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A name. A world of connections.
A given name in Swedish, Danish and 2 more
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01 / Meaning & origin
Christer is a masculine given name documented in Swedish, Danish, Finnish and 1 other language. English Wiktionary records an etymology for it.
Variant of Christian through a medieval form Christiern. First recorded in Sweden in 1484.
02 / Across borders
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3 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, 1957: 5 boys (rank 3993).
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1945–2025 Spelling: Christer
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 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1948 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1949 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1950 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1951 | 4 | 373 | observed |
| 1952 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1953 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1954 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1955 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1956 | 5 | 386 | observed |
| 1957 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1958 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1959 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1960 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1961 | 6 | 380 | observed |
| 1962 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1963 | 12 | 285 | observed |
| 1964 | 9 | 353 | observed |
| 1965 | 10 | 328 | observed |
| 1966 | 11 | 324 | observed |
| 1967 | 10 | 330 | observed |
| 1968 | 20 | 228 | observed |
| 1969 | 35 | 180 | observed |
| 1970 | 44 | 160 | observed |
| 1971 | 55 | 141 | observed |
| 1972 | 72 | 119 | observed |
| 1973 | 60 | 130 | observed |
| 1974 | 62 | 132 | observed |
| 1975 | 72 | 116 | observed |
| 1976 | 62 | 124 | observed |
| 1977 | 74 | 102 | observed |
| 1978 | 60 | 124 | observed |
| 1979 | 76 | 104 | observed |
| 1980 | 60 | 131 | observed |
| 1981 | 92 | 83 | observed |
| 1982 | 84 | 94 | observed |
| 1983 | 81 | 106 | observed |
| 1984 | 91 | 84 | observed |
| 1985 | 133 | 54 | observed |
| 1986 | 130 | 57 | observed |
| 1987 | 142 | 58 | observed |
| 1988 | 164 | 51 | observed |
| 1989 | 144 | 60 | observed |
| 1990 | 194 | 44 | observed |
| 1991 | 167 | 51 | observed |
| 1992 | 129 | 65 | observed |
| 1993 | 103 | 75 | observed |
| 1994 | 65 | 112 | observed |
| 1995 | 50 | 137 | observed |
| 1996 | 51 | 138 | observed |
| 1997 | 34 | 172 | observed |
| 1998 | 25 | 203 | observed |
| 1999 | 33 | 179 | observed |
| 2000 | 32 | 180 | observed |
| 2001 | 27 | 200 | observed |
| 2002 | 19 | 231 | observed |
| 2003 | 28 | 190 | observed |
| 2004 | 18 | 246 | observed |
| 2005 | 19 | 236 | observed |
| 2006 | 11 | 328 | observed |
| 2007 | 19 | 249 | observed |
| 2008 | 11 | 357 | observed |
| 2009 | 11 | 357 | observed |
| 2010 | 12 | 328 | observed |
| 2011 | 6 | 452 | observed |
| 2012 | 8 | 402 | observed |
| 2013 | 4 | 523 | observed |
| 2014 | 9 | 378 | observed |
| 2015 | 7 | 420 | observed |
| 2016 | 7 | 422 | observed |
| 2017 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2018 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2019 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2020 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2021 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2022 | 4 | 457 | observed |
| 2023 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2024 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2025 | no value | no value | not covered |
Statistics count the spelling “Christer” 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.
Swedish astronaut
Swedish singer, television presenter and producer
Swedish criminal (1947–2004)
Swedish cross-country skier
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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
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
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · 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.
