Øistein

maleStatistical record

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

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

Øistein: Recorded since 1945, it reached #112 in 1948, and it was last ranked in 1993.

1registrar recorded it
47times a registrar ranked it
49years from first to last
#112highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–1993

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#163
1946	#136
1947	#169
1948	#112
1949	#135
1950	#198
1951	#173
1952	#172
1953	#151
1954	#156
1955	#148
1956	#163
1957	#156
1958	#225
1959	#188
1960	#212
1961	#182
1962	#215
1963	#173
1964	#236
1965	#190
1966	#183
1967	#329
1968	#396
1969	#278
1970	#438
1971	#411
1972	#339
1973	#278
1974	#315
1975	#364
1976	#389
1977	#490
1978	#294
1979	#451
1980	#449
1981	#426
1982	#309
1983	#516
1984	#455
1985	#486
1986	#602
1987	#552
1989	#651
1990	#599
1992	#522
1993	#524

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 47 of the 49 years from 1945 to 1993.

Official data for Norway, 1945–1993 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #163 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–1993
Highest recorded position: #112 among boys in Norway, in 1948 (recorded 1945–1993).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1993
Most recently recorded at #524 among boys in Norway, in 1993.
Norway · Boys

Øistein 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 Øistein in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	183	5 of 10	37
1950s	263	10 of 10	26
1960s	207	10 of 10	21
1970s	118	10 of 10	12
1980s	74	9 of 10	8
1990s	17	3 of 10	6

Across Norway · Boys, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 37 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Øistein 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 1993. Highest recorded position: #112 in Norway in 1948.

Øistein'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
1993	Norway	male	#524	6	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#522	6	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#599	5	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#651	4	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#552	6	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#602	5	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#486	8	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#455	9	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#516	7	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#309	16	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#426	10	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#449	9	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#451	9	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#294	16	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#490	7	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#389	11	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#364	12	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#315	15	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#278	17	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#339	13	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#411	10	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#438	8	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#278	16	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#396	9	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#329	11	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#183	31	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#190	28	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#236	18	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#173	28	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#215	20	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#182	27	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#212	19	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#188	23	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#225	16	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#156	30	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#163	29	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#148	35	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#156	29	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#151	32	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#172	25	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#173	24	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#198	20	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#135	39	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#112	50	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#169	27	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#136	41	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#163	26	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 1993, ranked in 47 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #112, first reached in 1948.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 50 births, registered in Norway in 1948.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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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Oisin · #7, 61y
Øivind · #51, 61y
Ojas · #785, 16y

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.

Bengt · #112, 51y
Torleif · #112, 52y
Ernst · #111, 49y
Margareth · #113, 44y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Bengt · #112, 51y
Thorbjørn · #112, 75y
Torleif · #112, 52y
Ernst · #111, 49y

Øistein was ranked #112 in Norway · Boys in 1948. 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.

Øistein 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 Øistein without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Øistein

Steven Compare
In 1982 they stood at #309 and #404 in Norway · Boys; by 1983 that had become #516 and #224.
Isak Compare
In 1985 they stood at #486 and #503 in Norway · Boys; by 1986 that had become #602 and #349.
Simen Compare
In 1969 they stood at #278 and #289 in Norway · Boys; by 1970 that had become #438 and #205.
Tobias Compare
In 1976 they stood at #389 and #409 in Norway · Boys; by 1977 that had become #490 and #258.

Moved the opposite way to Øistein

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 1993 in Norway · Boys, Øistein went from #163 to #524 while Anders went from #55 to #8.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 1993 in Norway · Boys, Øistein went from #163 to #524 while Andreas went from #140 to #2.
Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 1993 in Norway · Boys, Øistein went from #163 to #524 while Christian went from #161 to #27.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 1993 in Norway · Boys, Øistein went from #163 to #524 while Daniel went from #280 to #3.

Moved the same way as Øistein

Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 1993 in Norway · Boys, Øistein went from #163 to #524 and Alfred from #127 to #372.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 1993 in Norway · Boys, Øistein went from #163 to #524 and Arild from #32 to #267.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 1993 in Norway · Boys, Øistein went from #163 to #524 and Arne from #6 to #123.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 1993 in Norway · Boys, Øistein went from #163 to #524 and Arthur from #153 to #447.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
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 1945 to 1993. Highest recorded position: #112 in Norway in 1948. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Øistein

Øistein at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Øistein by decade in Norway · Boys

Øistein appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Øistein

Øistein and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Øistein

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Øistein at a glance

Øistein by decade in Norway · Boys

Øistein 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 Øistein

Øistein and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Øistein

Moved the opposite way to Øistein

Moved the same way as Øistein