Torleif

maleStatistical record

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

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

Torleif: Recorded since 1945, with a gap of 10 years, its highest recorded position is #112, and it was last ranked in 2015.

1registrar recorded it
52times a registrar ranked it
71years from first to last
#112highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Torleif's record

Absent from every published list for 10 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–2015

View as table

Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#123
1946	#112
1947	#114
1948	#136
1949	#117
1950	#114
1951	#150
1952	#135
1953	#159
1954	#181
1955	#161
1956	#168
1957	#159
1958	#145
1959	#163
1960	#216
1961	#177
1962	#248
1963	#184
1964	#241
1965	#267
1966	#306
1967	#283
1968	#348
1969	#307
1970	#310
1971	#316
1972	#334
1973	#319
1974	#421
1975	#542
1976	#529
1977	#437
1978	#404
1980	#446
1981	#479
1983	#513
1984	#374
1985	#568
1986	#639
1988	#611
1989	#485
1990	#648
1991	#639
1992	#571
1993	#573
1995	#514
1996	#601
1997	#600
2002	#557
2013	#519
2015	#544

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 52 of the 71 years from 1945 to 2015.

Official data for Norway, 1945–2015 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #123 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2015
Highest recorded position: #112 among boys in Norway, in 1946 (recorded 1945–2015).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2015
Most recently recorded at #544 among boys in Norway, in 2015.
Norway · Boys

Torleif 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 Torleif in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	228	5 of 10	46
1950s	318	10 of 10	32
1960s	171	10 of 10	17
1970s	96	9 of 10	11
1980s	59	8 of 10	7
1990s	32	7 of 10	5
2000s	4	1 of 10	4
2010s	9	2 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 46 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Torleif 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 2015. Highest recorded position: #112 in Norway in 1946.

Torleif'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
2015	Norway	male	#544	4	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#519	5	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#557	4	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#600	4	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#601	4	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#514	6	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#573	5	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#571	5	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#639	4	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#648	4	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#485	8	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#611	5	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#639	4	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#568	6	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#374	12	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#513	7	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#479	8	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#446	9	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#404	10	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#437	9	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#529	6	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#542	6	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#421	10	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#319	14	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#334	13	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#316	14	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#310	14	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#307	14	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#348	11	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#283	14	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#306	13	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#267	16	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#241	17	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#184	25	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#248	15	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#177	28	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#216	18	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#163	29	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#145	34	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#159	28	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#168	28	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#161	28	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#181	22	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#159	30	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#135	37	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#150	31	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#114	51	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#117	45	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#136	39	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#114	50	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#112	53	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#123	41	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 2015, ranked in 52 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #112, first reached in 1946.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 53 births, registered in Norway in 1946.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 10 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.

Torkil · #314, 48y
Torkild · #288, 34y
Torleiv · #188, 31y
Tormod · #85, 80y

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.

Anine · #112, 55y
Bengt · #112, 51y
Øistein · #112, 47y
Ernst · #111, 49y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Bengt · #112, 51y
Øistein · #112, 47y
Thorbjørn · #112, 75y
Ernst · #111, 49y

Torleif was ranked #112 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.

Torleif 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 Torleif without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Torleif

Joshua Compare
In 1995 they stood at #514 and #535 in Norway · Boys; by 1996 that had become #601 and #278.
Phillip Compare
In 1995 they stood at #514 and #554 in Norway · Boys; by 1996 that had become #601 and #307.
Gustav Compare
In 1984 they stood at #374 and #412 in Norway · Boys; by 1985 that had become #568 and #298.
Edward Compare
In 1989 they stood at #485 and #530 in Norway · Boys; by 1990 that had become #648 and #395.

Moved the opposite way to Torleif

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 2015 in Norway · Boys, Torleif went from #123 to #544 while Aksel went from #174 to #10.
Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 2015 in Norway · Boys, Torleif went from #123 to #544 while Alfred went from #127 to #49.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 2015 in Norway · Boys, Torleif went from #123 to #544 while Andreas went from #140 to #42.
Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 2015 in Norway · Boys, Torleif went from #123 to #544 while Christian went from #161 to #80.

Moved the same way as Torleif

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 2015 in Norway · Boys, Torleif went from #123 to #544 and Anders from #55 to #170.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2015 in Norway · Boys, Torleif went from #123 to #544 and Arne from #6 to #251.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1945 and 2015 in Norway · Boys, Torleif went from #123 to #544 and Bjørn from #3 to #158.
Dag Compare
Between 1945 and 2015 in Norway · Boys, Torleif went from #123 to #544 and Dag from #48 to #516.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 1945 to 2015. Highest recorded position: #112 in Norway in 1946. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Torleif

Torleif at a glance

What stands out in Torleif's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Torleif by decade in Norway · Boys

Torleif appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Torleif

Torleif and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Torleif

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Torleif at a glance

What stands out in Torleif's record

Torleif by decade in Norway · Boys

Torleif 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 Torleif

Torleif and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Torleif

Moved the opposite way to Torleif

Moved the same way as Torleif