Ketil

maleStatistical record

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

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

Ketil: Recorded since 1945, it reached #78 in 1966, and it was last ranked in 1997.

1registrar recorded it
51times a registrar ranked it
53years from first to last
#78highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–1997

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#274
1946	#257
1947	#203
1948	#198
1949	#151
1950	#120
1951	#140
1952	#144
1953	#106
1954	#99
1955	#96
1956	#89
1957	#85
1958	#83
1959	#87
1960	#85
1961	#86
1962	#91
1963	#91
1964	#86
1965	#89
1966	#78
1967	#87
1968	#78
1969	#80
1970	#80
1971	#96
1972	#110
1973	#113
1974	#118
1975	#119
1976	#132
1977	#152
1978	#160
1979	#228
1980	#208
1981	#189
1982	#252
1983	#233
1984	#220
1985	#283
1986	#296
1987	#366
1988	#329
1989	#460
1990	#304
1991	#335
1992	#463
1993	#510
1995	#498
1997	#572

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 51 of the 53 years from 1945 to 1997.

Official data for Norway, 1945–1997 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #274 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–1997
Highest recorded position: #78 among boys in Norway, in 1966 (recorded 1945–1997).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1997
Most recently recorded at #572 among boys in Norway, in 1997.
Norway · Boys

Ketil 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 Ketil in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	87	5 of 10	17
1950s	642	10 of 10	64
1960sbusiest	954	10 of 10	95
1970s	663	10 of 10	66
1980s	201	10 of 10	20
1990s	52	6 of 10	9

Across Norway · Boys, the 1960s were its busiest decade, averaging 95 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Ketil 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 1997. Highest recorded position: #78 in Norway in 1968.

Ketil'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
1997	Norway	male	#572	4	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#498	6	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#510	6	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#463	7	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#335	13	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#304	16	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#460	8	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#329	14	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#366	12	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#296	17	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#283	18	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#220	25	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#233	23	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#252	21	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#189	34	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#208	29	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#228	24	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#160	43	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#152	47	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#132	57	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#119	70	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#118	71	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#113	76	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#110	78	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#96	93	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#80	104	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#80	115	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#78	113	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#87	98	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#78	110	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#89	94	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#86	94	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#91	79	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#91	80	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#86	85	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#85	86	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#87	83	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#83	89	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#85	86	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#89	81	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#96	67	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#99	65	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#106	56	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#144	34	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#140	34	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#120	47	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#151	31	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#198	18	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#203	18	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#257	11	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#274	9	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 1997, ranked in 51 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #78, first reached in 1966.

It held a top-100 place in 18 years, 18 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 115 births, registered in Norway in 1969.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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.

Kester · #898, 28y
Kestutis · #293, 33y
Ketsia · #635, 17y
Keturah · #1970, 22y

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.

Thale · #77, 56y
Ulf · #79, 53y
Ann-Kristin · #73, 48y
Bent · #83, 56y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Anny · #79, 56y
Anton · #77, 81y
Elida · #77, 36y
Esther · #79, 81y

Ketil was ranked #78 in Norway · Boys in 1966. 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.

Ketil 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 Ketil without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Ketil

Phillip Compare
In 1996 they stood at #498 and #554 in Norway · Boys; by 1997 that had become #572 and #319.
Ian Compare
In 1996 they stood at #498 and #532 in Norway · Boys; by 1997 that had become #572 and #339.
Philip Compare
In 1986 they stood at #296 and #300 in Norway · Boys; by 1987 that had become #366 and #171.
Theodor Compare
In 1991 they stood at #335 and #342 in Norway · Boys; by 1992 that had become #463 and #301.

Moved the opposite way to Ketil

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 1997 in Norway · Boys, Ketil went from #274 to #572 while Aksel went from #174 to #100.
Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 1997 in Norway · Boys, Ketil went from #274 to #572 while Anders went from #55 to #14.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 1997 in Norway · Boys, Ketil went from #274 to #572 while Andreas went from #140 to #1.
Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 1997 in Norway · Boys, Ketil went from #274 to #572 while Christian went from #161 to #34.

Moved the same way as Ketil

Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 1997 in Norway · Boys, Ketil went from #274 to #572 and Alfred from #127 to #384.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 1997 in Norway · Boys, Ketil went from #274 to #572 and Arild from #32 to #251.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 1997 in Norway · Boys, Ketil went from #274 to #572 and Arne from #6 to #141.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 1997 in Norway · Boys, Ketil went from #274 to #572 and Arthur from #153 to #296.

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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 1997. Highest recorded position: #78 in Norway in 1968. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Ketil

Ketil at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ketil by decade in Norway · Boys

Ketil appears in

Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 1940s

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Ketil at a glance

Ketil by decade in Norway · Boys

Ketil 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 Ketil

Ketil and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Ketil

Moved the opposite way to Ketil

Moved the same way as Ketil