Vetle

maleStatistical record

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

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

Vetle: Recorded since 1959, with a gap of 11 years, its highest recorded position is #32, reached in 2025.

1registrar recorded it
47times a registrar ranked it
67years from first to last
#32highest recorded position
15groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Vetle's record

Held a top-100 place for 34 years running. Names by top-100 run
Absent from every published list for 11 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Norway · Boys

Rising

among boys in Norway · 1959–2025

View as table

Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1959	#487
1971	#493
1973	#569
1975	#509
1977	#572
1979	#646
1980	#609
1986	#557
1987	#457
1988	#339
1989	#242
1990	#189
1991	#113
1992	#87
1993	#71
1994	#83
1995	#71
1996	#70
1997	#68
1998	#61
1999	#53
2000	#54
2001	#56
2002	#57
2003	#41
2004	#59
2005	#54
2006	#61
2007	#66
2008	#70
2009	#69
2010	#72
2011	#79
2012	#80
2013	#71
2014	#64
2015	#84
2016	#79
2017	#69
2018	#58
2019	#55
2020	#51
2021	#45
2022	#42
2023	#42
2024	#35
2025	#32

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 47 of the 67 years from 1959 to 2025.

Official data for Norway, 1959–2025 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1959
First recorded at #487 among boys in Norway in 1959 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1959–2025
Highest recorded position: #32 among boys in Norway, in 2025 (recorded 1959–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #32 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Vetle 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 Vetle in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	4	1 of 10	4
1970s	28	5 of 10	6
1980s	58	5 of 10	12
1990s	1,014	10 of 10	101
2000s	1,399	10 of 10	140
2010s	1,181	10 of 10	118
2020sbusiest	953	6 of 10	159

Across Norway · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 159 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2002 and 2003, when recorded births rose by 42, from 138 to 180.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Vetle 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 1959 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #32 in Norway in 2025.

Vetle'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	#32	195	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#35	178	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#42	163	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#42	156	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#45	145	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#51	116	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#55	128	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#58	128	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#69	113	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#79	106	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#84	99	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#64	134	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#71	120	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#80	110	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#79	112	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#72	131	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#69	133	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#70	131	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#66	127	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#61	135	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#54	139	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#59	141	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#41	180	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#57	138	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#56	132	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#54	143	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#53	143	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#61	126	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#68	113	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#70	120	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#71	116	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#83	95	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#71	113	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#87	87	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#113	66	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#189	35	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#242	24	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#339	14	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#457	9	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#557	6	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#609	5	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#646	4	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#572	5	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#509	7	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#569	5	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#493	7	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#487	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 1959 and 2025, ranked in 47 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #32, first reached in 2025.

It held a top-100 place in 34 years, 34 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 195 births, registered in Norway in 2025.

Its record falls into 7 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.

Vesper · #1685, 16y
Vesta · #742, 13y
Viaan · #745, 13y
Vian · #1546, 14y

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.

Mie · #29, 45y
Toril · #35, 52y
Anne-Lise · #42, 50y
Andrine · #43, 44y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Carolyn · #32, 68y
Clara · #32, 63y
Erlend · #32, 75y
Gavin · #32, 72y

Vetle was ranked #32 in Norway · Boys in 2025. 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.

Vetle 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 Vetle without appearing here.

Vetle moved ahead of

Francis Compare
In 1990 they stood at #457 and #359 in Norway · Boys; by 1991 that had become #113 and #612.
Phillip Compare
In 1986 they stood at #572 and #560 in Norway · Boys; by 1987 that had become #457 and #588.
Kåre Compare
In 1988 they stood at #339 and #330 in Norway · Boys; by 1989 that had become #242 and #361.
Helge Compare
In 1990 they stood at #189 and #136 in Norway · Boys; by 1991 that had become #113 and #222.

Moved ahead of Vetle

Tobias Compare
In 1972 they stood at #493 and #535 in Norway · Boys; by 1973 that had become #569 and #292.
Matheo Compare
In 2010 they stood at #72 and #78 in Norway · Boys; by 2011 that had become #79 and #51.
Noah Compare
In 2003 they stood at #41 and #45 in Norway · Boys; by 2004 that had become #59 and #32.
Liam Compare
In 2008 they stood at #70 and #109 in Norway · Boys; by 2009 that had become #69 and #50.

Moved the opposite way to Vetle

Anders Compare
Between 1959 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Vetle went from #487 to #32 while Anders went from #53 to #293.
Arild Compare
Between 1959 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Vetle went from #487 to #32 while Arild went from #27 to #489.
Arne Compare
Between 1959 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Vetle went from #487 to #32 while Arne went from #15 to #222.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1959 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Vetle went from #487 to #32 while Bjørn went from #3 to #56.

Moved the same way as Vetle

Adam Compare
Between 1959 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Vetle went from #487 to #32 and Adam from #265 to #29.
Aksel Compare
Between 1959 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Vetle went from #487 to #32 and Aksel from #211 to #25.
Alexander Compare
Between 1959 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Vetle went from #487 to #32 and Alexander from #244 to #81.
Alfred Compare
Between 1959 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Vetle went from #487 to #32 and Alfred from #376 to #26.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
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 1959 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #32 in Norway in 2025. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Vetle

Vetle at a glance

What stands out in Vetle's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Vetle by decade in Norway · Boys

Vetle appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

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Vetle and the names beside it

Vetle moved ahead of

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Vetle at a glance

What stands out in Vetle's record

Vetle by decade in Norway · Boys

Vetle appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Vetle

Vetle and the names beside it

Vetle moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Vetle

Moved the opposite way to Vetle

Moved the same way as Vetle