Oddgeir

maleStatistical record

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

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

Oddgeir: Recorded since 1945, it reached #160 in 1958, and it was last ranked in 1995.

1registrar recorded it
48times a registrar ranked it
51years from first to last
#160highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–1995

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#321
1946	#298
1947	#224
1948	#218
1949	#251
1950	#265
1951	#257
1952	#221
1953	#186
1954	#180
1955	#201
1956	#175
1957	#205
1958	#160
1959	#194
1960	#203
1961	#245
1962	#223
1963	#211
1964	#262
1965	#224
1966	#225
1967	#236
1968	#248
1969	#274
1970	#252
1971	#246
1972	#237
1973	#236
1974	#336
1975	#327
1976	#380
1977	#344
1978	#425
1979	#312
1980	#248
1981	#283
1982	#504
1983	#317
1984	#368
1985	#513
1986	#476
1988	#554
1990	#585
1991	#592
1993	#623
1994	#536
1995	#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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 48 of the 51 years from 1945 to 1995.

Official data for Norway, 1945–1995 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #321 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–1995
Highest recorded position: #160 among boys in Norway, in 1958 (recorded 1945–1995).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1995
Most recently recorded at #547 among boys in Norway, in 1995.
Norway · Boys

Oddgeir 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 Oddgeir in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	54	5 of 10	11
1950sbusiest	192	10 of 10	19
1960s	184	10 of 10	18
1970s	157	10 of 10	16
1980s	94	8 of 10	12
1990s	24	5 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 1950s were its busiest decade, averaging 19 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Oddgeir 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 1995. Highest recorded position: #160 in Norway in 1958.

Oddgeir'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
1995	Norway	male	#547	5	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#536	5	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#623	4	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#592	5	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#585	5	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#554	6	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#476	8	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#513	7	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#368	12	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#317	15	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#504	7	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#283	17	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#248	22	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#312	15	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#425	9	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#344	13	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#380	11	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#327	13	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#336	13	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#236	22	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#237	22	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#246	20	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#252	19	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#274	16	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#248	17	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#236	20	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#225	21	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#224	21	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#262	15	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#211	21	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#223	18	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#245	15	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#203	20	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#194	22	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#160	29	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#205	19	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#175	25	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#201	18	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#180	22	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#186	22	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#221	14	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#257	11	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#265	10	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#251	11	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#218	15	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#224	14	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#298	8	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#321	6	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 1995, ranked in 48 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #160, first reached in 1958.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 29 births, registered in Norway in 1958.

Its record falls into 4 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.

Oddbjørg · #89, 33y
Oddbjørn · #79, 62y
Oddlaug · #140, 21y
Oddleif · #237, 20y

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.

Beathe · #159, 47y
Ingvald · #157, 44y
Mons · #163, 49y
Svend · #154, 52y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Hilda · #160, 68y
Rannveig · #160, 58y
Beathe · #159, 47y
Maud · #161, 59y

Oddgeir was ranked #160 in Norway · Boys in 1958. 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.

Oddgeir 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 Oddgeir without appearing here.

Oddgeir moved ahead of

Ronald Compare
In 1985 they stood at #513 and #479 in Norway · Boys; by 1986 that had become #476 and #593.
Harry Compare
In 1994 they stood at #592 and #575 in Norway · Boys; by 1995 that had become #547 and #590.

Moved ahead of Oddgeir

Ulrik Compare
In 1987 they stood at #476 and #486 in Norway · Boys; by 1988 that had become #554 and #245.
Scott Compare
In 1992 they stood at #592 and #594 in Norway · Boys; by 1993 that had become #623 and #347.
Samuel Compare
In 1981 they stood at #283 and #358 in Norway · Boys; by 1982 that had become #504 and #239.
Philip Compare
In 1981 they stood at #283 and #318 in Norway · Boys; by 1982 that had become #504 and #246.

Moved the opposite way to Oddgeir

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 1995 in Norway · Boys, Oddgeir went from #321 to #547 while Anders went from #55 to #11.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 1995 in Norway · Boys, Oddgeir went from #321 to #547 while Andreas went from #140 to #2.
Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 1995 in Norway · Boys, Oddgeir went from #321 to #547 while Christian went from #161 to #28.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 1995 in Norway · Boys, Oddgeir went from #321 to #547 while Daniel went from #280 to #3.

Moved the same way as Oddgeir

Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 1995 in Norway · Boys, Oddgeir went from #321 to #547 and Alfred from #127 to #333.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 1995 in Norway · Boys, Oddgeir went from #321 to #547 and Arild from #32 to #218.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 1995 in Norway · Boys, Oddgeir went from #321 to #547 and Arne from #6 to #127.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 1995 in Norway · Boys, Oddgeir went from #321 to #547 and Arthur from #153 to #409.

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Recorded in official data for Norway from 1945 to 1995. Highest recorded position: #160 in Norway in 1958. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Oddgeir

Oddgeir at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Oddgeir by decade in Norway · Boys

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Oddgeir at a glance

Oddgeir by decade in Norway · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1940s

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Oddgeir and the names beside it

Oddgeir moved ahead of

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