Ståle

maleStatistical record

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

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

Ståle: Recorded since 1945, it reached #55 in 1968, and it was last ranked in 2013.

1registrar recorded it
63times a registrar ranked it
69years from first to last
#55highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–2013

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#151
1946	#153
1947	#136
1948	#131
1949	#121
1950	#119
1951	#119
1952	#115
1953	#102
1954	#108
1955	#105
1956	#113
1957	#90
1958	#98
1959	#81
1960	#95
1961	#83
1962	#77
1963	#76
1964	#71
1965	#66
1966	#66
1967	#56
1968	#55
1969	#55
1970	#56
1971	#55
1972	#60
1973	#68
1974	#77
1975	#65
1976	#86
1977	#81
1978	#87
1979	#99
1980	#130
1981	#140
1982	#156
1983	#178
1984	#189
1985	#179
1986	#158
1987	#216
1988	#227
1989	#195
1990	#192
1991	#253
1992	#266
1993	#242
1994	#463
1995	#434
1996	#454
1997	#282
1998	#294
1999	#393
2000	#484
2001	#566
2002	#358
2005	#510
2006	#564
2010	#566
2011	#520
2013	#558

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 63 of the 69 years from 1945 to 2013.

Official data for Norway, 1945–2013 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #151 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2013
Highest recorded position: #55 among boys in Norway, in 1968 (recorded 1945–2013).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2013
Most recently recorded at #558 among boys in Norway, in 2013.
Norway · Boys

Ståle 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 Ståle in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	184	5 of 10	37
1950s	616	10 of 10	62
1960sbusiest	1,253	10 of 10	125
1970s	1,188	10 of 10	119
1980s	404	10 of 10	40
1990s	161	10 of 10	16
2000s	28	5 of 10	6
2010s	13	3 of 10	4

Across Norway · Boys, the 1960s were its busiest decade, averaging 125 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1975 and 1976, when recorded births fell by 27, from 124 to 97.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Ståle 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 2013. Highest recorded position: #55 in Norway in 1971.

Ståle'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
2013	Norway	male	#558	4	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#520	5	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#566	4	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#564	4	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#510	5	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#358	9	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#566	4	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#484	6	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#393	9	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#294	15	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#282	16	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#454	7	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#434	8	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#463	7	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#242	24	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#266	20	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#253	22	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#192	33	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#195	34	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#227	25	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#216	27	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#158	46	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#179	37	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#189	35	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#178	38	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#156	46	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#140	54	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#130	62	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#99	83	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#87	93	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#81	98	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#86	97	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#65	124	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#77	110	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#68	129	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#60	142	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#55	156	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#56	156	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#55	162	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#55	168	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#56	161	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#66	135	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#66	131	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#71	124	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#76	106	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#77	100	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#83	91	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#95	75	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#81	92	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#98	72	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#90	78	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#113	55	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#105	61	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#108	56	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#102	61	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#115	48	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#119	45	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#119	48	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#121	43	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#131	41	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#136	37	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#153	33	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#151	30	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 2013, ranked in 63 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #55, first reached in 1968.

It held a top-100 place in 23 years, 23 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 168 births, registered in Norway in 1968.

Its record falls into 4 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.

Stacie · #446, 22y
Stacy · #178, 41y
Stan · #324, 29y
Stanislav · #527, 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.

Arve · #55, 64y
Bendik · #56, 58y
Tine · #53, 60y
Mariann · #52, 63y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Arve · #55, 64y
Elsa · #55, 80y
Jonny · #55, 79y
Karina · #55, 71y

Ståle was ranked #55 in Norway · Boys in 1968. 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.

Ståle 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 Ståle without appearing here.

Ståle moved ahead of

Stig Compare
In 2010 they stood at #566 and #524 in Norway · Boys; by 2011 that had become #520 and #559.
Harry Compare
In 1956 they stood at #113 and #104 in Norway · Boys; by 1957 that had become #90 and #112.

Moved ahead of Ståle

Ulrik Compare
In 1993 they stood at #242 and #260 in Norway · Boys; by 1994 that had become #463 and #169.
Anthony Compare
In 2005 they stood at #358 and #461 in Norway · Boys; by 2006 that had become #564 and #328.
Theodor Compare
In 1993 they stood at #242 and #350 in Norway · Boys; by 1994 that had become #463 and #229.
Phillip Compare
In 1999 they stood at #393 and #487 in Norway · Boys; by 2000 that had become #484 and #254.

Moved the opposite way to Ståle

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 2013 in Norway · Boys, Ståle went from #151 to #558 while Aksel went from #174 to #18.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 2013 in Norway · Boys, Ståle went from #151 to #558 while Andreas went from #140 to #26.
Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 2013 in Norway · Boys, Ståle went from #151 to #558 while Christian went from #161 to #72.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 2013 in Norway · Boys, Ståle went from #151 to #558 while Daniel went from #280 to #10.

Moved the same way as Ståle

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 2013 in Norway · Boys, Ståle went from #151 to #558 and Anders from #55 to #202.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2013 in Norway · Boys, Ståle went from #151 to #558 and Arne from #6 to #169.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1945 and 2013 in Norway · Boys, Ståle went from #151 to #558 and Bjørn from #3 to #111.
Dag Compare
Between 1945 and 2013 in Norway · Boys, Ståle went from #151 to #558 and Dag from #48 to #430.

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Recorded in official data for Norway from 1945 to 2013. Highest recorded position: #55 in Norway in 1971. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Ståle

Ståle at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ståle by decade in Norway · Boys

Ståle appears in

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Ståle at a glance

Ståle by decade in Norway · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1940s

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Ståle moved ahead of

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