Frode

maleStatistical record

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

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

Frode: Recorded since 1945, it reached #3 in 1974, and it was last ranked in 2008.

1registrar recorded it
63times a registrar ranked it
64years from first to last
#3highest recorded position
18groupings it qualifies for
9names it appears alongside

What stands out in Frode's record

Held a top-100 place for 37 years running. Names by top-100 run
Appears alongside 9 other names across 5 kinds of recorded relationship. All recorded relationships
Shares a published list with another name across 63 years. Longest shared records

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–2008

View as table

Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#116
1946	#103
1947	#106
1948	#113
1949	#93
1950	#89
1951	#91
1952	#86
1953	#84
1954	#72
1955	#59
1956	#60
1957	#50
1958	#45
1959	#40
1960	#31
1961	#32
1962	#24
1963	#23
1964	#24
1965	#23
1966	#20
1967	#20
1968	#15
1969	#11
1970	#10
1971	#10
1972	#8
1973	#8
1974	#3
1975	#4
1976	#5
1977	#8
1978	#14
1979	#27
1980	#35
1981	#36
1982	#54
1983	#59
1984	#73
1985	#82
1986	#111
1987	#102
1988	#119
1989	#136
1990	#165
1991	#189
1992	#204
1993	#206
1994	#178
1995	#235
1996	#242
1997	#300
1998	#309
1999	#333
2000	#418
2001	#320
2002	#342
2003	#529
2004	#439
2005	#459
2007	#516
2008	#551

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 63 of the 64 years from 1945 to 2008.

Official data for Norway, 1945–2008 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #116 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2008
Highest recorded position: #3 among boys in Norway, in 1974 (recorded 1945–2008).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2008
Most recently recorded at #551 among boys in Norway, in 2008.
Norway · Boys

Frode 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 Frode in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	286	5 of 10	57
1950s	1,287	10 of 10	129
1960s	3,700	10 of 10	370
1970sbusiest	4,858	10 of 10	486
1980s	1,182	10 of 10	118
1990s	255	10 of 10	26
2000s	52	8 of 10	7

Across Norway · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 486 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1978 and 1979, when recorded births fell by 92, from 343 to 251.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Frode 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 2008. Highest recorded position: #3 in Norway in 1974.

Frode'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
2008	Norway	male	#551	4	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#516	5	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#459	6	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#439	6	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#529	4	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#342	9	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#320	11	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#418	7	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#333	11	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#309	13	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#300	14	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#242	21	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#235	22	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#178	35	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#206	30	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#204	31	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#189	35	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#165	43	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#136	55	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#119	69	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#102	76	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#111	74	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#82	97	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#73	107	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#59	132	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#54	144	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#36	210	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#35	218	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#27	251	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#14	343	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#8	426	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#5	482	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#4	540	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#3	619	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#8	579	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#8	553	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#10	537	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#10	528	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#11	537	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#15	476	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#20	421	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#20	391	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#23	369	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#24	343	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#23	325	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#24	306	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#32	266	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#31	266	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#40	214	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#45	193	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#50	159	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#60	137	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#59	139	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#72	112	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#84	90	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#86	87	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#91	74	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#89	82	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#93	71	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#113	49	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#106	56	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#103	64	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#116	46	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 2008, ranked in 63 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #3, first reached in 1974.

It held a top-100 place in 37 years, 37 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 619 births, registered in Norway in 1974.

1 registrar ranked it inside their own top 10.

Its record falls into 2 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.

Frits · #219, 16y
Fritz · #211, 40y
Frøya · #56, 34y
Frøydis · #105, 70y

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.

