Ansgar

maleStatistical record

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

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

Ansgar: Recorded since 1945, with a gap of 49 years, its highest recorded position is #188, and it stood at #450 in 2025.

1registrar recorded it
22times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#188highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Ansgar's record

Absent from every published list for 49 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–2025

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#188
1946	#243
1947	#250
1948	#246
1949	#195
1950	#301
1951	#374
1952	#293
1953	#327
1954	#407
1955	#353
1956	#333
1958	#330
1959	#377
1960	#436
1961	#418
1967	#485
1971	#544
2021	#459
2022	#462
2023	#497
2025	#450

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 22 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 #188 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: #188 among boys in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #450 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Ansgar 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 Ansgar in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	71	5 of 10	14
1950s	56	9 of 10	6
1960s	15	3 of 10	5
1970s	5	1 of 10	5
2020s	17	4 of 10	4

Across Norway · Boys, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 14 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Ansgar 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: #188 in Norway in 1945.

Ansgar'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	#450	5	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#497	4	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#462	4	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#459	4	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#544	5	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#485	5	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#418	5	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#436	5	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#377	6	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#330	8	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#333	7	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#353	6	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#407	4	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#327	6	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#293	8	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#374	4	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#301	7	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#195	18	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#246	11	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#250	11	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#243	12	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#188	19	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 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #188, first reached in 1945.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 19 births, registered in Norway in 1945.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 49 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.

Anoushka · #712, 29y
Ansel · #1595, 20y
Ansh · #582, 24y
Anshika · #3148, 17y

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.

Gerardine · #189, 17y
Ingolf · #187, 26y
Oddvin · #187, 27y
Venche · #190, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Eldar · #188, 69y
Gunvald · #188, 14y
Tarjei · #188, 67y
Torleiv · #188, 31y

Ansgar was ranked #188 in Norway · Boys in 1945. 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.

Ansgar 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 Ansgar without appearing here.

Ansgar moved ahead of

Øystein Compare
In 2024 they stood at #497 and #450 in Norway · Boys; by 2025 that had become #450 and #523.
Stig Compare
In 2020 they stood at #544 and #16 in Norway · Boys; by 2021 that had become #459 and #493.
Vidar Compare
In 2024 they stood at #497 and #401 in Norway · Boys; by 2025 that had become #450 and #478.
Frank Compare
In 2024 they stood at #497 and #362 in Norway · Boys; by 2025 that had become #450 and #459.

Moved ahead of Ansgar

Isak Compare
In 2020 they stood at #418 and #472 in Norway · Boys; by 2021 that had become #459 and #4.
Ludvig Compare
In 2020 they stood at #418 and #441 in Norway · Boys; by 2021 that had become #459 and #28.
Oscar Compare
In 2020 they stood at #544 and #569 in Norway · Boys; by 2021 that had become #459 and #41.
Levi Compare
In 2020 they stood at #327 and #390 in Norway · Boys; by 2021 that had become #459 and #77.

Moved the opposite way to Ansgar

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Ansgar went from #188 to #450 while Aksel went from #174 to #25.
Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Ansgar went from #188 to #450 while Alfred went from #127 to #26.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Ansgar went from #188 to #450 while Arthur went from #153 to #83.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Ansgar went from #188 to #450 while Daniel went from #280 to #66.

Moved the same way as Ansgar

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Ansgar went from #188 to #450 and Anders from #55 to #293.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Ansgar went from #188 to #450 and Arild from #32 to #489.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Ansgar went from #188 to #450 and Arne from #6 to #222.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Ansgar went from #188 to #450 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: #188 in Norway in 1945. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Ansgar

Ansgar at a glance

What stands out in Ansgar's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ansgar by decade in Norway · Boys

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Popularity data

What the record shows

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Ansgar at a glance

What stands out in Ansgar's record

Ansgar by decade in Norway · Boys

Ansgar 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 Ansgar

Ansgar and the names beside it

Ansgar moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ansgar

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