Arild Compare
Between 1953 and 1993 in Norway · Boys, Zbigniew went from #291 to #641 and Arild from #22 to #267.
Arne Compare
Between 1953 and 1993 in Norway · Boys, Zbigniew went from #291 to #641 and Arne from #7 to #123.
Arthur Compare
Between 1953 and 1993 in Norway · Boys, Zbigniew went from #291 to #641 and Arthur from #187 to #447.

What's not yet available

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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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1953 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #139 in Norway in 1960. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Zbigniew

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Zbigniew by decade in Norway · Boys

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Zbigniew at a glance

What stands out in Zbigniew's record

Zbigniew by decade in Norway · Boys

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