Agnar

maleStatistical record

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

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

Agnar: Recorded since 1945, it reached #132 in 1954, and it stood at #417 in 2025.

1registrar recorded it
45times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#132highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–2025

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#160
1946	#170
1947	#146
1948	#159
1949	#180
1950	#190
1951	#191
1952	#179
1953	#196
1954	#132
1955	#188
1956	#187
1957	#196
1958	#203
1959	#221
1960	#277
1961	#211
1962	#333
1963	#313
1964	#237
1965	#366
1966	#233
1967	#411
1968	#397
1969	#439
1970	#369
1971	#374
1972	#431
1973	#400
1975	#549
1976	#472
1977	#586
1978	#598
1979	#604
1982	#604
1985	#611
1988	#570
1995	#568
2000	#534
2010	#490
2013	#451
2014	#357
2019	#395
2022	#437
2025	#417

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 45 of the 81 years from 1945 to 2025.

Official data for Norway, 1945–2025 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #160 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #132 among boys in Norway, in 1954 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #417 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Agnar 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 Agnar in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	137	5 of 10	27
1950s	213	10 of 10	21
1960s	115	10 of 10	12
1970s	61	9 of 10	7
1980s	13	3 of 10	4
1990s	4	1 of 10	4
2000s	4	1 of 10	4
2010s	28	4 of 10	7
2020s	11	2 of 10	6

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 →

Agnar 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 2025. Highest recorded position: #132 in Norway in 1954.

Agnar'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
2025	Norway	male	#417	6	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#437	5	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#395	7	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#357	10	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#451	6	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#490	5	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#534	4	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#568	4	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#570	5	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#611	4	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#604	4	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#604	4	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#598	4	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#586	4	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#472	7	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#549	5	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#400	9	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#431	8	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#374	10	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#369	10	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#439	7	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#397	8	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#411	7	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#233	19	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#366	8	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#237	17	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#313	10	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#333	9	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#211	18	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#277	12	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#221	16	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#203	18	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#196	20	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#187	22	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#188	20	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#132	38	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#196	19	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#179	21	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#191	19	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#190	20	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#180	21	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#159	29	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#146	35	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#170	26	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#160	26	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 2025, ranked in 45 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #132, first reached in 1954.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 38 births, registered in Norway in 1954.

Its record falls into 12 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 9 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.

Åge · #45, 57y
Agha · #1949, 11y
Agne · #243, 22y
Agnes · #39, 81y

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.

Annbjørg · #131, 47y
Liss · #131, 44y
Gitte · #134, 40y
Jeppe · #134, 43y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Nelly · #132, 61y
Ana · #131, 74y
Annbjørg · #131, 47y
Jan-Erik · #133, 54y

Agnar was ranked #132 in Norway · Boys in 1954. 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.

Agnar 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 Agnar without appearing here.

Agnar moved ahead of

Rune Compare
In 2013 they stood at #534 and #201 in Norway · Boys; by 2014 that had become #357 and #506.
Vidar Compare
In 2013 they stood at #451 and #403 in Norway · Boys; by 2014 that had become #357 and #480.
Svein Compare
In 2012 they stood at #490 and #435 in Norway · Boys; by 2013 that had become #451 and #559.
Øystein Compare
In 2024 they stood at #437 and #436 in Norway · Boys; by 2025 that had become #417 and #523.

Moved ahead of Agnar

Lucas Compare
In 1994 they stood at #570 and #595 in Norway · Boys; by 1995 that had become #568 and #227.
Markus Compare
In 1974 they stood at #400 and #447 in Norway · Boys; by 1975 that had become #549 and #218.
Adrian Compare
In 1974 they stood at #400 and #485 in Norway · Boys; by 1975 that had become #549 and #228.
Edward Compare
In 1974 they stood at #400 and #585 in Norway · Boys; by 1975 that had become #549 and #317.

Moved the opposite way to Agnar

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Agnar went from #160 to #417 while Aksel went from #174 to #25.
Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Agnar went from #160 to #417 while Alfred went from #127 to #26.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Agnar went from #160 to #417 while Arthur went from #153 to #83.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Agnar went from #160 to #417 while Daniel went from #280 to #66.

Moved the same way as Agnar

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Agnar went from #160 to #417 and Anders from #55 to #293.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Agnar went from #160 to #417 and Arild from #32 to #489.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Agnar went from #160 to #417 and Arne from #6 to #222.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Agnar went from #160 to #417 and Bjørn from #3 to #56.

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 2025. Highest recorded position: #132 in Norway in 1954. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Agnar

Agnar at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Agnar by decade in Norway · Boys

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Agnar at a glance

Agnar by decade in Norway · Boys

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What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Agnar

Agnar and the names beside it

Agnar moved ahead of

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