Dagfinn

maleStatistical record

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

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

Dagfinn: Recorded since 1945, its highest recorded position is #67, and it was last ranked in 1995.

1registrar recorded it
48times a registrar ranked it
51years from first to last
#67highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–1995

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#67
1946	#78
1947	#73
1948	#72
1949	#76
1950	#70
1951	#75
1952	#72
1953	#92
1954	#86
1955	#91
1956	#79
1957	#100
1958	#96
1959	#110
1960	#111
1961	#123
1962	#103
1963	#123
1964	#107
1965	#140
1966	#158
1967	#132
1968	#180
1969	#174
1970	#182
1971	#175
1972	#212
1973	#197
1974	#241
1975	#239
1976	#239
1977	#291
1978	#225
1979	#287
1980	#301
1981	#286
1982	#387
1983	#315
1984	#435
1985	#535
1986	#365
1987	#357
1988	#468
1989	#528
1991	#609
1993	#536
1995	#525

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 48 of the 51 years from 1945 to 1995.

Official data for Norway, 1945–1995 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #67 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–1995
Highest recorded position: #67 among boys in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–1995).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1995
Most recently recorded at #525 among boys in Norway, in 1995.
Norway · Boys

Dagfinn 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 Dagfinn in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	515	5 of 10	103
1950s	844	10 of 10	84
1960s	507	10 of 10	51
1970s	247	10 of 10	25
1980s	110	10 of 10	11
1990s	14	3 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 103 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1956 and 1957, when recorded births fell by 29, from 99 to 70.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Dagfinn 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 1995. Highest recorded position: #67 in Norway in 1945.

Dagfinn'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
1995	Norway	male	#525	5	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#536	5	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#609	4	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#528	6	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#468	8	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#357	12	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#365	12	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#535	6	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#435	9	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#315	15	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#387	11	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#286	16	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#301	15	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#287	16	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#225	24	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#291	15	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#239	21	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#239	21	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#241	21	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#197	31	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#212	28	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#175	37	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#182	33	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#174	37	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#180	33	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#132	53	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#158	38	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#140	48	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#107	70	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#123	51	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#103	69	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#123	51	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#111	57	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#110	62	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#96	73	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#100	70	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#79	99	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#91	77	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#86	86	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#92	75	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#72	102	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#75	95	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#70	105	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#76	91	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#72	107	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#73	103	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#78	98	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#67	116	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 1995, ranked in 48 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #67, first reached in 1945.

It held a top-100 place in 14 years, 14 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 116 births, registered in Norway in 1945.

Its record falls into 4 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.

Dafydd · #261, 28y
Dag · #19, 75y
Dagmar · #203, 26y
Dagmara · #937, 13y

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.

Malene · #66, 50y
Olaug · #68, 53y
Erle · #64, 44y
Aslaug · #63, 52y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Ebba · #67, 43y
Martha · #67, 81y
Kristen · #66, 78y
Malene · #66, 50y

Dagfinn was ranked #67 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.

Dagfinn 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 Dagfinn without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Dagfinn

Joseph Compare
In 1984 they stood at #435 and #504 in Norway · Boys; by 1985 that had become #535 and #272.
Ulrik Compare
In 1987 they stood at #357 and #373 in Norway · Boys; by 1988 that had become #468 and #245.
Tobias Compare
In 1983 they stood at #315 and #325 in Norway · Boys; by 1984 that had become #435 and #224.
Kasper Compare
In 1987 they stood at #357 and #364 in Norway · Boys; by 1988 that had become #468 and #271.

Moved the opposite way to Dagfinn

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 1995 in Norway · Boys, Dagfinn went from #67 to #525 while Anders went from #55 to #11.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 1995 in Norway · Boys, Dagfinn went from #67 to #525 while Andreas went from #140 to #2.
Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 1995 in Norway · Boys, Dagfinn went from #67 to #525 while Christian went from #161 to #28.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 1995 in Norway · Boys, Dagfinn went from #67 to #525 while Daniel went from #280 to #3.

Moved the same way as Dagfinn

Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 1995 in Norway · Boys, Dagfinn went from #67 to #525 and Alfred from #127 to #333.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 1995 in Norway · Boys, Dagfinn went from #67 to #525 and Arild from #32 to #218.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 1995 in Norway · Boys, Dagfinn went from #67 to #525 and Arne from #6 to #127.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 1995 in Norway · Boys, Dagfinn went from #67 to #525 and Arthur from #153 to #409.

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 1995. Highest recorded position: #67 in Norway in 1945. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Dagfinn

Dagfinn at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Dagfinn by decade in Norway · Boys

Dagfinn appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Dagfinn

Dagfinn and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Dagfinn

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Moved the same way as Dagfinn

Dagfinn at a glance

Dagfinn by decade in Norway · Boys

Dagfinn 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 Dagfinn

Dagfinn and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Dagfinn

Moved the opposite way to Dagfinn

Moved the same way as Dagfinn