Thorleif

maleStatistical record

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

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

Thorleif: Recorded since 1945, its highest recorded position is #152, and it was last ranked in 1990.

1registrar recorded it
37times a registrar ranked it
46years from first to last
#152highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–1990

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#173
1946	#152
1947	#185
1948	#162
1949	#168
1950	#158
1951	#195
1952	#202
1953	#203
1954	#223
1955	#237
1956	#207
1957	#263
1958	#196
1959	#292
1960	#237
1961	#248
1962	#311
1963	#270
1964	#328
1965	#348
1966	#370
1968	#557
1969	#265
1970	#511
1971	#406
1972	#532
1973	#425
1974	#581
1975	#582
1976	#627
1977	#433
1979	#420
1980	#661
1981	#571
1983	#639
1990	#595

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 37 of the 46 years from 1945 to 1990.

Official data for Norway, 1945–1990 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #173 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–1990
Highest recorded position: #152 among boys in Norway, in 1946 (recorded 1945–1990).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1990
Most recently recorded at #595 among boys in Norway, in 1990.
Norway · Boys

Thorleif 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 Thorleif in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	136	5 of 10	27
1950s	174	10 of 10	17
1960s	108	9 of 10	12
1970s	64	9 of 10	7
1980s	14	3 of 10	5
1990s	5	1 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 27 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Thorleif 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 1990. Highest recorded position: #152 in Norway in 1946.

Thorleif'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
1990	Norway	male	#595	5	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#639	4	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#571	6	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#661	4	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#420	10	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#433	9	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#627	4	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#582	5	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#581	5	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#425	9	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#532	6	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#406	10	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#511	6	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#265	17	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#557	4	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#370	10	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#348	10	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#328	11	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#270	14	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#311	11	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#248	15	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#237	16	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#292	11	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#196	20	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#263	12	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#207	19	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#237	13	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#223	15	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#203	18	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#202	17	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#195	19	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#158	30	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#168	26	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#162	29	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#185	23	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#152	34	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#173	24	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 1990, ranked in 37 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #152, first reached in 1946.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 34 births, registered in Norway in 1946.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 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.

Thore · #98, 46y
Thorin · #741, 12y
Thorstein · #235, 52y
Thorvald · #240, 48y

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.

Anne-Britt · #152, 35y
Torun · #153, 41y
Maj · #150, 42y
Margunn · #150, 40y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Anne-Britt · #152, 35y
Alfhild · #153, 24y
Eilif · #153, 59y
Torun · #153, 41y

Thorleif was ranked #152 in Norway · Boys in 1946. 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.

Thorleif 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 Thorleif without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Thorleif

Matthew Compare
In 1979 they stood at #420 and #505 in Norway · Boys; by 1980 that had become #661 and #281.
Brian Compare
In 1979 they stood at #420 and #428 in Norway · Boys; by 1980 that had become #661 and #317.
Alex Compare
In 1973 they stood at #425 and #533 in Norway · Boys; by 1974 that had become #581 and #270.
Simen Compare
In 1969 they stood at #265 and #289 in Norway · Boys; by 1970 that had become #511 and #205.

Moved the opposite way to Thorleif

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 1990 in Norway · Boys, Thorleif went from #173 to #595 while Anders went from #55 to #7.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 1990 in Norway · Boys, Thorleif went from #173 to #595 while Andreas went from #140 to #2.
Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 1990 in Norway · Boys, Thorleif went from #173 to #595 while Christian went from #161 to #17.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 1990 in Norway · Boys, Thorleif went from #173 to #595 while Daniel went from #280 to #3.

Moved the same way as Thorleif

Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 1990 in Norway · Boys, Thorleif went from #173 to #595 and Alfred from #127 to #479.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 1990 in Norway · Boys, Thorleif went from #173 to #595 and Arild from #32 to #179.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 1990 in Norway · Boys, Thorleif went from #173 to #595 and Arne from #6 to #96.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 1990 in Norway · Boys, Thorleif went from #173 to #595 and Arthur from #153 to #449.

What's not yet available

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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 1945 to 1990. Highest recorded position: #152 in Norway in 1946. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Thorleif

Thorleif at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Thorleif by decade in Norway · Boys

Thorleif appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Thorleif

Thorleif and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Thorleif

Moved the opposite way to Thorleif

Moved the same way as Thorleif

Thorleif at a glance

Thorleif by decade in Norway · Boys

Thorleif 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 Thorleif

Thorleif and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Thorleif

Moved the opposite way to Thorleif

Moved the same way as Thorleif