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“brother”
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Swedish
01 / Meaning & origin
Bror is a masculine given name documented in French, German, Swedish and 3 other languages. English Wiktionary records the meaning “brother”.
Meaning: “brother”
From bror (“brother”), a suitable name for a younger son.
02 / Across borders
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3 countries with official statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
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Official statistics
United States, 1923: 5 boys (rank 4239).
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1945–2025 Spelling: Bror
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 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1946 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1947 | 9 | 278 | observed |
| 1948 | 6 | 320 | observed |
| 1949 | 8 | 285 | observed |
| 1950 | 7 | 299 | observed |
| 1951 | 6 | 331 | observed |
| 1952 | 8 | 291 | observed |
| 1953 | 5 | 354 | observed |
| 1954 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1955 | 7 | 321 | observed |
| 1956 | 10 | 275 | observed |
| 1957 | 5 | 385 | observed |
| 1958 | 6 | 372 | observed |
| 1959 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1960 | 6 | 394 | observed |
| 1961 | 8 | 339 | observed |
| 1962 | 4 | 477 | observed |
| 1963 | 5 | 459 | observed |
| 1964 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1965 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1966 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1967 | 7 | 409 | observed |
| 1968 | 5 | 483 | observed |
| 1969 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1970 | 7 | 439 | observed |
| 1971 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1972 | 7 | 457 | observed |
| 1973 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1974 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1975 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1976 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1977 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1978 | 4 | 597 | observed |
| 1979 | 5 | 553 | observed |
| 1980 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1981 | 4 | 623 | observed |
| 1982 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1983 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1984 | 5 | 571 | observed |
| 1985 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1986 | 5 | 558 | observed |
| 1987 | 9 | 421 | observed |
| 1988 | 5 | 570 | observed |
| 1989 | 4 | 608 | observed |
| 1990 | 7 | 478 | observed |
| 1991 | 7 | 473 | observed |
| 1992 | 7 | 444 | observed |
| 1993 | 6 | 491 | observed |
| 1994 | 9 | 383 | observed |
| 1995 | 12 | 333 | observed |
| 1996 | 11 | 337 | observed |
| 1997 | 15 | 283 | observed |
| 1998 | 12 | 320 | observed |
| 1999 | 11 | 326 | observed |
| 2000 | 12 | 320 | observed |
| 2001 | 12 | 303 | observed |
| 2002 | 10 | 320 | observed |
| 2003 | 12 | 304 | observed |
| 2004 | 12 | 302 | observed |
| 2005 | 15 | 265 | observed |
| 2006 | 15 | 278 | observed |
| 2007 | 14 | 292 | observed |
| 2008 | 14 | 303 | observed |
| 2009 | 15 | 301 | observed |
| 2010 | 15 | 294 | observed |
| 2011 | 12 | 321 | observed |
| 2012 | 7 | 434 | observed |
| 2013 | 8 | 405 | observed |
| 2014 | 6 | 457 | observed |
| 2015 | 7 | 420 | observed |
| 2016 | 8 | 402 | observed |
| 2017 | 11 | 336 | observed |
| 2018 | 5 | 471 | observed |
| 2019 | 8 | 368 | observed |
| 2020 | 4 | 443 | observed |
| 2021 | 8 | 352 | observed |
| 2022 | 13 | 287 | observed |
| 2023 | 7 | 404 | observed |
| 2024 | 13 | 294 | observed |
| 2025 | 11 | 308 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “Bror” 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 on Wikidata whose recorded given name is this item (not necessarily their first name), ordered by number of Wikipedia articles. Their names may use a different spelling.
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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
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
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.
