Fridtjof

maleStatistical record

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

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

Fridtjof: Recorded since 1945, its highest recorded position is #230, and it stood at #456 in 2023.

1registrar recorded it
49times a registrar ranked it
79years from first to last
#230highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–2023

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#230
1946	#293
1947	#368
1949	#349
1950	#261
1951	#337
1952	#385
1954	#325
1955	#332
1959	#422
1961	#428
1964	#480
1965	#402
1966	#527
1969	#563
1970	#490
1972	#587
1973	#542
1982	#571
1985	#578
1986	#527
1987	#494
1988	#583
1989	#578
1990	#455
1991	#392
1992	#362
1993	#359
1994	#291
1995	#359
1996	#361
1997	#409
1998	#554
1999	#402
2000	#501
2001	#448
2004	#351
2005	#363
2006	#395
2007	#477
2008	#550
2011	#465
2012	#544
2013	#456
2014	#364
2015	#429
2016	#455
2017	#447
2023	#456

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 49 of the 79 years from 1945 to 2023.

Official data for Norway, 1945–2023 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #230 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2023
Highest recorded position: #230 among boys in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2023).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #456 among boys in Norway, in 2023.
Norway · Boys

Fridtjof 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 Fridtjof in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	30	4 of 10	8
1950s	39	6 of 10	7
1960s	25	5 of 10	5
1970s	15	3 of 10	5
1980s	33	6 of 10	6
1990sbusiest	97	10 of 10	10
2000s	47	7 of 10	7
2010s	45	7 of 10	6
2020s	5	1 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 10 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Fridtjof 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 2023. Highest recorded position: #230 in Norway in 1945.

Fridtjof'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
2023	Norway	male	#456	5	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#447	6	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#455	6	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#429	7	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#364	10	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#456	6	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#544	4	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#465	6	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#550	4	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#477	6	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#395	8	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#363	9	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#351	9	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#448	6	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#501	5	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#402	8	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#554	4	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#409	8	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#361	10	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#359	11	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#291	16	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#359	11	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#362	11	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#392	10	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#455	8	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#578	5	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#583	5	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#494	7	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#527	6	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#578	5	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#571	5	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#542	5	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#587	4	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#490	6	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#563	4	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#527	4	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#402	7	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#480	5	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#428	5	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#422	5	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#332	7	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#325	7	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#385	4	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#337	6	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#261	10	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#349	5	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#368	4	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#293	8	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#230	13	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 2023, ranked in 49 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #230, first reached in 1945.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in Norway in 1994.

Its record falls into 13 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 8 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.

Frida · #5, 69y
Fride · #200, 60y
Frieda · #483, 24y
Frithjof · #246, 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.

Mirjam · #230, 46y
Torje · #230, 52y
Thorstein · #235, 52y
Agnete · #236, 53y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Gudny · #230, 21y
Elbjørg · #231, 15y
Hild · #229, 29y
Mario · #229, 71y

Fridtjof was ranked #230 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.

Fridtjof 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 Fridtjof without appearing here.

Fridtjof moved ahead of

Harry Compare
In 1990 they stood at #455 and #396 in Norway · Boys; by 1991 that had become #392 and #575.
Stein Compare
In 2013 they stood at #456 and #380 in Norway · Boys; by 2014 that had become #364 and #452.
Stig Compare
In 2015 they stood at #544 and #458 in Norway · Boys; by 2016 that had become #455 and #538.
Geir Compare
In 2012 they stood at #544 and #504 in Norway · Boys; by 2013 that had become #456 and #531.

Moved ahead of Fridtjof

Phillip Compare
In 1999 they stood at #402 and #487 in Norway · Boys; by 2000 that had become #501 and #254.
Philip Compare
In 1971 they stood at #490 and #506 in Norway · Boys; by 1972 that had become #587 and #354.
Vegard Compare
In 1960 they stood at #422 and #451 in Norway · Boys; by 1961 that had become #428 and #205.
Oscar Compare
In 1972 they stood at #587 and #609 in Norway · Boys; by 1973 that had become #542 and #356.

Moved the opposite way to Fridtjof

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Boys, Fridtjof went from #230 to #456 while Aksel went from #174 to #25.
Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Boys, Fridtjof went from #230 to #456 while Alfred went from #127 to #18.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Boys, Fridtjof went from #230 to #456 while Andreas went from #140 to #55.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Boys, Fridtjof went from #230 to #456 while Arthur went from #153 to #86.

Moved the same way as Fridtjof

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Boys, Fridtjof went from #230 to #456 and Anders from #55 to #189.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Boys, Fridtjof went from #230 to #456 and Arild from #32 to #498.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Boys, Fridtjof went from #230 to #456 and Arne from #6 to #210.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Boys, Fridtjof went from #230 to #456 and Bjørn from #3 to #82.

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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 2023. Highest recorded position: #230 in Norway in 1945. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Fridtjof

Fridtjof at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Fridtjof by decade in Norway · Boys

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Fridtjof at a glance

Fridtjof by decade in Norway · Boys

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