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Swedish
01 / Meaning & origin
Bjarne is a masculine given name documented in Spanish, Swedish, Danish and 3 other languages. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Norse Bjarni. It is a form of Bjørn, for which English Wiktionary gives the meaning “bear”.
Meaning: “bear”
From Old Norse Bjarni.
02 / Across borders
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6 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
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Published statistics
United States, 1927: 5 boys (rank 4210).
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1945–2025 Spelling: Bjarne
Recorded category boys
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Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 170 | 45 | observed |
| 1946 | 175 | 50 | observed |
| 1947 | 146 | 58 | observed |
| 1948 | 154 | 53 | observed |
| 1949 | 146 | 55 | observed |
| 1950 | 155 | 51 | observed |
| 1951 | 151 | 55 | observed |
| 1952 | 129 | 62 | observed |
| 1953 | 126 | 68 | observed |
| 1954 | 120 | 70 | observed |
| 1955 | 115 | 69 | observed |
| 1956 | 95 | 82 | observed |
| 1957 | 111 | 73 | observed |
| 1958 | 81 | 91 | observed |
| 1959 | 91 | 82 | observed |
| 1960 | 66 | 99 | observed |
| 1961 | 78 | 92 | observed |
| 1962 | 73 | 97 | observed |
| 1963 | 76 | 92 | observed |
| 1964 | 88 | 94 | observed |
| 1965 | 66 | 108 | observed |
| 1966 | 74 | 103 | observed |
| 1967 | 67 | 109 | observed |
| 1968 | 56 | 129 | observed |
| 1969 | 67 | 119 | observed |
| 1970 | 55 | 137 | observed |
| 1971 | 59 | 136 | observed |
| 1972 | 56 | 142 | observed |
| 1973 | 48 | 156 | observed |
| 1974 | 68 | 123 | observed |
| 1975 | 39 | 174 | observed |
| 1976 | 29 | 204 | observed |
| 1977 | 39 | 171 | observed |
| 1978 | 32 | 199 | observed |
| 1979 | 40 | 174 | observed |
| 1980 | 39 | 174 | observed |
| 1981 | 39 | 167 | observed |
| 1982 | 34 | 188 | observed |
| 1983 | 29 | 207 | observed |
| 1984 | 22 | 240 | observed |
| 1985 | 25 | 229 | observed |
| 1986 | 19 | 280 | observed |
| 1987 | 15 | 302 | observed |
| 1988 | 26 | 217 | observed |
| 1989 | 16 | 291 | observed |
| 1990 | 20 | 254 | observed |
| 1991 | 17 | 286 | observed |
| 1992 | 12 | 347 | observed |
| 1993 | 12 | 329 | observed |
| 1994 | 13 | 313 | observed |
| 1995 | 15 | 285 | observed |
| 1996 | 11 | 337 | observed |
| 1997 | 15 | 283 | observed |
| 1998 | 11 | 338 | observed |
| 1999 | 9 | 368 | observed |
| 2000 | 5 | 486 | observed |
| 2001 | 9 | 353 | observed |
| 2002 | 9 | 336 | observed |
| 2003 | 13 | 286 | observed |
| 2004 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2005 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2006 | 9 | 367 | observed |
| 2007 | 5 | 504 | observed |
| 2008 | 4 | 536 | observed |
| 2009 | 9 | 392 | observed |
| 2010 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2011 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2012 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2013 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2014 | 5 | 483 | observed |
| 2015 | 6 | 449 | observed |
| 2016 | 6 | 445 | observed |
| 2017 | 8 | 399 | observed |
| 2018 | 7 | 412 | observed |
| 2019 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2020 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2021 | 5 | 418 | observed |
| 2022 | 6 | 400 | observed |
| 2023 | 9 | 352 | observed |
| 2024 | 10 | 333 | observed |
| 2025 | no value | no value | not covered |
Statistics count the spelling “Bjarne” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.
Danish computer scientist, creator of C++ (born 1950)
Danish cyclist, born 1964
Danish footballer
cross-country skier
Norwegian gymnast (1892–1984)
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023
BerlinOnline GmbH, based on Berlin LABO civil-registry data · CC-BY-3.0-DE · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
