Oddny

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Oddny: Recorded since 1945, it reached #87 in 1953, and it was last ranked in 1984.

1registrar recorded it
39times a registrar ranked it
40years from first to last
#87highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Girls

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1945–1984

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Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#91
1946	#90
1947	#106
1948	#108
1949	#92
1950	#116
1951	#103
1952	#93
1953	#87
1954	#114
1955	#113
1956	#102
1957	#135
1958	#108
1959	#114
1960	#134
1961	#123
1962	#139
1963	#154
1964	#179
1965	#217
1966	#192
1967	#222
1968	#204
1969	#282
1970	#264
1971	#268
1972	#212
1973	#350
1974	#343
1975	#409
1976	#384
1977	#618
1978	#482
1979	#589
1980	#588
1981	#595
1982	#553
1984	#666

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 39 of the 40 years from 1945 to 1984.

Official data for Norway, 1945–1984 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #91 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–1984
Highest recorded position: #87 among girls in Norway, in 1953 (recorded 1945–1984).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1984
Most recently recorded at #666 among girls in Norway, in 1984.
Norway · Girls

Oddny 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 Oddny in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	299	5 of 10	60
1950s	483	10 of 10	48
1960s	257	10 of 10	26
1970s	113	10 of 10	11
1980s	20	4 of 10	5

Across Norway · Girls, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 60 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Oddny 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 1984. Highest recorded position: #87 in Norway in 1953.

Oddny'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
1984	Norway	female	#666	4	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#553	6	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#595	5	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#588	5	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#589	5	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#482	7	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#618	4	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#384	10	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#409	9	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#343	12	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#350	11	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#212	23	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#268	16	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#264	16	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#282	14	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#204	22	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#222	20	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#192	22	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#217	19	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#179	24	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#154	29	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#139	34	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#123	40	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#134	33	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#114	43	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#108	49	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#135	33	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#102	53	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#113	45	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#114	43	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#87	63	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#93	58	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#103	53	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#116	43	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#92	63	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#108	54	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#106	55	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#90	67	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#91	60	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 1984, ranked in 39 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #87, first reached in 1953.

It held a top-100 place in 5 years, 2 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 67 births, registered in Norway in 1946.

Its record falls into 2 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.

Oddleif · #237, 20y
Oddmund · #105, 50y
Oddrun · #105, 39y
Oddvar · #38, 73y

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.

Solbjørg · #87, 44y
Aage · #85, 38y
Tordis · #83, 35y
Viljar · #91, 37y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Axel · #87, 79y
Solbjørg · #87, 44y
Birgitte · #86, 69y
Karla · #88, 53y

Oddny was ranked #87 in Norway · Girls in 1953. 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.

Oddny 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 Oddny without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Oddny

Jessica Compare
In 1976 they stood at #384 and #428 in Norway · Girls; by 1977 that had become #618 and #196.
Frida Compare
In 1976 they stood at #384 and #399 in Norway · Girls; by 1977 that had become #618 and #201.
Emma Compare
In 1976 they stood at #384 and #422 in Norway · Girls; by 1977 that had become #618 and #240.
Annie Compare
In 1976 they stood at #384 and #486 in Norway · Girls; by 1977 that had become #618 and #297.

Moved the opposite way to Oddny

Anita Compare
Between 1945 and 1984 in Norway · Girls, Oddny went from #91 to #666 while Anita went from #162 to #34.
Ann Compare
Between 1945 and 1984 in Norway · Girls, Oddny went from #91 to #666 while Ann went from #82 to #39.
Anna Compare
Between 1945 and 1984 in Norway · Girls, Oddny went from #91 to #666 while Anna went from #38 to #15.
Cecilie Compare
Between 1945 and 1984 in Norway · Girls, Oddny went from #91 to #666 while Cecilie went from #359 to #27.

Moved the same way as Oddny

Ada Compare
Between 1945 and 1984 in Norway · Girls, Oddny went from #91 to #666 and Ada from #229 to #535.
Anne Compare
Between 1945 and 1984 in Norway · Girls, Oddny went from #91 to #666 and Anne from #1 to #3.
Annie Compare
Between 1945 and 1984 in Norway · Girls, Oddny went from #91 to #666 and Annie from #180 to #377.
Åse Compare
Between 1945 and 1984 in Norway · Girls, Oddny went from #91 to #666 and Åse from #25 to #140.

What's not yet available

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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 1984. Highest recorded position: #87 in Norway in 1953. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Oddny

Oddny at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Oddny by decade in Norway · Girls

Oddny appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Oddny

Oddny and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Oddny

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Oddny at a glance

Oddny by decade in Norway · Girls

Oddny 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 Oddny

Oddny and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Oddny

Moved the opposite way to Oddny

Moved the same way as Oddny