Arve

maleStatistical record

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

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

Arve: Recorded since 1945, it reached #55 in 1957, and it stood at #452 in 2025.

1registrar recorded it
64times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#55highest recorded position
17groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Arve's record

Held a top-100 place for 29 years running. Names by top-100 run

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–2025

View as table

Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#78
1946	#75
1947	#66
1948	#71
1949	#65
1950	#66
1951	#59
1952	#59
1953	#66
1954	#63
1955	#60
1956	#69
1957	#55
1958	#65
1959	#76
1960	#59
1961	#67
1962	#64
1963	#72
1964	#72
1965	#65
1966	#70
1967	#71
1968	#60
1969	#59
1970	#57
1971	#73
1972	#93
1973	#92
1974	#114
1975	#136
1976	#198
1977	#149
1978	#162
1979	#170
1980	#206
1981	#217
1982	#218
1983	#176
1984	#214
1985	#222
1986	#237
1987	#218
1988	#248
1989	#273
1990	#343
1991	#362
1992	#335
1993	#498
1994	#412
1995	#297
1996	#312
1997	#555
1998	#423
2000	#488
2001	#488
2003	#524
2005	#415
2006	#488
2007	#472
2010	#536
2012	#538
2018	#507
2025	#452

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 64 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 #78 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: #55 among boys in Norway, in 1957 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #452 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Arve 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 Arve in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	527	5 of 10	105
1950sbusiest	1,282	10 of 10	128
1960s	1,283	10 of 10	128
1970s	751	10 of 10	75
1980s	259	10 of 10	26
1990s	89	9 of 10	10
2000s	32	6 of 10	5
2010s	12	3 of 10	4
2020s	5	1 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 1950s were its busiest decade, averaging 128 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1970 and 1971, when recorded births fell by 33, from 154 to 121.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Arve 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: #55 in Norway in 1957.

Arve'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	#452	5	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#507	4	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#538	4	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#536	4	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#472	6	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#488	5	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#415	7	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#524	4	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#488	5	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#488	5	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#423	7	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#555	4	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#312	13	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#297	14	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#412	8	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#498	6	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#335	13	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#362	11	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#343	13	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#273	18	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#248	21	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#218	26	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#237	24	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#222	26	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#214	27	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#176	38	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#218	26	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#217	24	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#206	29	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#170	41	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#162	41	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#149	48	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#198	30	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#136	53	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#114	73	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#92	93	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#93	97	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#73	121	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#57	154	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#59	146	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#60	141	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#71	120	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#70	129	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#65	132	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#72	123	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#72	109	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#64	127	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#67	118	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#59	138	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#76	106	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#65	126	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#55	141	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#69	123	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#60	137	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#63	128	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#66	128	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#59	139	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#59	138	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#66	116	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#65	116	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#71	107	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#66	115	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#75	101	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#78	88	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 64 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #55, first reached in 1957.

It held a top-100 place in 29 years, 29 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 154 births, registered in Norway in 1970.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 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.

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Arushi · #905, 16y
Arvid · #34, 81y
Arvin · #291, 30y

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.

Ståle · #55, 63y
Rikke · #57, 69y
Tine · #53, 60y
Mariann · #52, 63y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Elsa · #55, 80y
Jonny · #55, 79y
Karina · #55, 71y
Ståle · #55, 63y

Arve was ranked #55 in Norway · Boys in 1957. 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.

Arve 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 Arve without appearing here.

Arve moved ahead of

Øystein Compare
In 2024 they stood at #507 and #360 in Norway · Boys; by 2025 that had become #452 and #523.
Arild Compare
In 2024 they stood at #507 and #506 in Norway · Boys; by 2025 that had become #452 and #489.
Vidar Compare
In 2024 they stood at #507 and #385 in Norway · Boys; by 2025 that had become #452 and #478.
Frank Compare
In 2024 they stood at #507 and #448 in Norway · Boys; by 2025 that had become #452 and #459.

Moved ahead of Arve

Edward Compare
In 1996 they stood at #312 and #359 in Norway · Boys; by 1997 that had become #555 and #260.
Alan Compare
In 2002 they stood at #488 and #527 in Norway · Boys; by 2003 that had become #524 and #232.
Noah Compare
In 1996 they stood at #312 and #332 in Norway · Boys; by 1997 that had become #555 and #274.
Scott Compare
In 1996 they stood at #312 and #426 in Norway · Boys; by 1997 that had become #555 and #293.

Moved the opposite way to Arve

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Arve went from #78 to #452 while Aksel went from #174 to #25.
Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Arve went from #78 to #452 while Alfred went from #127 to #26.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Arve went from #78 to #452 while Arthur went from #153 to #83.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Arve went from #78 to #452 while Daniel went from #280 to #66.

Moved the same way as Arve

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Arve went from #78 to #452 and Anders from #55 to #293.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Arve went from #78 to #452 and Arild from #32 to #489.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Arve went from #78 to #452 and Arne from #6 to #222.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Arve went from #78 to #452 and Bjørn from #3 to #56.

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 2025. Highest recorded position: #55 in Norway in 1957. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Arve

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Popularity journey

Arve by decade in Norway · Boys

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Arve at a glance

What stands out in Arve's record

Arve by decade in Norway · Boys

Arve appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Arve

Arve and the names beside it

Arve moved ahead of

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