Gorm

maleStatistical record

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

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

Gorm: Recorded since 1954, it reached #289 in 1970, and it was last ranked in 2006.

1registrar recorded it
31times a registrar ranked it
53years from first to last
#289highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1954–2006

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1954	#411
1955	#361
1959	#459
1960	#474
1961	#291
1962	#353
1963	#305
1964	#320
1965	#377
1966	#379
1967	#320
1968	#338
1969	#326
1970	#289
1971	#386
1972	#328
1973	#496
1974	#460
1975	#459
1976	#598
1978	#613
1981	#543
1983	#581
1987	#619
1991	#574
1995	#586
1999	#552
2000	#455
2003	#458
2005	#526
2006	#497

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 31 of the 53 years from 1954 to 2006.

Official data for Norway, 1954–2006 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1954
First recorded at #411 among boys in Norway in 1954 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1954–2006
Highest recorded position: #289 among boys in Norway, in 1970 (recorded 1954–2006).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2006
Most recently recorded at #497 among boys in Norway, in 2006.
Norway · Boys

Gorm 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 Gorm in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	14	3 of 10	5
1960sbusiest	96	10 of 10	10
1970s	68	8 of 10	9
1980s	15	3 of 10	5
1990s	13	3 of 10	4
2000s	21	4 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 1960s were its busiest decade, averaging 10 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Gorm 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 1954 to 2006. Highest recorded position: #289 in Norway in 1970.

Gorm'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
2006	Norway	male	#497	5	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#526	4	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#458	6	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#455	6	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#552	4	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#586	4	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#574	5	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#619	4	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#581	5	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#543	6	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#613	4	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#598	4	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#459	8	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#460	8	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#496	6	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#328	13	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#386	10	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#289	15	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#326	12	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#338	11	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#320	11	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#379	9	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#377	8	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#320	11	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#305	11	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#353	8	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#291	11	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#474	4	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#459	4	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#361	6	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#411	4	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 1954 and 2006, ranked in 31 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #289, first reached in 1970.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 15 births, registered in Norway in 1970.

Its record falls into 11 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.

Gordon · #51, 73y
Gøril · #143, 56y
Govind · #1055, 22y
Grace · #1, 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.

Torkild · #288, 34y
Lowri · #291, 29y
Tor-Erik · #287, 29y
Aasmund · #293, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Liz · #291, 46y
Margarita · #291, 62y
Asha · #286, 52y
Nada · #292, 46y

Gorm was ranked #289 in Norway · Boys in 1970. 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.

Gorm 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 Gorm without appearing here.

Gorm moved ahead of

Stephen Compare
In 1999 they stood at #586 and #511 in Norway · Boys; by 2000 that had become #455 and #527.
Ronny Compare
In 2002 they stood at #455 and #383 in Norway · Boys; by 2003 that had become #458 and #511.
Stig Compare
In 2004 they stood at #458 and #318 in Norway · Boys; by 2005 that had become #526 and #559.
Vidar Compare
In 2005 they stood at #526 and #444 in Norway · Boys; by 2006 that had become #497 and #529.

Moved ahead of Gorm

Samuel Compare
In 1975 they stood at #459 and #505 in Norway · Boys; by 1976 that had become #598 and #260.
Isak Compare
In 1982 they stood at #543 and #550 in Norway · Boys; by 1983 that had become #581 and #305.
Jonathan Compare
In 1975 they stood at #459 and #612 in Norway · Boys; by 1976 that had become #598 and #336.
Nicholas Compare
In 1975 they stood at #459 and #499 in Norway · Boys; by 1976 that had become #598 and #340.

Moved the opposite way to Gorm

Benjamin Compare
Between 1962 and 2006 in Norway · Boys, Gorm went from #353 to #497 while Benjamin went from #481 to #16.
Filip Compare
Between 1962 and 2006 in Norway · Boys, Gorm went from #353 to #497 while Filip went from #489 to #47.
Marcus Compare
Between 1963 and 2006 in Norway · Boys, Gorm went from #305 to #497 while Marcus went from #399 to #34.
Scott Compare
Between 1964 and 2006 in Norway · Boys, Gorm went from #320 to #497 while Scott went from #495 to #261.

Moved the same way as Gorm

Harry Compare
Between 1954 and 1995 in Norway · Boys, Gorm went from #411 to #586 and Harry from #103 to #590.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 1954 to 2006. Highest recorded position: #289 in Norway in 1970. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

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