Yngvar

maleStatistical record

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

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

Yngvar: Recorded since 1945, it reached #134 in 1949, and it was last ranked in 1993.

1registrar recorded it
40times a registrar ranked it
49years from first to last
#134highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–1993

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#159
1946	#135
1947	#144
1948	#158
1949	#134
1950	#149
1951	#158
1952	#136
1953	#200
1954	#197
1955	#195
1956	#177
1957	#236
1958	#198
1959	#198
1960	#239
1961	#237
1962	#245
1963	#274
1964	#243
1965	#227
1966	#393
1967	#318
1968	#227
1969	#290
1970	#296
1971	#495
1972	#338
1973	#321
1974	#393
1975	#314
1976	#388
1977	#369
1978	#432
1980	#611
1981	#454
1983	#608
1985	#648
1986	#640
1993	#639

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 40 of the 49 years from 1945 to 1993.

Official data for Norway, 1945–1993 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #159 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–1993
Highest recorded position: #134 among boys in Norway, in 1949 (recorded 1945–1993).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1993
Most recently recorded at #639 among boys in Norway, in 1993.
Norway · Boys

Yngvar 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 Yngvar in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	173	5 of 10	35
1950s	236	10 of 10	24
1960s	157	10 of 10	16
1970s	106	9 of 10	12
1980s	27	5 of 10	5
1990s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Norway · Boys, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 35 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Yngvar 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 1993. Highest recorded position: #134 in Norway in 1949.

Yngvar'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
1993	Norway	male	#639	4	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#640	4	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#648	4	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#608	5	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#454	9	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#611	5	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#432	9	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#369	12	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#388	11	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#314	14	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#393	11	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#321	14	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#338	13	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#495	7	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#296	15	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#290	15	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#227	21	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#318	12	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#393	9	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#227	21	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#243	17	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#274	14	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#245	16	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#237	16	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#239	16	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#198	21	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#198	20	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#236	15	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#177	25	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#195	19	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#197	19	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#200	19	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#136	37	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#158	29	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#149	32	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#134	39	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#158	30	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#144	36	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#135	41	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#159	27	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 1993, ranked in 40 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #134, first reached in 1949.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 41 births, registered in Norway in 1946.

Its record falls into 5 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.

Yitzchok · #1158, 29y
Ylva · #43, 58y
Yngve · #97, 66y
Yngvild · #317, 34y

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.

Gitte · #134, 40y
Jeppe · #134, 43y
Karstein · #134, 36y
Agnar · #132, 45y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Ester · #134, 77y
Karstein · #134, 36y
Thelma · #134, 56y
Brith · #135, 25y

Yngvar was ranked #134 in Norway · Boys in 1949. 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.

Yngvar 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 Yngvar without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Yngvar

Filip Compare
In 1979 they stood at #432 and #514 in Norway · Boys; by 1980 that had become #611 and #265.
Jonathan Compare
In 1979 they stood at #432 and #524 in Norway · Boys; by 1980 that had become #611 and #278.
Philip Compare
In 1979 they stood at #432 and #459 in Norway · Boys; by 1980 that had become #611 and #290.
Julian Compare
In 1982 they stood at #454 and #499 in Norway · Boys; by 1983 that had become #608 and #292.

Moved the opposite way to Yngvar

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 1993 in Norway · Boys, Yngvar went from #159 to #639 while Anders went from #55 to #8.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 1993 in Norway · Boys, Yngvar went from #159 to #639 while Andreas went from #140 to #2.
Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 1993 in Norway · Boys, Yngvar went from #159 to #639 while Christian went from #161 to #27.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 1993 in Norway · Boys, Yngvar went from #159 to #639 while Daniel went from #280 to #3.

Moved the same way as Yngvar

Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 1993 in Norway · Boys, Yngvar went from #159 to #639 and Alfred from #127 to #372.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 1993 in Norway · Boys, Yngvar went from #159 to #639 and Arild from #32 to #267.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 1993 in Norway · Boys, Yngvar went from #159 to #639 and Arne from #6 to #123.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 1993 in Norway · Boys, Yngvar went from #159 to #639 and Arthur from #153 to #447.

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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 1993. Highest recorded position: #134 in Norway in 1949. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Yngvar

Yngvar at a glance

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Popularity journey

Yngvar by decade in Norway · Boys

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Yngvar at a glance

Yngvar by decade in Norway · Boys

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Yngvar

Yngvar and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Yngvar

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