Gunvor

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Gunvor: Recorded since 1945, its highest recorded position is #45, and it was last ranked in 2018.

1registrar recorded it
58times a registrar ranked it
74years from first to last
#45highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Girls

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1945–2018

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Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#45
1946	#60
1947	#65
1948	#49
1949	#61
1950	#53
1951	#70
1952	#77
1953	#82
1954	#92
1955	#86
1956	#111
1957	#112
1958	#114
1959	#129
1960	#117
1961	#124
1962	#147
1963	#128
1964	#149
1965	#168
1966	#162
1967	#142
1968	#187
1969	#196
1970	#241
1971	#277
1972	#286
1973	#446
1974	#288
1975	#321
1976	#376
1977	#502
1978	#365
1979	#571
1980	#520
1981	#403
1982	#424
1983	#358
1984	#402
1985	#514
1986	#604
1987	#450
1988	#519
1989	#530
1990	#654
1992	#473
1993	#572
1995	#533
1998	#431
1999	#510
2002	#615
2005	#595
2006	#598
2008	#592
2013	#531
2016	#473
2018	#478

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 58 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 #45 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: #45 among girls in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2018).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2018
Most recently recorded at #478 among girls in Norway, in 2018.
Norway · Girls

Gunvor 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 Gunvor in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	585	5 of 10	117
1950s	660	10 of 10	66
1960s	317	10 of 10	32
1970s	113	10 of 10	11
1980s	80	10 of 10	8
1990s	37	6 of 10	6
2000s	16	4 of 10	4
2010s	16	3 of 10	5

Across Norway · Girls, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 117 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1950 and 1951, when recorded births fell by 38, from 123 to 85.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Gunvor 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: #45 in Norway in 1945.

Gunvor'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	#478	5	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#473	6	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#531	5	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#592	4	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#598	4	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#595	4	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#615	4	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#510	6	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#431	8	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#533	6	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#572	5	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#473	8	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#654	4	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#530	7	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#519	7	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#450	9	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#604	5	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#514	7	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#402	10	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#358	11	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#424	9	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#403	9	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#520	6	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#571	5	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#365	10	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#502	6	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#376	10	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#321	12	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#288	15	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#446	7	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#286	15	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#277	15	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#241	18	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#196	23	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#187	25	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#142	36	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#162	29	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#168	25	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#149	31	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#128	37	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#147	31	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#124	39	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#117	41	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#129	35	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#114	46	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#112	41	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#111	48	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#86	65	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#92	60	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#82	74	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#77	83	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#70	85	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#53	123	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#61	103	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#49	131	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#65	103	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#60	119	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#45	129	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 58 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #45, first reached in 1945.

It held a top-100 place in 11 years, 11 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 131 births, registered in Norway in 1948.

Its record falls into 10 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 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.

Gunnvor · #175, 25y
Gunvald · #188, 14y
Gurbani · #1262, 13y
Gurdit · #1850, 13y

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.

Åge · #45, 57y
Christer · #44, 58y
Aase · #47, 58y
Brage · #43, 57y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Åge · #45, 57y
Bjarne · #45, 72y
Edvin · #45, 81y
Harriet · #45, 80y

Gunvor was ranked #45 in Norway · Girls in 1945. 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.

Gunvor 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 Gunvor without appearing here.

Gunvor moved ahead of

Wenche Compare
In 1998 they stood at #533 and #310 in Norway · Girls; by 1999 that had become #510 and #638.
Turid Compare
In 2015 they stood at #592 and #490 in Norway · Girls; by 2016 that had become #473 and #572.
Torill Compare
In 1998 they stood at #533 and #470 in Norway · Girls; by 1999 that had become #510 and #591.
Tove Compare
In 2015 they stood at #598 and #537 in Norway · Girls; by 2016 that had become #473 and #542.

Moved ahead of Gunvor

Lara Compare
In 2001 they stood at #510 and #520 in Norway · Girls; by 2002 that had become #615 and #300.
Jessica Compare
In 1976 they stood at #376 and #428 in Norway · Girls; by 1977 that had become #502 and #196.
Frida Compare
In 1976 they stood at #376 and #399 in Norway · Girls; by 1977 that had become #502 and #201.
Sienna Compare
In 2005 they stood at #595 and #616 in Norway · Girls; by 2006 that had become #598 and #309.

Moved the opposite way to Gunvor

Ada Compare
Between 1945 and 2018 in Norway · Girls, Gunvor went from #45 to #478 while Ada went from #229 to #7.
Alice Compare
Between 1945 and 2018 in Norway · Girls, Gunvor went from #45 to #478 while Alice went from #292 to #147.
Alma Compare
Between 1945 and 2018 in Norway · Girls, Gunvor went from #45 to #478 while Alma went from #293 to #17.
Anna Compare
Between 1945 and 2018 in Norway · Girls, Gunvor went from #45 to #478 while Anna went from #38 to #12.

Moved the same way as Gunvor

Anita Compare
Between 1945 and 2018 in Norway · Girls, Gunvor went from #45 to #478 and Anita from #162 to #444.
Anne Compare
Between 1945 and 2018 in Norway · Girls, Gunvor went from #45 to #478 and Anne from #1 to #130.
Annie Compare
Between 1945 and 2018 in Norway · Girls, Gunvor went from #45 to #478 and Annie from #180 to #284.
Åse Compare
Between 1945 and 2018 in Norway · Girls, Gunvor went from #45 to #478 and Åse from #25 to #165.

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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 2018. Highest recorded position: #45 in Norway in 1945. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Gunvor

Gunvor at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Gunvor by decade in Norway · Girls

Gunvor appears in

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Gunvor at a glance

Gunvor by decade in Norway · Girls

Gunvor appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1940s

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Gunvor and the names beside it

Gunvor moved ahead of

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