Ole-Petter

maleStatistical record

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

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

Ole-Petter: Recorded since 1959, it reached #388 in 1966, and it was last ranked in 2000.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
42years from first to last
#388highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1959–2000

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1959	#440
1960	#417
1964	#430
1966	#388
1967	#505
1970	#467
1971	#532
1972	#441
1973	#518
1974	#469
1975	#578
1977	#557
1979	#440
1980	#649
1981	#564
1982	#636
1983	#601
1986	#507
1987	#448
1988	#601
1989	#475
1990	#539
1991	#593
1992	#503
1993	#625
1994	#494
1995	#550
1997	#443
2000	#566

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 29 of the 42 years from 1959 to 2000.

Official data for Norway, 1959–2000 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1959
First recorded at #440 among boys in Norway in 1959 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1959–2000
Highest recorded position: #388 among boys in Norway, in 1966 (recorded 1959–2000).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2000
Most recently recorded at #566 among boys in Norway, in 2000.
Norway · Boys

Ole-Petter 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 Ole-Petter in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	5	1 of 10	5
1960s	27	4 of 10	7
1970sbusiest	54	8 of 10	7
1980s	48	8 of 10	6
1990s	39	7 of 10	6
2000s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Norway · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Ole-Petter 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 1959 to 2000. Highest recorded position: #388 in Norway in 1966.

Ole-Petter'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
2000	Norway	male	#566	4	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#443	7	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#550	5	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#494	6	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#625	4	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#503	6	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#593	5	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#539	6	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#475	8	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#601	5	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#448	9	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#507	7	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#601	5	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#636	4	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#564	6	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#649	4	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#440	9	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#557	5	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#578	5	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#469	8	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#518	6	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#441	8	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#532	6	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#467	7	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#505	5	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#388	9	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#430	7	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#417	6	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#440	5	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 1959 and 2000, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #388, first reached in 1966.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in Norway in 1966.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 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.

Ole-Kristian · #305, 39y
Ole-Martin · #216, 38y
Olea · #148, 26y
Olena · #247, 35y

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.

Arnie · #389, 28y
Dewi · #390, 29y
Une · #385, 32y
Henna · #383, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Haavard · #386, 21y
Rina · #391, 50y
Eilin · #395, 24y
Seyed · #395, 49y

Ole-Petter was ranked #388 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.

Ole-Petter 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 Ole-Petter without appearing here.

Ole-Petter moved ahead of

Jason Compare
In 1994 they stood at #494 and #484 in Norway · Boys; by 1995 that had become #550 and #595.

Moved ahead of Ole-Petter

Sondre Compare
In 1970 they stood at #467 and #510 in Norway · Boys; by 1971 that had become #532 and #220.
Kevin Compare
In 1972 they stood at #441 and #477 in Norway · Boys; by 1973 that had become #518 and #245.
Oliver Compare
In 1974 they stood at #469 and #572 in Norway · Boys; by 1975 that had become #578 and #328.
Theo Compare
In 1999 they stood at #443 and #541 in Norway · Boys; by 2000 that had become #566 and #318.

Moved the opposite way to Ole-Petter

Marcus Compare
Between 1966 and 2000 in Norway · Boys, Ole-Petter went from #388 to #566 while Marcus went from #464 to #26.
Sondre Compare
Between 1966 and 2000 in Norway · Boys, Ole-Petter went from #388 to #566 while Sondre went from #512 to #18.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 1959 to 2000. Highest recorded position: #388 in Norway in 1966. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Ole-Petter

Ole-Petter at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ole-Petter by decade in Norway · Boys

Ole-Petter appears in

Popularity data

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Ole-Petter moved ahead of

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Ole-Petter at a glance

Ole-Petter by decade in Norway · Boys

Ole-Petter appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Ole-Petter

Ole-Petter and the names beside it

Ole-Petter moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ole-Petter

Moved the opposite way to Ole-Petter