Waldemar

maleStatistical record

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

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

Waldemar: Recorded since 1956, it reached #201 in 1965, and it stood at #479 in 2025.

1registrar recorded it
44times a registrar ranked it
70years from first to last
#201highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1956–2025

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1956	#292
1957	#265
1958	#282
1959	#251
1960	#238
1961	#284
1962	#262
1963	#234
1964	#242
1965	#201
1966	#321
1967	#224
1968	#308
1969	#277
1970	#286
1971	#227
1972	#256
1973	#230
1974	#235
1975	#279
1976	#287
1977	#270
1978	#327
1979	#370
1980	#352
1981	#424
1982	#455
1983	#645
1984	#520
1985	#605
1987	#645
1988	#490
1995	#618
1997	#603
2004	#470
2005	#474
2006	#570
2007	#503
2009	#564
2013	#565
2014	#543
2016	#471
2023	#495
2025	#479

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 44 of the 70 years from 1956 to 2025.

Official data for Norway, 1956–2025 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1956
First recorded at #292 among boys in Norway in 1956 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1956–2025
Highest recorded position: #201 among boys in Norway, in 1965 (recorded 1956–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #479 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Waldemar 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 Waldemar in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	47	4 of 10	12
1960s	166	10 of 10	17
1970sbusiest	183	10 of 10	18
1980s	60	8 of 10	8
1990s	8	2 of 10	4
2000s	26	5 of 10	5
2010s	14	3 of 10	5
2020s	10	2 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 18 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Waldemar 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 1956 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #201 in Norway in 1965.

Waldemar'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	#479	5	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#495	5	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#471	6	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#543	4	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#565	4	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#564	4	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#503	6	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#570	4	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#474	6	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#470	6	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#603	4	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#618	4	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#490	8	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#645	4	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#605	5	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#520	7	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#645	4	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#455	9	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#424	10	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#352	13	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#370	12	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#327	14	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#270	18	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#287	16	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#279	17	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#235	23	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#230	23	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#256	20	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#227	24	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#286	16	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#277	16	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#308	13	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#224	22	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#321	12	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#201	25	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#242	17	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#234	19	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#262	14	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#284	12	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#238	16	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#251	14	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#282	11	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#265	12	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#292	10	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 1956 and 2025, ranked in 44 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #201, first reached in 1965.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 25 births, registered in Norway in 1965.

Its record falls into 10 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 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.

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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.

Olve · #201, 46y
Solvor · #201, 39y
Hilmar · #196, 40y
Torger · #206, 41y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

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

Bettina · #200, 55y
Fride · #200, 60y
Wieslaw · #197, 31y
Henryk · #206, 39y

Waldemar was ranked #201 in Norway · Boys in 1965. 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.

Waldemar 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 Waldemar without appearing here.

Waldemar moved ahead of

Ronny Compare
In 2003 they stood at #603 and #481 in Norway · Boys; by 2004 that had become #470 and #580.
Stig Compare
In 2015 they stood at #564 and #500 in Norway · Boys; by 2016 that had become #471 and #538.
Raymond Compare
In 2006 they stood at #570 and #560 in Norway · Boys; by 2007 that had become #503 and #566.
Øystein Compare
In 2024 they stood at #495 and #450 in Norway · Boys; by 2025 that had become #479 and #523.

Moved ahead of Waldemar

Lukas Compare
In 1994 they stood at #490 and #548 in Norway · Boys; by 1995 that had become #618 and #184.
Theodor Compare
In 1994 they stood at #490 and #563 in Norway · Boys; by 1995 that had become #618 and #211.
Lucas Compare
In 1994 they stood at #490 and #595 in Norway · Boys; by 1995 that had become #618 and #227.
Ludvig Compare
In 1994 they stood at #490 and #517 in Norway · Boys; by 1995 that had become #618 and #248.

Moved the opposite way to Waldemar

Adam Compare
Between 1956 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Waldemar went from #292 to #479 while Adam went from #213 to #29.
Aksel Compare
Between 1956 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Waldemar went from #292 to #479 while Aksel went from #192 to #25.
Alexander Compare
Between 1956 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Waldemar went from #292 to #479 while Alexander went from #415 to #81.
Alfred Compare
Between 1956 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Waldemar went from #292 to #479 while Alfred went from #230 to #26.

Moved the same way as Waldemar

Anders Compare
Between 1956 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Waldemar went from #292 to #479 and Anders from #64 to #293.
Arild Compare
Between 1956 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Waldemar went from #292 to #479 and Arild from #23 to #489.
Arne Compare
Between 1956 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Waldemar went from #292 to #479 and Arne from #9 to #222.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1956 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Waldemar went from #292 to #479 and Bjørn from #3 to #56.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 1956 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #201 in Norway in 1965. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Waldemar

Waldemar at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Waldemar by decade in Norway · Boys

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Waldemar at a glance

Waldemar by decade in Norway · Boys

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What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Waldemar

Waldemar and the names beside it

Waldemar moved ahead of

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