Gro

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Gro: Recorded since 1945, with a gap of 16 years, it reached #22 in 1957, and it stood at #465 in 2023.

1registrar recorded it
62times a registrar ranked it
79years from first to last
#22highest recorded position
17groupings it qualifies for
5names it appears alongside

What stands out in Gro's record

Held a top-100 place for 36 years running. Names by top-100 run
Absent from every published list for 16 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence
Shares a published list with another name across 62 years. Longest shared records

Norway · Girls

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1945–2023

View as table

Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#65
1946	#62
1947	#67
1948	#55
1949	#57
1950	#56
1951	#45
1952	#45
1953	#47
1954	#43
1955	#42
1956	#37
1957	#22
1958	#29
1959	#33
1960	#29
1961	#27
1962	#35
1963	#34
1964	#34
1965	#41
1966	#40
1967	#36
1968	#34
1969	#34
1970	#35
1971	#31
1972	#24
1973	#28
1974	#35
1975	#33
1976	#47
1977	#46
1978	#70
1979	#65
1980	#79
1981	#107
1982	#112
1983	#168
1984	#176
1985	#177
1986	#201
1987	#193
1988	#219
1989	#253
1990	#197
1991	#320
1992	#381
1993	#447
1994	#318
1995	#495
1996	#351
1997	#343
1998	#467
1999	#614
2000	#597
2001	#493
2002	#505
2003	#546
2004	#574
2006	#557
2023	#465

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 62 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 #65 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2023
Highest recorded position: #22 among girls in Norway, in 1957 (recorded 1945–2023).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #465 among girls in Norway, in 2023.
Norway · Girls

Gro 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 Gro in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	528	5 of 10	106
1950s	2,172	10 of 10	217
1960sbusiest	2,495	10 of 10	250
1970s	1,989	10 of 10	199
1980s	423	10 of 10	42
1990s	116	10 of 10	12
2000s	30	6 of 10	5
2020s	5	1 of 10	5

Across Norway · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade, averaging 250 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Gro 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: #22 in Norway in 1957.

Gro'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	female	#465	5	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#557	5	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#574	4	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#546	5	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#505	6	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#493	6	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#597	4	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#614	4	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#467	7	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#343	11	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#351	11	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#495	7	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#318	13	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#447	8	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#381	11	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#320	14	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#197	30	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#253	21	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#219	27	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#193	32	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#201	27	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#177	33	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#176	32	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#168	34	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#112	59	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#107	64	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#79	94	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#65	115	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#70	109	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#46	149	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#47	155	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#33	203	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#35	216	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#28	249	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#24	276	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#31	272	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#35	245	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#34	261	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#34	266	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#36	253	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#40	226	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#41	219	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#34	238	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#34	235	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#35	236	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#27	287	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#29	274	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#33	263	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#29	275	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#22	312	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#37	265	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#42	219	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#43	218	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#47	176	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#45	176	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#45	150	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#56	118	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#57	111	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#55	111	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#67	101	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#62	112	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#65	93	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 62 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #22, first reached in 1957.

It held a top-100 place in 36 years, 36 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 312 births, registered in Norway in 1957.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 16 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.

Griffin · #274, 29y
Griffydd · #2813, 11y
Gruff · #1363, 18y
Gruffydd · #740, 29y

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.

Vibeke · #24, 64y
Trude · #25, 59y
Grete · #18, 64y
Kine · #18, 57y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Arild · #22, 75y
Colin · #22, 77y
Frank · #22, 81y
Hanna · #22, 81y

Comparisons involving Gro

Existing comparison pages where Gro 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 Gro in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Marie vs Gro
In 1945 they stood at #73 and #65 in Norway · Girls, 8 places apart; by 2023 they were #51 and #465.
Marie · Gro · 62 shared years, 1945–2023 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2023 Norway ranking
Tove vs Gro
Tove and Gro changed places 15 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 2023, ending at #487 and #465.
Tove · Gro · 61 shared years, 1945–2023 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2023 Norway ranking
Grete vs Gro
Grete and Gro changed places 14 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 2006, ending at #483 and #557.
Grete · Gro · 58 shared years, 1945–2006 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2006 Norway ranking

Compared inside Norway lists

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

Mary vs Gro
Mary and Gro changed places 13 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 2006, ending at #352 and #557.
Mary · Gro · 61 shared years, 1945–2006 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2006 Norway ranking
Wenche vs Gro
Wenche and Gro changed places 13 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 2003, ending at #574 and #546.
Wenche · Gro · 56 shared years, 1945–2003 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2003 Norway ranking

Norway overview→

Gro was ranked #22 in Norway · Girls in 1957. 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.

Gro 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 Gro without appearing here.

Gro moved ahead of

Tone Compare
In 2022 they stood at #557 and #340 in Norway · Girls; by 2023 that had become #465 and #535.
Bjørg Compare
In 2022 they stood at #557 and #471 in Norway · Girls; by 2023 that had become #465 and #495.
Sissel Compare
In 1999 they stood at #467 and #445 in Norway · Girls; by 2000 that had become #597 and #627.
Berit Compare
In 2022 they stood at #557 and #469 in Norway · Girls; by 2023 that had become #465 and #494.

Moved ahead of Gro

Mila Compare
In 2022 they stood at #574 and #587 in Norway · Girls; by 2023 that had become #465 and #93.
Hedvig Compare
In 1997 they stood at #343 and #345 in Norway · Girls; by 1998 that had become #467 and #231.
Maia Compare
In 1994 they stood at #318 and #365 in Norway · Girls; by 1995 that had become #495 and #259.
Yvonne Compare
In 1997 they stood at #343 and #364 in Norway · Girls; by 1998 that had become #467 and #235.

Moved the opposite way to Gro

Ada Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Girls, Gro went from #65 to #465 while Ada went from #229 to #6.
Alice Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Girls, Gro went from #65 to #465 while Alice went from #292 to #153.
Alma Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Girls, Gro went from #65 to #465 while Alma went from #293 to #5.
Anna Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Girls, Gro went from #65 to #465 while Anna went from #38 to #20.

Moved the same way as Gro

Anita Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Girls, Gro went from #65 to #465 and Anita from #162 to #379.
Ann Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Girls, Gro went from #65 to #465 and Ann from #82 to #404.
Anne Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Girls, Gro went from #65 to #465 and Anne from #1 to #96.
Åse Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Girls, Gro went from #65 to #465 and Åse from #25 to #123.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 2023. Highest recorded position: #22 in Norway in 1957. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Gro

Gro at a glance

What stands out in Gro's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Gro by decade in Norway · Girls

Gro 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 Gro

Longest shared records

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Gro

Gro and the names beside it

Gro moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Gro

Moved the opposite way to Gro

Moved the same way as Gro

Gro at a glance

What stands out in Gro's record

Gro by decade in Norway · Girls

Gro 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 Gro

Longest shared records

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Gro

Gro and the names beside it

Gro moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Gro

Moved the opposite way to Gro

Moved the same way as Gro