Halfdan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Halfdan: Recorded since 1946, with a gap of 18 years, it reached #251 in 1952, and it stood at #484 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
79years from first to last
#251highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Halfdan's record

Absent from every published list for 18 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1946–2024

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1946	#313
1947	#286
1948	#275
1949	#303
1950	#351
1951	#339
1952	#251
1953	#279
1954	#412
1956	#340
1958	#460
1959	#425
1961	#468
1962	#420
1965	#522
1968	#495
1969	#568
1971	#555
1985	#543
1987	#530
1993	#596
1997	#508
1999	#509
2001	#545
2004	#441
2023	#458
2024	#484

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 27 of the 79 years from 1946 to 2024.

Official data for Norway, 1946–2024 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1946
First recorded at #313 among boys in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1946–2024
Highest recorded position: #251 among boys in Norway, in 1952 (recorded 1946–2024).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #484 among boys in Norway, in 2024.
Norway · Boys

Halfdan 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 Halfdan in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	32	4 of 10	8
1950sbusiest	51	8 of 10	6
1960s	23	5 of 10	5
1970s	5	1 of 10	5
1980s	12	2 of 10	6
1990s	14	3 of 10	5
2000s	10	2 of 10	5
2020s	9	2 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 1950s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Halfdan 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 1946 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #251 in Norway in 1952.

Halfdan'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
2024	Norway	male	#484	4	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#458	5	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#441	6	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#545	4	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#509	5	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#508	5	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#596	4	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#530	6	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#543	6	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#555	5	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#568	4	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#495	5	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#522	4	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#420	6	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#468	4	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#425	5	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#460	4	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#340	7	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#412	4	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#279	9	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#251	11	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#339	6	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#351	5	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#303	7	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#275	9	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#286	9	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#313	7	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 1946 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #251, first reached in 1952.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in Norway in 1952.

Its record falls into 15 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 18 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.

8decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 8 decades →
9 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
15separate stretches the record falls into10 or more separate stretches →
18 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#484position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
11births registered in its largest year, 1952Under 25 births →

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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Haley · #81, 37y
Hali · #391, 20y
Halia · #2286, 11y

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.

Anne-Kari · #250, 25y
Åslaug · #250, 32y
Egidijus · #248, 28y
Haldor · #248, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Anne-Kari · #250, 25y
Åslaug · #250, 32y
Torkel · #252, 69y
Angelika · #253, 55y

Halfdan was ranked #251 in Norway · Boys in 1952. 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.

Halfdan 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 Halfdan without appearing here.

Halfdan moved ahead of

Ronny Compare
In 2003 they stood at #545 and #428 in Norway · Boys; by 2004 that had become #441 and #580.
Ronald Compare
In 1986 they stood at #543 and #479 in Norway · Boys; by 1987 that had become #530 and #639.
Arild Compare
In 2022 they stood at #441 and #312 in Norway · Boys; by 2023 that had become #458 and #498.
Steinar Compare
In 2022 they stood at #441 and #275 in Norway · Boys; by 2023 that had become #458 and #486.

Moved ahead of Halfdan

Vegard Compare
In 1960 they stood at #425 and #451 in Norway · Boys; by 1961 that had become #468 and #205.
Oscar Compare
In 1984 they stood at #555 and #569 in Norway · Boys; by 1985 that had become #543 and #286.
Scott Compare
In 1992 they stood at #530 and #641 in Norway · Boys; by 1993 that had become #596 and #347.
Theodor Compare
In 1992 they stood at #530 and #546 in Norway · Boys; by 1993 that had become #596 and #350.

Moved the opposite way to Halfdan

Aksel Compare
Between 1946 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Halfdan went from #313 to #484 while Aksel went from #171 to #20.
Alfred Compare
Between 1946 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Halfdan went from #313 to #484 while Alfred went from #142 to #22.
Daniel Compare
Between 1946 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Halfdan went from #313 to #484 while Daniel went from #244 to #61.
David Compare
Between 1946 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Halfdan went from #313 to #484 while David went from #165 to #69.

Moved the same way as Halfdan

Anders Compare
Between 1946 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Halfdan went from #313 to #484 and Anders from #64 to #279.
Arne Compare
Between 1946 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Halfdan went from #313 to #484 and Arne from #5 to #174.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1946 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Halfdan went from #313 to #484 and Bjørn from #3 to #86.
Christopher Compare
Between 1946 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Halfdan went from #313 to #484 and Christopher from #306 to #444.

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 1946 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #251 in Norway in 1952. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Halfdan

Halfdan at a glance

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Halfdan by decade in Norway · Boys

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Halfdan at a glance

What stands out in Halfdan's record

Halfdan by decade in Norway · Boys

Halfdan appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Halfdan

Halfdan and the names beside it

Halfdan moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Halfdan

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