Elbjørg

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Elbjørg: Recorded since 1945, its highest recorded position is #231, and it was last ranked in 1962.

1registrar recorded it
15times a registrar ranked it
18years from first to last
#231highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Girls

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1945–1962

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Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#231
1946	#247
1947	#242
1948	#286
1949	#258
1950	#273
1951	#273
1952	#284
1953	#325
1955	#309
1956	#395
1957	#369
1959	#452
1961	#475
1962	#493

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 15 of the 18 years from 1945 to 1962.

Official data for Norway, 1945–1962 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #231 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–1962
Highest recorded position: #231 among girls in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–1962).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1962
Most recently recorded at #493 among girls in Norway, in 1962.
Norway · Girls

Elbjørg by decade in Norway · Girls

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 Elbjørg in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	61	5 of 10	12
1950s	62	8 of 10	8
1960s	8	2 of 10	4

Across Norway · Girls, 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 →

Elbjørg 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 1962. Highest recorded position: #231 in Norway in 1945.

Elbjørg'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
1962	Norway	female	#493	4	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#475	4	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#452	4	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#369	6	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#395	5	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#309	9	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#325	8	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#284	10	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#273	10	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#273	10	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#258	11	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#286	9	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#242	14	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#247	13	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#231	14	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 1962, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #231, first reached in 1945.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 14 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
9 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#493position in 1962, its most recent recorded year
14births registered in its largest year, 1945Under 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.

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Eldana · #1497, 16y
Eldar · #188, 69y

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.

Criona · #232, 12y
Felim · #230, 16y
Herborg · #232, 18y
Tadg · #232, 11y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Brynjar · #232, 76y
Fridtjof · #230, 49y
Gudny · #230, 21y
Herborg · #232, 18y

Elbjørg was ranked #231 in Norway · Girls 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.

Elbjørg 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 Elbjørg without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Elbjørg

Angela Compare
In 1958 they stood at #369 and #444 in Norway · Girls; by 1959 that had become #452 and #229.
Line Compare
In 1958 they stood at #369 and #384 in Norway · Girls; by 1959 that had become #452 and #236.
Sandra Compare
In 1958 they stood at #395 and #454 in Norway · Girls; by 1959 that had become #452 and #275.
Live Compare
In 1960 they stood at #369 and #385 in Norway · Girls; by 1961 that had become #475 and #325.

Moved the opposite way to Elbjørg

Anita Compare
Between 1945 and 1962 in Norway · Girls, Elbjørg went from #231 to #493 while Anita went from #162 to #11.
Ann Compare
Between 1945 and 1962 in Norway · Girls, Elbjørg went from #231 to #493 while Ann went from #82 to #24.
Bente Compare
Between 1945 and 1962 in Norway · Girls, Elbjørg went from #231 to #493 while Bente went from #66 to #2.
Cecilie Compare
Between 1945 and 1962 in Norway · Girls, Elbjørg went from #231 to #493 while Cecilie went from #359 to #132.

Moved the same way as Elbjørg

Ada Compare
Between 1945 and 1962 in Norway · Girls, Elbjørg went from #231 to #493 and Ada from #229 to #359.
Anna Compare
Between 1945 and 1962 in Norway · Girls, Elbjørg went from #231 to #493 and Anna from #38 to #76.
Annie Compare
Between 1945 and 1962 in Norway · Girls, Elbjørg went from #231 to #493 and Annie from #180 to #272.
Åse Compare
Between 1945 and 1962 in Norway · Girls, Elbjørg went from #231 to #493 and Åse from #25 to #38.

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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 1962. Highest recorded position: #231 in Norway in 1945. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Elbjørg

Elbjørg at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Elbjørg by decade in Norway · Girls

Elbjørg appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Elbjørg

Elbjørg and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Elbjørg

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Moved the same way as Elbjørg

Elbjørg at a glance

Elbjørg by decade in Norway · Girls

Elbjørg 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 Elbjørg

Elbjørg and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Elbjørg

Moved the opposite way to Elbjørg

Moved the same way as Elbjørg