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01 / Meaning & origin
Sture is a masculine given name documented in French, Swedish, Danish and 2 other languages. English Wiktionary records an etymology for it.
A medieval byname, famous in the history of Sweden, possibly from the verb stura "to sulk", for a stubborn person. Used as a given name since the 18th century.
02 / Across borders
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2 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: Sture
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 | 9 | 269 | observed |
| 1946 | 13 | 232 | observed |
| 1947 | 18 | 202 | observed |
| 1948 | 13 | 229 | observed |
| 1949 | 9 | 268 | observed |
| 1950 | 10 | 257 | observed |
| 1951 | 10 | 262 | observed |
| 1952 | 13 | 223 | observed |
| 1953 | 10 | 256 | observed |
| 1954 | 8 | 290 | observed |
| 1955 | 7 | 321 | observed |
| 1956 | 17 | 213 | observed |
| 1957 | 12 | 253 | observed |
| 1958 | 14 | 235 | observed |
| 1959 | 10 | 296 | observed |
| 1960 | 10 | 298 | observed |
| 1961 | 15 | 238 | observed |
| 1962 | 14 | 250 | observed |
| 1963 | 11 | 300 | observed |
| 1964 | 7 | 408 | observed |
| 1965 | 11 | 314 | observed |
| 1966 | 11 | 324 | observed |
| 1967 | 13 | 287 | observed |
| 1968 | 15 | 265 | observed |
| 1969 | 5 | 499 | observed |
| 1970 | 11 | 341 | observed |
| 1971 | 11 | 352 | observed |
| 1972 | 5 | 537 | observed |
| 1973 | 6 | 484 | observed |
| 1974 | 9 | 422 | observed |
| 1975 | 9 | 412 | observed |
| 1976 | 6 | 502 | observed |
| 1977 | 4 | 578 | observed |
| 1978 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1979 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1980 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1981 | 5 | 575 | observed |
| 1982 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1983 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1984 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1985 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1986 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1987 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1988 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1989 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1990 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 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 | 5 | 492 | observed |
| 1999 | 4 | 537 | observed |
| 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 “Sture” 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
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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
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.
