Borgar

maleStatistical record

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

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

Borgar: Recorded since 1945, its highest recorded position is #279, and it was last ranked in 2019.

1registrar recorded it
36times a registrar ranked it
75years from first to last
#279highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–2019

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#295
1946	#279
1949	#366
1954	#349
1955	#379
1956	#417
1959	#456
1963	#503
1964	#501
1970	#444
1973	#539
1974	#597
1975	#517
1977	#595
1978	#603
1979	#455
1981	#579
1984	#608
1990	#607
1991	#518
1994	#516
1996	#409
1997	#558
1999	#546
2000	#451
2001	#533
2002	#398
2003	#527
2004	#397
2005	#483
2007	#512
2009	#539
2011	#533
2012	#499
2014	#521
2019	#490

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 36 of the 75 years from 1945 to 2019.

Official data for Norway, 1945–2019 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #295 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2019
Highest recorded position: #279 among boys in Norway, in 1946 (recorded 1945–2019).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2019
Most recently recorded at #490 among boys in Norway, in 2019.
Norway · Boys

Borgar 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 Borgar in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	20	3 of 10	7
1950s	19	4 of 10	5
1960s	8	2 of 10	4
1970sbusiest	38	7 of 10	5
1980s	9	2 of 10	5
1990s	31	6 of 10	5
2000s	42	8 of 10	5
2010s	17	4 of 10	4

Across Norway · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Borgar 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 2019. Highest recorded position: #279 in Norway in 1946.

Borgar'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
2019	Norway	male	#490	4	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#521	4	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#499	5	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#533	4	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#539	4	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#512	5	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#483	5	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#397	7	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#527	4	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#398	7	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#533	4	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#451	6	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#546	4	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#558	4	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#409	8	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#516	5	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#518	6	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#607	4	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#608	4	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#579	5	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#455	8	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#603	4	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#595	4	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#517	6	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#597	4	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#539	5	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#444	7	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#501	4	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#503	4	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#456	4	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#417	4	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#379	5	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#349	6	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#366	4	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#279	9	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#295	7	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 2019, ranked in 36 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #279, first reached in 1946.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in Norway in 1946.

Its record falls into 19 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 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.

8decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 8 decades →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
19separate stretches the record falls into10 or more separate stretches →
5 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#490position in 2019, its most recent recorded year
9births registered in its largest year, 1946Under 25 births →

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.

Bora · #2175, 19y
Boran · #1252, 16y
Børge · #107, 68y
Borghild · #115, 61y

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.

Trine-Lise · #276, 37y
May-Liss · #275, 32y
Hans-Petter · #273, 39y
Inghild · #273, 32y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Fatma · #282, 68y
Kato · #282, 35y
Trine-Lise · #276, 37y
Edit · #283, 13y

Borgar was ranked #279 in Norway · Boys in 1946. 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.

Borgar 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 Borgar without appearing here.

Borgar moved ahead of

Raymond Compare
In 2004 they stood at #527 and #476 in Norway · Boys; by 2005 that had become #483 and #553.
Glenn Compare
In 2011 they stood at #539 and #431 in Norway · Boys; by 2012 that had become #499 and #545.
Ronald Compare
In 1998 they stood at #558 and #536 in Norway · Boys; by 1999 that had become #546 and #571.
Terje Compare
In 2013 they stood at #499 and #372 in Norway · Boys; by 2014 that had become #521 and #539.

Moved ahead of Borgar

Joakim Compare
In 1972 they stood at #444 and #492 in Norway · Boys; by 1973 that had become #539 and #168.
Kevin Compare
In 1972 they stood at #444 and #462 in Norway · Boys; by 1973 that had become #539 and #245.
Elias Compare
In 1980 they stood at #455 and #488 in Norway · Boys; by 1981 that had become #579 and #343.
Brian Compare
In 1993 they stood at #518 and #520 in Norway · Boys; by 1994 that had become #516 and #281.

Moved the opposite way to Borgar

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 2019 in Norway · Boys, Borgar went from #295 to #490 while Aksel went from #174 to #12.
Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 2019 in Norway · Boys, Borgar went from #295 to #490 while Alfred went from #127 to #37.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 2019 in Norway · Boys, Borgar went from #295 to #490 while Andreas went from #140 to #61.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 2019 in Norway · Boys, Borgar went from #295 to #490 while Daniel went from #280 to #33.

Moved the same way as Borgar

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 2019 in Norway · Boys, Borgar went from #295 to #490 and Anders from #55 to #267.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 2019 in Norway · Boys, Borgar went from #295 to #490 and Arild from #32 to #452.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2019 in Norway · Boys, Borgar went from #295 to #490 and Arne from #6 to #213.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1945 and 2019 in Norway · Boys, Borgar went from #295 to #490 and Bjørn from #3 to #87.

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 2019. Highest recorded position: #279 in Norway in 1946. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Borgar

Borgar at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Borgar by decade in Norway · Boys

Borgar appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Borgar at a glance

Borgar by decade in Norway · Boys

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What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Borgar

Borgar and the names beside it

Borgar moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Borgar

Moved the opposite way to Borgar

Moved the same way as Borgar