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01 / Meaning & origin
Maj is a unisex given name documented in Swedish and Slovene.
Separate records with matching spellings: Maj (Icelandic, Slovene)
No etymology is recorded in our sources for this spelling yet. The record exists because the name is documented in use; a meaning will be shown only once a cited source supports it.
02 / Across borders
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4 countries with official statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1945–2025 Spelling: Maj
Recorded category girls
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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 | 9 | 289 | observed |
| 1947 | 5 | 361 | observed |
| 1948 | 6 | 337 | observed |
| 1949 | 8 | 298 | observed |
| 1950 | 14 | 228 | observed |
| 1951 | 14 | 229 | observed |
| 1952 | 14 | 235 | observed |
| 1953 | 22 | 181 | observed |
| 1954 | 9 | 298 | observed |
| 1955 | 23 | 173 | observed |
| 1956 | 26 | 166 | observed |
| 1957 | 13 | 236 | observed |
| 1958 | 18 | 197 | observed |
| 1959 | 27 | 149 | observed |
| 1960 | 9 | 310 | observed |
| 1961 | 21 | 191 | observed |
| 1962 | 11 | 269 | observed |
| 1963 | 16 | 224 | observed |
| 1964 | 9 | 330 | observed |
| 1965 | 13 | 274 | observed |
| 1966 | 7 | 387 | observed |
| 1967 | 8 | 377 | observed |
| 1968 | 14 | 279 | observed |
| 1969 | 8 | 372 | observed |
| 1970 | 10 | 341 | observed |
| 1971 | 8 | 395 | observed |
| 1972 | 5 | 540 | observed |
| 1973 | 7 | 437 | observed |
| 1974 | 5 | 530 | observed |
| 1975 | 7 | 449 | observed |
| 1976 | 7 | 449 | observed |
| 1977 | 4 | 584 | observed |
| 1978 | 7 | 452 | observed |
| 1979 | 6 | 498 | observed |
| 1980 | 4 | 608 | observed |
| 1981 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1982 | 5 | 567 | observed |
| 1983 | 7 | 467 | observed |
| 1984 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1985 | 4 | 644 | observed |
| 1986 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1987 | 7 | 511 | observed |
| 1988 | 4 | 649 | observed |
| 1989 | 7 | 510 | observed |
| 1990 | 10 | 403 | observed |
| 1991 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1992 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1993 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1994 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1995 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1996 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1997 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1998 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1999 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2000 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2001 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2002 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2003 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2004 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2005 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2006 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2007 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2008 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2009 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 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 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2015 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2016 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 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 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 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 “Maj” 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
No historical attestations or sourced notable bearers are recorded yet. Historical databases are being evaluated for reuse permission; nothing is listed until a record can be cited.
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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
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
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