Arnfinn

maleStatistical record

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

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

Arnfinn: Recorded since 1945, it reached #58 in 1952, and it was last ranked in 1998.

1registrar recorded it
52times a registrar ranked it
54years from first to last
#58highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–1998

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#84
1946	#90
1947	#74
1948	#76
1949	#86
1950	#78
1951	#82
1952	#58
1953	#72
1954	#80
1955	#74
1956	#77
1957	#82
1958	#82
1959	#89
1960	#97
1961	#97
1962	#106
1963	#109
1964	#105
1965	#139
1966	#133
1967	#160
1968	#156
1969	#158
1970	#181
1971	#174
1972	#200
1973	#268
1974	#200
1975	#299
1976	#352
1977	#252
1978	#245
1979	#264
1980	#300
1981	#307
1982	#299
1983	#343
1984	#433
1985	#492
1986	#562
1987	#559
1988	#467
1989	#609
1990	#448
1991	#562
1992	#450
1993	#581
1994	#560
1997	#493
1998	#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 54 years from 1945 to 1998.

Official data for Norway, 1945–1998 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #84 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–1998
Highest recorded position: #58 among boys in Norway, in 1952 (recorded 1945–1998).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1998
Most recently recorded at #544 among boys in Norway, in 1998.
Norway · Boys

Arnfinn 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 Arnfinn in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	423	5 of 10	85
1950sbusiest	1,002	10 of 10	100
1960s	564	10 of 10	56
1970s	234	10 of 10	23
1980s	96	10 of 10	10
1990s	37	7 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 1950s were its busiest decade, averaging 100 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1951 and 1952, when recorded births rose by 55, from 86 to 141.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Arnfinn 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 1998. Highest recorded position: #58 in Norway in 1952.

Arnfinn'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
1998	Norway	male	#544	4	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#493	5	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#560	4	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#581	4	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#450	7	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#562	5	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#448	8	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#609	4	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#467	8	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#559	5	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#562	5	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#492	7	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#433	9	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#343	13	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#299	16	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#307	14	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#300	15	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#264	18	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#245	21	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#252	19	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#352	12	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#299	14	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#200	31	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#268	17	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#200	32	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#174	37	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#181	33	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#158	42	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#156	44	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#160	40	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#133	54	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#139	48	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#105	70	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#109	65	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#106	63	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#97	70	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#97	68	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#89	82	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#82	89	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#82	88	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#77	109	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#74	110	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#80	96	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#72	110	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#58	141	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#82	86	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#78	91	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#86	78	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#76	94	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#74	101	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#90	75	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#84	75	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 1998, ranked in 52 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #58, first reached in 1952.

It held a top-100 place in 17 years, 17 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 141 births, registered in Norway in 1952.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 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.

Arnav · #542, 26y
Arne · #5, 81y
Arnhild · #104, 43y
Arnie · #389, 28y

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.

Sølvi · #58, 56y
Iselin · #60, 51y
Aslaug · #63, 52y
Karianne · #64, 56y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Helga · #58, 70y
Sølvi · #58, 56y
Ali · #57, 80y
Edvard · #59, 80y

Arnfinn was ranked #58 in Norway · Boys in 1952. 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.

Arnfinn 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 Arnfinn without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Arnfinn

Lukas Compare
In 1988 they stood at #467 and #548 in Norway · Boys; by 1989 that had become #609 and #335.
Brian Compare
In 1988 they stood at #467 and #500 in Norway · Boys; by 1989 that had become #609 and #346.
Ludvig Compare
In 1990 they stood at #448 and #465 in Norway · Boys; by 1991 that had become #562 and #325.
Arthur Compare
In 1990 they stood at #448 and #449 in Norway · Boys; by 1991 that had become #562 and #328.

Moved the opposite way to Arnfinn

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 1998 in Norway · Boys, Arnfinn went from #84 to #544 while Anders went from #55 to #19.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 1998 in Norway · Boys, Arnfinn went from #84 to #544 while Andreas went from #140 to #2.
Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 1998 in Norway · Boys, Arnfinn went from #84 to #544 while Christian went from #161 to #32.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 1998 in Norway · Boys, Arnfinn went from #84 to #544 while Daniel went from #280 to #4.

Moved the same way as Arnfinn

Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 1998 in Norway · Boys, Arnfinn went from #84 to #544 and Alfred from #127 to #320.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 1998 in Norway · Boys, Arnfinn went from #84 to #544 and Arild from #32 to #260.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 1998 in Norway · Boys, Arnfinn went from #84 to #544 and Arne from #6 to #136.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 1998 in Norway · Boys, Arnfinn went from #84 to #544 and Arthur from #153 to #282.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
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 1998. Highest recorded position: #58 in Norway in 1952. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Arnfinn

Arnfinn at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Arnfinn by decade in Norway · Boys

Arnfinn appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Arnfinn

Arnfinn and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Arnfinn

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Arnfinn at a glance

Arnfinn by decade in Norway · Boys

Arnfinn 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 Arnfinn

Arnfinn and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Arnfinn

Moved the opposite way to Arnfinn

Moved the same way as Arnfinn