Gunnhild

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Gunnhild: Recorded since 1945, it reached #166 in 1970, and it was last ranked in 2018.

1registrar recorded it
61times a registrar ranked it
74years from first to last
#166highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Girls

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1945–2018

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Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#181
1946	#173
1947	#189
1948	#196
1949	#182
1950	#208
1951	#204
1952	#193
1953	#282
1954	#209
1955	#229
1956	#196
1957	#259
1958	#196
1959	#210
1960	#283
1961	#245
1962	#248
1963	#191
1964	#208
1965	#283
1966	#224
1967	#210
1968	#176
1969	#211
1970	#166
1971	#220
1972	#209
1973	#234
1974	#230
1975	#306
1976	#242
1977	#254
1978	#229
1979	#185
1980	#176
1981	#279
1982	#209
1983	#232
1984	#320
1985	#396
1986	#411
1987	#396
1988	#336
1989	#290
1990	#476
1991	#338
1992	#326
1993	#493
1995	#532
1996	#442
1997	#466
1999	#426
2000	#466
2004	#522
2007	#514
2008	#591
2009	#554
2011	#582
2012	#578
2018	#515

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 61 of the 74 years from 1945 to 2018.

Official data for Norway, 1945–2018 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #181 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2018
Highest recorded position: #166 among girls in Norway, in 1970 (recorded 1945–2018).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2018
Most recently recorded at #515 among girls in Norway, in 2018.
Norway · Girls

Gunnhild 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 Gunnhild in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	111	5 of 10	22
1950s	167	10 of 10	17
1960s	180	10 of 10	18
1970s	215	10 of 10	22
1980s	170	10 of 10	17
1990s	70	8 of 10	9
2000s	27	5 of 10	5
2010s	12	3 of 10	4

Across Norway · Girls, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 22 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Gunnhild 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 2018. Highest recorded position: #166 in Norway in 1970.

Gunnhild'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
2018	Norway	female	#515	4	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#578	4	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#582	4	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#554	5	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#591	4	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#514	6	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#522	5	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#466	7	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#426	8	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#466	7	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#442	8	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#532	6	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#493	7	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#326	13	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#338	13	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#476	8	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#290	17	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#336	14	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#396	11	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#411	10	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#396	11	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#320	14	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#232	21	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#209	25	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#279	16	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#176	31	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#185	30	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#229	21	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#254	18	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#242	19	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#306	13	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#230	21	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#234	19	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#209	23	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#220	21	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#166	30	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#211	21	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#176	27	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#210	21	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#224	17	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#283	13	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#208	19	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#191	22	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#248	14	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#245	15	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#283	11	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#210	17	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#196	19	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#259	12	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#196	20	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#229	15	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#209	17	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#282	10	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#193	21	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#204	18	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#208	18	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#182	22	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#196	19	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#189	22	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#173	26	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#181	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 2018, ranked in 61 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #166, first reached in 1970.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 31 births, registered in Norway in 1980.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 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.

Gunnar · #10, 81y
Gunnbjørg · #203, 23y
Gunnlaug · #181, 21y
Gunnvor · #175, 25y

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.

Birte · #171, 56y
Rannveig · #160, 58y
Hermann · #174, 58y
Siren · #157, 66y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Eddie · #166, 55y
Mikal · #166, 69y
Torgunn · #166, 33y
Ulla · #166, 61y

Gunnhild was ranked #166 in Norway · Girls in 1970. 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.

Gunnhild 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 Gunnhild without appearing here.

Gunnhild moved ahead of

Vigdis Compare
In 1988 they stood at #336 and #312 in Norway · Girls; by 1989 that had become #290 and #595.
Gro Compare
In 1998 they stood at #466 and #343 in Norway · Girls; by 1999 that had become #426 and #614.
Wenche Compare
In 1995 they stood at #532 and #310 in Norway · Girls; by 1996 that had become #442 and #612.
Sissel Compare
In 1999 they stood at #466 and #360 in Norway · Girls; by 2000 that had become #466 and #627.

Moved ahead of Gunnhild

Paula Compare
In 2007 they stood at #514 and #619 in Norway · Girls; by 2008 that had become #591 and #332.
Sophie Compare
In 1989 they stood at #290 and #297 in Norway · Girls; by 1990 that had become #476 and #229.
Tiril Compare
In 1989 they stood at #290 and #311 in Norway · Girls; by 1990 that had become #476 and #234.
Alma Compare
In 1994 they stood at #493 and #520 in Norway · Girls; by 1995 that had become #532 and #299.

Moved the opposite way to Gunnhild

Ada Compare
Between 1945 and 2018 in Norway · Girls, Gunnhild went from #181 to #515 while Ada went from #229 to #7.
Alice Compare
Between 1945 and 2018 in Norway · Girls, Gunnhild went from #181 to #515 while Alice went from #292 to #147.
Alma Compare
Between 1945 and 2018 in Norway · Girls, Gunnhild went from #181 to #515 while Alma went from #293 to #17.
Anna Compare
Between 1945 and 2018 in Norway · Girls, Gunnhild went from #181 to #515 while Anna went from #38 to #12.

Moved the same way as Gunnhild

Anita Compare
Between 1945 and 2018 in Norway · Girls, Gunnhild went from #181 to #515 and Anita from #162 to #444.
Anne Compare
Between 1945 and 2018 in Norway · Girls, Gunnhild went from #181 to #515 and Anne from #1 to #130.
Annie Compare
Between 1945 and 2018 in Norway · Girls, Gunnhild went from #181 to #515 and Annie from #180 to #284.
Åse Compare
Between 1945 and 2018 in Norway · Girls, Gunnhild went from #181 to #515 and Åse from #25 to #165.

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Recorded in official data for Norway from 1945 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #166 in Norway in 1970. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Gunnhild

Gunnhild at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Gunnhild by decade in Norway · Girls

Gunnhild appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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Gunnhild and the names beside it

Gunnhild moved ahead of

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Gunnhild at a glance

Gunnhild by decade in Norway · Girls

Gunnhild appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Gunnhild

Gunnhild and the names beside it

Gunnhild moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Gunnhild

Moved the opposite way to Gunnhild

Moved the same way as Gunnhild