Rolv

maleStatistical record

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

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

Rolv: Recorded since 1945, it reached #165 in 1948, and it was last ranked in 1981.

1registrar recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
37years from first to last
#165highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–1981

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#182
1946	#168
1947	#188
1948	#165
1949	#217
1950	#197
1951	#214
1952	#189
1953	#212
1954	#271
1955	#207
1956	#311
1957	#261
1958	#365
1959	#443
1960	#488
1961	#314
1962	#398
1963	#330
1964	#381
1965	#419
1967	#442
1968	#369
1969	#458
1970	#471
1971	#483
1973	#609
1976	#464
1977	#625
1981	#477

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 30 of the 37 years from 1945 to 1981.

Official data for Norway, 1945–1981 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #182 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–1981
Highest recorded position: #165 among boys in Norway, in 1948 (recorded 1945–1981).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1981
Most recently recorded at #477 among boys in Norway, in 1981.
Norway · Boys

Rolv 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 Rolv in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	114	5 of 10	23
1950s	131	10 of 10	13
1960s	71	9 of 10	8
1970s	30	5 of 10	6
1980s	8	1 of 10	8

Across Norway · Boys, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 23 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Rolv 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 1981. Highest recorded position: #165 in Norway in 1948.

Rolv'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
1981	Norway	male	#477	8	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#625	4	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#464	8	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#609	4	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#483	7	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#471	7	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#458	7	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#369	10	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#442	7	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#419	7	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#381	9	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#330	10	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#398	7	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#314	10	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#488	4	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#443	5	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#365	7	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#261	12	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#311	9	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#207	16	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#271	10	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#212	16	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#189	20	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#214	16	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#197	20	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#217	15	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#165	28	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#188	22	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#168	27	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#182	22	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 1981, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #165, first reached in 1948.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 28 births, registered in Norway in 1948.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 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.

Rolf · #14, 81y
Rollo · #1391, 23y
Roma · #254, 30y
Romaan · #2005, 22y

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.

Annlaug · #165, 30y
Mildrid · #165, 30y
Anne-Grete · #164, 35y
Hanora · #164, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Annlaug · #165, 30y
Cecilia · #165, 71y
Joar · #165, 81y
Mildrid · #165, 30y

Rolv was ranked #165 in Norway · Boys in 1948. 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.

Rolv 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 Rolv without appearing here.

Rolv moved ahead of

Arthur Compare
In 1980 they stood at #483 and #353 in Norway · Boys; by 1981 that had become #477 and #628.
Francis Compare
In 1975 they stood at #609 and #494 in Norway · Boys; by 1976 that had become #464 and #596.
Gustav Compare
In 1980 they stood at #625 and #447 in Norway · Boys; by 1981 that had become #477 and #544.
Henry Compare
In 1980 they stood at #625 and #397 in Norway · Boys; by 1981 that had become #477 and #495.

Moved ahead of Rolv

Stephen Compare
In 1976 they stood at #464 and #465 in Norway · Boys; by 1977 that had become #625 and #275.
Tobias Compare
In 1972 they stood at #483 and #535 in Norway · Boys; by 1973 that had become #609 and #292.
Sondre Compare
In 1970 they stood at #471 and #510 in Norway · Boys; by 1971 that had become #483 and #220.
Oscar Compare
In 1972 they stood at #483 and #569 in Norway · Boys; by 1973 that had become #609 and #356.

Moved the opposite way to Rolv

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 1981 in Norway · Boys, Rolv went from #182 to #477 while Anders went from #55 to #3.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 1981 in Norway · Boys, Rolv went from #182 to #477 while Andreas went from #140 to #12.
Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 1981 in Norway · Boys, Rolv went from #182 to #477 while Christian went from #161 to #10.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 1981 in Norway · Boys, Rolv went from #182 to #477 while Daniel went from #280 to #23.

Moved the same way as Rolv

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 1981 in Norway · Boys, Rolv went from #182 to #477 and Aksel from #174 to #340.
Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 1981 in Norway · Boys, Rolv went from #182 to #477 and Alfred from #127 to #429.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 1981 in Norway · Boys, Rolv went from #182 to #477 and Arild from #32 to #94.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 1981 in Norway · Boys, Rolv went from #182 to #477 and Arne from #6 to #60.

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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 1945 to 1981. Highest recorded position: #165 in Norway in 1948. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Rolv

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Rolv by decade in Norway · Boys

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Rolv at a glance

Rolv by decade in Norway · Boys

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