Gudny

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Gudny: Recorded since 1945, with a gap of 23 years, it reached #230 in 1951, and it was last ranked in 1996.

1registrar recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
52years from first to last
#230highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Gudny's record

Absent from every published list for 23 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Norway · Girls

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1945–1996

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Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#256
1946	#273
1947	#257
1948	#257
1949	#317
1950	#284
1951	#230
1952	#382
1953	#268
1954	#343
1955	#352
1956	#400
1957	#424
1958	#335
1959	#322
1960	#432
1966	#473
1967	#550
1968	#540
1972	#598
1996	#636

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 21 of the 52 years from 1945 to 1996.

Official data for Norway, 1945–1996 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #256 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–1996
Highest recorded position: #230 among girls in Norway, in 1951 (recorded 1945–1996).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1996
Most recently recorded at #636 among girls in Norway, in 1996.
Norway · Girls

Gudny 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 Gudny in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	52	5 of 10	10
1950s	80	10 of 10	8
1960s	18	4 of 10	5
1970s	4	1 of 10	4
1990s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Norway · Girls, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 10 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Gudny 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 1996. Highest recorded position: #230 in Norway in 1951.

Gudny'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
1996	Norway	female	#636	4	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#598	4	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#540	4	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#550	4	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#473	5	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#432	5	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#322	9	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#335	8	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#424	5	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#400	5	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#352	7	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#343	7	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#268	11	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#382	5	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#230	14	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#284	9	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#317	7	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#257	11	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#257	12	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#273	11	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#256	11	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 1996, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #230, first reached in 1951.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 14 births, registered in Norway in 1951.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 23 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.

Gudbrand · #301, 19y
Gudmund · #108, 43y
Gudrun · #91, 59y
Gudveig · #245, 16y

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.

Felim · #230, 16y
Arn · #229, 20y
Breffni · #229, 22y
Dainius · #231, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Fridtjof · #230, 49y
Elbjørg · #231, 15y
Hild · #229, 29y
Mario · #229, 71y

Gudny was ranked #230 in Norway · Girls in 1951. 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.

Gudny 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 Gudny without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Gudny

Rachel Compare
In 1971 they stood at #540 and #566 in Norway · Girls; by 1972 that had become #598 and #264.
Alice Compare
In 1959 they stood at #322 and #344 in Norway · Girls; by 1960 that had become #432 and #191.
Kim Compare
In 1959 they stood at #322 and #462 in Norway · Girls; by 1960 that had become #432 and #231.
Alma Compare
In 1967 they stood at #322 and #441 in Norway · Girls; by 1968 that had become #540 and #341.

Moved the opposite way to Gudny

Anna Compare
Between 1945 and 1996 in Norway · Girls, Gudny went from #256 to #636 while Anna went from #38 to #7.
Cecilie Compare
Between 1945 and 1996 in Norway · Girls, Gudny went from #256 to #636 while Cecilie went from #359 to #41.
Christine Compare
Between 1945 and 1996 in Norway · Girls, Gudny went from #256 to #636 while Christine went from #253 to #74.
Elise Compare
Between 1945 and 1996 in Norway · Girls, Gudny went from #256 to #636 while Elise went from #223 to #26.

Moved the same way as Gudny

Ann Compare
Between 1945 and 1996 in Norway · Girls, Gudny went from #256 to #636 and Ann from #82 to #116.
Anne Compare
Between 1945 and 1996 in Norway · Girls, Gudny went from #256 to #636 and Anne from #1 to #25.
Annie Compare
Between 1945 and 1996 in Norway · Girls, Gudny went from #256 to #636 and Annie from #180 to #367.
Åse Compare
Between 1945 and 1996 in Norway · Girls, Gudny went from #256 to #636 and Åse from #25 to #228.

What's not yet available

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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 1996. Highest recorded position: #230 in Norway in 1951. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Gudny

Gudny at a glance

What stands out in Gudny's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Gudny by decade in Norway · Girls

Gudny appears in

Popularity data

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Gudny at a glance

What stands out in Gudny's record

Gudny by decade in Norway · Girls

Gudny 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 Gudny

Gudny and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Gudny

Moved the opposite way to Gudny

Moved the same way as Gudny