Arnulf

maleStatistical record

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

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

Arnulf: Recorded since 1945, its highest recorded position is #145, and it was last ranked in 1973.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#145highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–1973

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#145
1946	#175
1947	#157
1948	#164
1949	#164
1950	#200
1951	#192
1952	#215
1953	#214
1954	#190
1955	#255
1956	#203
1957	#282
1958	#249
1959	#309
1960	#242
1961	#301
1962	#349
1963	#286
1964	#445
1965	#352
1966	#294
1967	#334
1969	#504
1971	#465
1972	#544
1973	#488

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 27 of the 29 years from 1945 to 1973.

Official data for Norway, 1945–1973 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #145 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–1973
Highest recorded position: #145 among boys in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–1973).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1973
Most recently recorded at #488 among boys in Norway, in 1973.
Norway · Boys

Arnulf 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 Arnulf in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	142	5 of 10	28
1950s	149	10 of 10	15
1960s	88	9 of 10	10
1970s	18	3 of 10	6

Across Norway · Boys, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 28 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Arnulf 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 1973. Highest recorded position: #145 in Norway in 1945.

Arnulf'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
1973	Norway	male	#488	6	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#544	5	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#465	7	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#504	5	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#334	10	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#294	13	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#352	9	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#445	6	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#286	12	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#349	8	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#301	10	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#242	15	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#309	9	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#249	13	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#282	10	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#203	19	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#255	11	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#190	20	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#214	15	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#215	14	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#192	19	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#200	19	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#164	26	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#164	28	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#157	32	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#175	25	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#145	31	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 1973, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #145, first reached in 1945.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 32 births, registered in Norway in 1947.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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.

Arnstein · #116, 52y
Arnt · #75, 67y
Aro · #1991, 18y
Aroha · #99, 5y

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.

Bertine · #143, 23y
Anne-Karin · #142, 30y
Ffion · #148, 29y
Alfhild · #153, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Asgeir · #145, 61y
Kjartan · #145, 61y
Hassan · #144, 79y
Herdis · #144, 36y

Arnulf was ranked #145 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.

Arnulf 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 Arnulf without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Arnulf

Alexander Compare
In 1963 they stood at #286 and #355 in Norway · Boys; by 1964 that had become #445 and #221.
Arthur Compare
In 1968 they stood at #334 and #335 in Norway · Boys; by 1969 that had become #504 and #281.
Colin Compare
In 1971 they stood at #504 and #557 in Norway · Boys; by 1972 that had become #544 and #326.
Ben Compare
In 1968 they stood at #334 and #357 in Norway · Boys; by 1969 that had become #504 and #293.

Moved the opposite way to Arnulf

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 1973 in Norway · Boys, Arnulf went from #145 to #488 while Anders went from #55 to #23.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 1973 in Norway · Boys, Arnulf went from #145 to #488 while Andreas went from #140 to #84.
Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 1973 in Norway · Boys, Arnulf went from #145 to #488 while Christian went from #161 to #34.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 1973 in Norway · Boys, Arnulf went from #145 to #488 while Daniel went from #280 to #106.

Moved the same way as Arnulf

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 1973 in Norway · Boys, Arnulf went from #145 to #488 and Aksel from #174 to #279.
Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 1973 in Norway · Boys, Arnulf went from #145 to #488 and Alfred from #127 to #433.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 1973 in Norway · Boys, Arnulf went from #145 to #488 and Arne from #6 to #42.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1945 and 1973 in Norway · Boys, Arnulf went from #145 to #488 and Bjørn from #3 to #7.

What's not yet available

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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 1973. Highest recorded position: #145 in Norway in 1945. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Arnulf

Arnulf at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Arnulf by decade in Norway · Boys

Arnulf appears in

Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 1940s

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Arnulf at a glance

Arnulf by decade in Norway · Boys

Arnulf 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 Arnulf

Arnulf and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Arnulf

Moved the opposite way to Arnulf

Moved the same way as Arnulf