Balder

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Balder: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Balder: Recorded since 1992, its highest recorded position is #182, and it stood at #210 in 2025.

1registrar recorded it
31times a registrar ranked it
34years from first to last
#182highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Rising

among boys in Norway · 1992–2025

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1992	#582
1995	#445
1997	#557
1998	#367
1999	#430
2000	#489
2001	#317
2002	#464
2003	#306
2004	#372
2005	#380
2006	#217
2007	#243
2008	#193
2009	#198
2010	#255
2011	#297
2012	#250
2013	#353
2014	#263
2015	#377
2016	#332
2017	#255
2018	#255
2019	#269
2020	#259
2021	#315
2022	#208
2023	#233
2024	#182
2025	#210

VerifiedSource: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name.Confidence: high.

See all Norway names · Source: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name

What the data shows

RisingNorway · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 31 of the 34 years from 1992 to 2025.

Official data for Norway, 1992–2025 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1992
First recorded at #582 among boys in Norway in 1992 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1992–2025
Highest recorded position: #182 among boys in Norway, in 2024 (recorded 1992–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #210 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Balder by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Balder in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	31	5 of 10	6
2000s	149	10 of 10	15
2010s	154	10 of 10	15
2020sbusiest	111	6 of 10	19

Across Norway · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 19 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Balder appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1992 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #182 in Norway in 2024.

Balder's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2025	Norway	male	#210	20	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#182	27	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#233	19	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#208	21	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#315	10	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#259	14	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#269	16	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#255	18	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#255	19	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#332	12	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#377	9	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#263	18	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#353	11	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#250	19	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#297	14	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#255	18	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#198	29	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#193	28	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#243	20	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#217	23	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#380	8	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#372	8	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#306	12	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#464	5	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#317	11	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#489	5	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#430	7	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#367	9	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#557	4	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#445	7	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#582	4	High	Verified

Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1992 and 2025, ranked in 31 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #182, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 29 births, registered in Norway in 2009.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Balraj · #809, 28y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Wenke · #181, 31y
Aonghus · #180, 30y
Cathriona · #180, 36y
Ragnvald · #184, 36y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Precious · #182, 30y
Aston · #181, 29y
Kody · #181, 30y
Rudy · #181, 30y

Balder was ranked #182 in Norway · Boys in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Balder and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Balder without appearing here.

Balder moved ahead of

Matthew Compare
In 2005 they stood at #380 and #372 in Norway · Boys; by 2006 that had become #217 and #514.
Trond Compare
In 2005 they stood at #380 and #264 in Norway · Boys; by 2006 that had become #217 and #480.
Roger Compare
In 2002 they stood at #464 and #356 in Norway · Boys; by 2003 that had become #306 and #552.
Øystein Compare
In 2021 they stood at #315 and #253 in Norway · Boys; by 2022 that had become #208 and #436.

Moved ahead of Balder

Noah Compare
In 1996 they stood at #445 and #464 in Norway · Boys; by 1997 that had become #557 and #274.
Liam Compare
In 2001 they stood at #317 and #345 in Norway · Boys; by 2002 that had become #464 and #236.
Noel Compare
In 2014 they stood at #263 and #299 in Norway · Boys; by 2015 that had become #377 and #210.
Birk Compare
In 1994 they stood at #582 and #584 in Norway · Boys; by 1995 that had become #445 and #285.

Moved the opposite way to Balder

Adrian Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Balder went from #582 to #210 while Adrian went from #47 to #70.
Alexander Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Balder went from #582 to #210 while Alexander went from #20 to #81.
Anders Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Balder went from #582 to #210 while Anders went from #9 to #293.
Andreas Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Balder went from #582 to #210 while Andreas went from #2 to #96.

Moved the same way as Balder

Adam Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Balder went from #582 to #210 and Adam from #153 to #29.
Aksel Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Balder went from #582 to #210 and Aksel from #161 to #25.
Arthur Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Balder went from #582 to #210 and Arthur from #420 to #83.
Birk Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Balder went from #582 to #210 and Birk from #584 to #18.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1992 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #182 in Norway in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Balder

Balder at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Balder by decade in Norway · Boys

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Balder at a glance

Balder by decade in Norway · Boys

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What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Balder

Balder and the names beside it

Balder moved ahead of

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