Hege · #2, 65y
Linn · #2, 65y
Silje · #1, 60y
Hedda · #7, 59y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Anders · #3, 81y
Angela · #3, 74y
Anna · #3, 81y
Arthur · #3, 81y

Comparisons involving Frode

Existing comparison pages where Frode and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Frode in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Magnus vs Frode
In 1945 they stood at #125 and #116 in Norway · Boys, 9 places apart; by 2008 they were #5 and #551.
Magnus · Frode · 63 shared years, 1945–2008 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2008 Norway ranking
Peter vs Frode
In 1945 they stood at #106 and #116 in Norway · Boys, 10 places apart; by 2008 they were #127 and #551.
Peter · Frode · 63 shared years, 1945–2008 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2008 Norway ranking
Morten vs Frode
In 1945 they stood at #107 and #116 in Norway · Boys, 9 places apart; by 2008 they were #132 and #551.
Morten · Frode · 63 shared years, 1945–2008 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2008 Norway ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Frode and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Stian vs Frode
In 1977, Stian moved ahead of Frode in Norway · Boys — #7 and #5 the year before became #4 and #8.
Stian · Frode · 53 shared years, 1947–2008 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1977 Norway ranking
Robert vs Frode
In Norway · Boys, Robert moved into the top 50 at #35 in 1982 as Frode fell out of it to #54, having been #36 the year before.
Robert · Frode · 63 shared years, 1945–2008 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1982 Norway ranking
Frode vs Fredrik
In Norway · Boys, Fredrik moved into the top 50 at #36 in 1982 as Frode fell out of it to #54, having been #36 the year before.
Frode · Fredrik · 63 shared years, 1945–2008 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1982 Norway ranking

Compared inside Norway lists

Pairs involving Frode measured in Norway's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Frode at its highest position.

Frode vs Roger
Frode and Roger changed places 14 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 2007, ending at #516 and #491.
Frode · Roger · 61 shared years, 1945–2007 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2007 Norway ranking
Frode vs Stig
Frode and Stig changed places 13 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 2008, ending at #551 and #531.
Frode · Stig · 62 shared years, 1945–2008 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2008 Norway ranking
Thomas vs Frode
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Boys within 2 years — Thomas #1 in 1974, Frode #3 in 1974.
Thomas · Frode · 63 shared years, 1945–2008 · Peaked in the same years
See the 1974 Norway ranking

Norway overview→

Frode was ranked #3 in Norway · Boys in 1974. 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.

Frode 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 Frode without appearing here.

Frode moved ahead of

Harry Compare
In 1951 they stood at #91 and #84 in Norway · Boys; by 1952 that had become #86 and #89.

Moved ahead of Frode

Jack Compare
In 2006 they stood at #439 and #443 in Norway · Boys; by 2007 that had become #516 and #310.
Colin Compare
In 2002 they stood at #342 and #514 in Norway · Boys; by 2003 that had become #529 and #324.
James Compare
In 2002 they stood at #342 and #438 in Norway · Boys; by 2003 that had become #529 and #332.
Joseph Compare
In 2002 they stood at #342 and #479 in Norway · Boys; by 2003 that had become #529 and #333.

Moved the opposite way to Frode

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 2008 in Norway · Boys, Frode went from #116 to #551 while Aksel went from #174 to #62.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 2008 in Norway · Boys, Frode went from #116 to #551 while Andreas went from #140 to #9.
Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 2008 in Norway · Boys, Frode went from #116 to #551 while Christian went from #161 to #52.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 2008 in Norway · Boys, Frode went from #116 to #551 while Daniel went from #280 to #6.

Moved the same way as Frode

Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2008 in Norway · Boys, Frode went from #116 to #551 and Arne from #6 to #208.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 2008 in Norway · Boys, Frode went from #116 to #551 and Arthur from #153 to #269.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1945 and 2008 in Norway · Boys, Frode went from #116 to #551 and Bjørn from #3 to #121.
Dag Compare
Between 1945 and 2008 in Norway · Boys, Frode went from #116 to #551 and Dag from #48 to #443.

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 2008. Highest recorded position: #3 in Norway in 1974. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Frode

Frode at a glance

What stands out in Frode's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Frode by decade in Norway · Boys

Frode 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

Comparisons involving Frode

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Frode

Frode and the names beside it

Frode moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Frode

Moved the opposite way to Frode

Moved the same way as Frode

Frode at a glance

What stands out in Frode's record

Frode by decade in Norway · Boys

Frode appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Frode

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Frode

Frode and the names beside it

Frode moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Frode

Moved the opposite way to Frode

Moved the same way as Frode