Gry

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Gry: Recorded since 1945, it reached #31 in 1969, and it was last ranked in 2003.

1registrar recorded it
57times a registrar ranked it
59years from first to last
#31highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Girls

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1945–2003

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Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#303
1946	#310
1947	#289
1948	#289
1949	#285
1950	#275
1951	#275
1952	#290
1953	#222
1954	#253
1955	#221
1956	#153
1957	#102
1958	#81
1959	#86
1960	#76
1961	#70
1962	#69
1963	#68
1964	#67
1965	#61
1966	#57
1967	#53
1968	#40
1969	#31
1970	#38
1971	#33
1972	#35
1973	#35
1974	#38
1975	#41
1976	#71
1977	#76
1978	#85
1979	#106
1980	#111
1981	#116
1982	#103
1983	#92
1984	#103
1985	#158
1986	#183
1987	#169
1988	#210
1989	#205
1990	#266
1991	#235
1992	#255
1993	#290
1994	#279
1995	#243
1996	#482
1997	#434
1998	#327
1999	#343
2000	#465
2003	#547

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 57 of the 59 years from 1945 to 2003.

Official data for Norway, 1945–2003 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #303 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2003
Highest recorded position: #31 among girls in Norway, in 1969 (recorded 1945–2003).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2003
Most recently recorded at #547 among girls in Norway, in 2003.
Norway · Girls

Gry by decade in Norway · Girls

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 Gry in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	43	5 of 10	9
1950s	303	10 of 10	30
1960s	1,558	10 of 10	156
1970sbusiest	1,678	10 of 10	168
1980s	502	10 of 10	50
1990s	155	10 of 10	16
2000s	12	2 of 10	6

Across Norway · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 168 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1975 and 1976, when recorded births fell by 74, from 186 to 112.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Gry 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 2003. Highest recorded position: #31 in Norway in 1969.

Gry'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
2003	Norway	female	#547	5	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#465	7	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#343	11	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#327	12	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#434	8	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#482	7	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#243	20	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#279	16	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#290	16	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#255	20	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#235	25	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#266	20	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#205	29	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#210	29	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#169	40	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#183	34	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#158	40	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#103	67	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#92	80	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#103	64	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#116	57	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#111	62	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#106	64	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#85	85	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#76	100	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#71	112	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#41	186	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#38	200	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#35	219	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#35	234	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#33	254	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#38	224	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#31	278	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#40	239	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#53	166	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#57	155	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#61	150	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#67	121	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#68	117	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#69	121	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#70	114	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#76	97	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#86	71	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#81	76	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#102	52	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#153	30	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#221	16	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#253	12	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#222	16	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#290	10	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#275	10	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#275	10	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#285	9	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#289	9	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#289	9	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#310	8	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#303	8	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 2003, ranked in 57 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #31, first reached in 1969.

It held a top-100 place in 22 years, 21 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 278 births, registered in Norway in 1969.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 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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Gruffydd · #740, 29y
Gryff · #2301, 14y
Grzegorz · #79, 60y

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.

Renate · #32, 57y
Synne · #30, 61y
Christoffer · #29, 57y
Merete · #33, 61y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Allan · #31, 78y
Annette · #31, 72y
Edel · #31, 81y
Joan · #31, 73y

Gry was ranked #31 in Norway · Girls in 1969. 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.

Gry 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 Gry without appearing here.

Gry moved ahead of

Sissel Compare
In 1997 they stood at #434 and #360 in Norway · Girls; by 1998 that had become #327 and #445.
Judith Compare
In 1997 they stood at #434 and #303 in Norway · Girls; by 1998 that had become #327 and #433.
Turid Compare
In 1996 they stood at #482 and #429 in Norway · Girls; by 1997 that had become #434 and #535.
Reidun Compare
In 1997 they stood at #482 and #359 in Norway · Girls; by 1998 that had become #327 and #412.

Moved ahead of Gry

Vanessa Compare
In 1995 they stood at #243 and #249 in Norway · Girls; by 1996 that had become #482 and #185.
Jennifer Compare
In 1999 they stood at #343 and #348 in Norway · Girls; by 2000 that had become #465 and #187.
Isabelle Compare
In 1995 they stood at #243 and #245 in Norway · Girls; by 1996 that had become #482 and #218.
Leah Compare
In 1999 they stood at #343 and #351 in Norway · Girls; by 2000 that had become #465 and #207.

Moved the opposite way to Gry

Ada Compare
Between 1945 and 2003 in Norway · Girls, Gry went from #303 to #547 while Ada went from #229 to #128.
Alma Compare
Between 1945 and 2003 in Norway · Girls, Gry went from #303 to #547 while Alma went from #293 to #154.
Anna Compare
Between 1945 and 2003 in Norway · Girls, Gry went from #303 to #547 while Anna went from #38 to #10.
Cecilie Compare
Between 1945 and 2003 in Norway · Girls, Gry went from #303 to #547 while Cecilie went from #359 to #103.

Moved the same way as Gry

Anita Compare
Between 1945 and 2003 in Norway · Girls, Gry went from #303 to #547 and Anita from #162 to #242.
Ann Compare
Between 1945 and 2003 in Norway · Girls, Gry went from #303 to #547 and Ann from #82 to #243.
Anne Compare
Between 1945 and 2003 in Norway · Girls, Gry went from #303 to #547 and Anne from #1 to #55.
Annie Compare
Between 1945 and 2003 in Norway · Girls, Gry went from #303 to #547 and Annie from #180 to #410.

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Recorded in official data for Norway from 1945 to 2003. Highest recorded position: #31 in Norway in 1969. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Gry

Gry at a glance

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Popularity journey

Gry by decade in Norway · Girls

Gry appears in

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Gry at a glance

Gry by decade in Norway · Girls

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