Ingvar

maleStatistical record

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

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

Ingvar: Recorded since 1945, with a gap of 11 years, it reached #117 in 1951, and it stood at #499 in 2025.

1registrar recorded it
55times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#117highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Ingvar's record

Absent from every published list for 11 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–2025

View as table

Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#143
1946	#150
1947	#160
1948	#126
1949	#126
1950	#155
1951	#117
1952	#170
1953	#136
1954	#163
1955	#149
1956	#184
1957	#208
1958	#182
1959	#140
1960	#197
1961	#254
1962	#200
1963	#241
1964	#207
1965	#214
1966	#196
1967	#234
1968	#241
1969	#256
1970	#277
1971	#290
1972	#299
1973	#410
1974	#405
1975	#373
1976	#485
1977	#237
1978	#315
1979	#323
1980	#431
1981	#548
1982	#497
1983	#471
1984	#384
1985	#419
1986	#531
1987	#401
1990	#574
1991	#577
1992	#547
1993	#459
1994	#580
1995	#419
1997	#510
2001	#503
2003	#462
2005	#488
2017	#451
2025	#499

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 55 of the 81 years from 1945 to 2025.

Official data for Norway, 1945–2025 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #143 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #117 among boys in Norway, in 1951 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #499 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Ingvar 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 Ingvar in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	182	5 of 10	36
1950s	300	10 of 10	30
1960s	202	10 of 10	20
1970s	132	10 of 10	13
1980s	67	8 of 10	8
1990s	39	7 of 10	6
2000s	16	3 of 10	5
2010s	6	1 of 10	6
2020s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Norway · Boys, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 36 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Ingvar 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 2025. Highest recorded position: #117 in Norway in 1951.

Ingvar'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	#499	4	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#451	6	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#488	5	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#462	6	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#503	5	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#510	5	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#419	8	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#580	4	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#459	7	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#547	5	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#577	5	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#574	5	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#401	10	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#531	6	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#419	10	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#384	11	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#471	8	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#497	7	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#548	6	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#431	9	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#323	14	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#315	14	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#237	21	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#485	7	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#373	11	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#405	10	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#410	9	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#299	15	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#290	15	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#277	16	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#256	18	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#241	18	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#234	20	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#196	28	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#214	22	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#207	21	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#241	17	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#200	22	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#254	14	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#197	22	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#140	39	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#182	23	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#208	18	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#184	23	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#149	33	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#163	27	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#136	36	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#170	25	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#117	46	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#155	30	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#126	41	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#126	43	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#160	31	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#150	34	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#143	33	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 2025, ranked in 55 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #117, first reached in 1951.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 46 births, registered in Norway in 1951.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 11 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.

Ingunn · #36, 68y
Ingvald · #157, 44y
Ingve · #284, 42y
Ingvil · #325, 31y

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.

Asle · #117, 59y
Barbro · #117, 52y
Arnstein · #116, 52y
Didrik · #115, 60y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Asle · #117, 59y
Barbro · #117, 52y
Dagny · #117, 68y
Gard · #117, 69y

Ingvar was ranked #117 in Norway · Boys in 1951. 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.

Ingvar 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 Ingvar without appearing here.

Ingvar moved ahead of

Stig Compare
In 2004 they stood at #462 and #318 in Norway · Boys; by 2005 that had become #488 and #559.
Geir Compare
In 2016 they stood at #488 and #321 in Norway · Boys; by 2017 that had become #451 and #501.
Harry Compare
In 2016 they stood at #510 and #410 in Norway · Boys; by 2017 that had become #451 and #478.
Øystein Compare
In 2024 they stood at #451 and #356 in Norway · Boys; by 2025 that had become #499 and #523.

Moved ahead of Ingvar

Herman Compare
In 1989 they stood at #401 and #437 in Norway · Boys; by 1990 that had become #574 and #203.
Elias Compare
In 1989 they stood at #401 and #487 in Norway · Boys; by 1990 that had become #574 and #209.
Sander Compare
In 1989 they stood at #401 and #419 in Norway · Boys; by 1990 that had become #574 and #225.
Oliver Compare
In 1989 they stood at #401 and #414 in Norway · Boys; by 1990 that had become #574 and #231.

Moved the opposite way to Ingvar

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Ingvar went from #143 to #499 while Aksel went from #174 to #25.
Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Ingvar went from #143 to #499 while Alfred went from #127 to #26.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Ingvar went from #143 to #499 while Arthur went from #153 to #83.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Ingvar went from #143 to #499 while Daniel went from #280 to #66.

Moved the same way as Ingvar

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Ingvar went from #143 to #499 and Anders from #55 to #293.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Ingvar went from #143 to #499 and Arild from #32 to #489.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Ingvar went from #143 to #499 and Arne from #6 to #222.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Ingvar went from #143 to #499 and Bjørn from #3 to #56.

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Recorded in official data for Norway from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #117 in Norway in 1951. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Ingvar

Ingvar at a glance

What stands out in Ingvar's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ingvar by decade in Norway · Boys

Ingvar appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1940s

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Ingvar and the names beside it

Ingvar moved ahead of

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Ingvar at a glance

What stands out in Ingvar's record

Ingvar by decade in Norway · Boys

Ingvar 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 Ingvar

Ingvar and the names beside it

Ingvar moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ingvar

Moved the opposite way to Ingvar

Moved the same way as Ingvar