Eigil

maleStatistical record

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

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

Eigil: Recorded since 1945, it reached #208 in 1949, and it was last ranked in 1990.

1registrar recorded it
34times a registrar ranked it
46years from first to last
#208highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–1990

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#270
1946	#226
1947	#260
1948	#232
1949	#208
1950	#227
1951	#291
1952	#247
1953	#329
1954	#351
1955	#330
1956	#359
1957	#270
1959	#312
1962	#320
1964	#362
1965	#471
1966	#354
1967	#527
1968	#537
1969	#297
1970	#452
1971	#510
1972	#580
1973	#491
1974	#523
1975	#456
1976	#447
1977	#463
1980	#570
1981	#640
1984	#493
1988	#626
1990	#613

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 34 of the 46 years from 1945 to 1990.

Official data for Norway, 1945–1990 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #270 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–1990
Highest recorded position: #208 among boys in Norway, in 1949 (recorded 1945–1990).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1990
Most recently recorded at #613 among boys in Norway, in 1990.
Norway · Boys

Eigil 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 Eigil in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	62	5 of 10	12
1950s	78	9 of 10	9
1960s	56	7 of 10	8
1970s	52	8 of 10	7
1980s	20	4 of 10	5
1990s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Norway · Boys, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 12 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Eigil 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 1990. Highest recorded position: #208 in Norway in 1949.

Eigil'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
1990	Norway	male	#613	4	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#626	4	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#493	7	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#640	4	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#570	5	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#463	7	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#447	8	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#456	8	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#523	6	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#491	6	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#580	4	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#510	6	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#452	7	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#297	14	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#537	4	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#527	4	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#354	10	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#471	5	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#362	9	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#320	10	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#312	9	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#270	11	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#359	6	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#330	7	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#351	6	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#329	6	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#247	11	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#291	8	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#227	14	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#208	16	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#232	13	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#260	10	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#226	14	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#270	9	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 1990, ranked in 34 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #208, first reached in 1949.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in Norway in 1949.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 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.

Eiden · #1906, 10y
Eifion · #2022, 18y
Eila · #354, 21y
Eile · #288, 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.

Edle · #209, 37y
Sture · #205, 36y
Baard · #204, 34y
Gerhard · #204, 34y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Alv · #209, 27y
Brynjulf · #209, 20y
Edle · #209, 37y
Elzbieta · #209, 56y

Eigil was ranked #208 in Norway · Boys in 1949. 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.

Eigil 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 Eigil without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Eigil

Ulrik Compare
In 1987 they stood at #493 and #566 in Norway · Boys; by 1988 that had become #626 and #245.
Elias Compare
In 1987 they stood at #493 and #536 in Norway · Boys; by 1988 that had become #626 and #308.
Sondre Compare
In 1970 they stood at #452 and #510 in Norway · Boys; by 1971 that had become #510 and #220.
Matthew Compare
In 1979 they stood at #463 and #513 in Norway · Boys; by 1980 that had become #570 and #281.

Moved the opposite way to Eigil

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 1990 in Norway · Boys, Eigil went from #270 to #613 while Anders went from #55 to #7.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 1990 in Norway · Boys, Eigil went from #270 to #613 while Andreas went from #140 to #2.
Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 1990 in Norway · Boys, Eigil went from #270 to #613 while Christian went from #161 to #17.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 1990 in Norway · Boys, Eigil went from #270 to #613 while Daniel went from #280 to #3.

Moved the same way as Eigil

Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 1990 in Norway · Boys, Eigil went from #270 to #613 and Alfred from #127 to #479.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 1990 in Norway · Boys, Eigil went from #270 to #613 and Arild from #32 to #179.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 1990 in Norway · Boys, Eigil went from #270 to #613 and Arne from #6 to #96.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 1990 in Norway · Boys, Eigil went from #270 to #613 and Arthur from #153 to #449.

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 1990. Highest recorded position: #208 in Norway in 1949. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Eigil

Eigil at a glance

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Eigil by decade in Norway · Boys

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Eigil at a glance

Eigil by decade in Norway · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1940s

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Eigil and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Eigil

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