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How popular is the name Bjorn?

Births per year, rank history and how many Bjorns are alive today.

Bjorn (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 556th in 2025 with 70 babies given the name. It has risen strongly over the past decade.

The Bjorn you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Bjorns born in England and Wales are between 3 and 13, and there are at least 630 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Bjorn - on average, only one in every 481 such rooms contains a Bjorn.

How many babies are named Bjorn each year?

0204060200020201996: 61997: 41998: 41999: 62000: 62001: 72003: 62004: 92005: 92006: 102007: 92008: 72009: 132010: 72011: 32012: 72013: 42014: 82015: 162016: 232017: 342018: 282019: 462020: 382021: 552022: 552023: 582024: 412025: 70actual

Where does Bjorn rank among boys' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 1,7651997: ranked 2,3371998: ranked 2,4191999: ranked 1,8502000: ranked 1,8892001: ranked 1,7462003: ranked 2,1892004: ranked 1,7322005: ranked 1,8512006: ranked 1,7442007: ranked 2,0232008: ranked 2,5072009: ranked 1,6492010: ranked 2,6292011: ranked 4,6472012: ranked 2,7212013: ranked 3,8222014: ranked 2,4592015: ranked 1,5112016: ranked 1,1872017: ranked 9062018: ranked 1,0132019: ranked 7232020: ranked 8122021: ranked 6592022: ranked 6402023: ranked 6142024: ranked 8002025: ranked 556

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Bjorn per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 70 in 2025
Bjorn: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Bjorn most popular?

Bjorn peaked in 2025, when 70 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Bjorn?

At least 630 people named Bjorn born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Bjorn?

Most living Bjorns are between 3 and 13; the most common age is about 2.

Is Bjorn becoming more or less popular?

Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.






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