Gunvald

maleStatistical record

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

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

Gunvald: Recorded since 1945, it reached #188 in 1950, and it was last ranked in 1963.

1registrar recorded it
14times a registrar ranked it
19years from first to last
#188highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–1963

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#225
1946	#312
1947	#220
1948	#274
1949	#247
1950	#188
1951	#269
1952	#324
1953	#294
1954	#278
1955	#234
1956	#302
1958	#353
1963	#474

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

FallingNorway · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 14 of the 19 years from 1945 to 1963.

Official data for Norway, 1945–1963 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #225 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–1963
Highest recorded position: #188 among boys in Norway, in 1950 (recorded 1945–1963).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1963
Most recently recorded at #474 among boys in Norway, in 1963.
Norway · Boys

Gunvald 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 Gunvald in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	55	5 of 10	11
1950s	84	8 of 10	11
1960s	5	1 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 11 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Gunvald 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 1945 to 1963. Highest recorded position: #188 in Norway in 1950.

Gunvald'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
1963	Norway	male	#474	5	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#353	7	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#302	9	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#234	13	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#278	9	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#294	8	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#324	7	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#269	10	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#188	21	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#247	11	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#274	9	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#220	14	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#312	7	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#225	14	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 1945 and 1963, ranked in 14 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #188, first reached in 1950.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 21 births, registered in Norway in 1950.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 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.

Gunnlaug · #181, 21y
Gunnvor · #175, 25y
Gunvor · #45, 58y
Gurbani · #1262, 13y

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.

Gerardine · #189, 17y
Elfrid · #193, 18y
Gordan · #194, 18y
Deborrah · #195, 10y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Ansgar · #188, 22y
Eldar · #188, 69y
Tarjei · #188, 67y
Torleiv · #188, 31y

Gunvald was ranked #188 in Norway · Boys in 1950. 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.

Gunvald 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 Gunvald without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Gunvald

Vegard Compare
In 1962 they stood at #353 and #371 in Norway · Boys; by 1963 that had become #474 and #224.
Steffen Compare
In 1962 they stood at #353 and #367 in Norway · Boys; by 1963 that had become #474 and #269.
Simen Compare
In 1962 they stood at #353 and #366 in Norway · Boys; by 1963 that had become #474 and #296.
Brian Compare
In 1962 they stood at #353 and #455 in Norway · Boys; by 1963 that had become #474 and #340.

Moved the opposite way to Gunvald

Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 1963 in Norway · Boys, Gunvald went from #225 to #474 while Christian went from #161 to #94.
Dag Compare
Between 1945 and 1963 in Norway · Boys, Gunvald went from #225 to #474 while Dag went from #48 to #22.
Espen Compare
Between 1945 and 1963 in Norway · Boys, Gunvald went from #225 to #474 while Espen went from #315 to #63.
Frank Compare
Between 1945 and 1963 in Norway · Boys, Gunvald went from #225 to #474 while Frank went from #61 to #30.

Moved the same way as Gunvald

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 1963 in Norway · Boys, Gunvald went from #225 to #474 and Aksel from #174 to #336.
Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 1963 in Norway · Boys, Gunvald went from #225 to #474 and Alfred from #127 to #276.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 1963 in Norway · Boys, Gunvald went from #225 to #474 and Arne from #6 to #17.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 1963 in Norway · Boys, Gunvald went from #225 to #474 and Arthur from #153 to #357.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 1945 to 1963. Highest recorded position: #188 in Norway in 1950. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Gunvald

Gunvald at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Gunvald by decade in Norway · Boys

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Gunvald at a glance

Gunvald by decade in Norway · Boys

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What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Gunvald

Gunvald and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Gunvald

Moved the opposite way to Gunvald

Moved the same way as Gunvald