Gunnlaug

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Gunnlaug: Recorded since 1945, its highest recorded position is #181, and it was last ranked in 1972.

1registrar recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#181highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Girls

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1945–1972

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Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#186
1946	#181
1947	#233
1948	#275
1949	#183
1950	#224
1951	#211
1952	#255
1953	#248
1954	#344
1955	#204
1956	#401
1957	#317
1959	#416
1961	#398
1963	#419
1964	#391
1965	#376
1969	#553
1971	#479
1972	#599

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 28 years from 1945 to 1972.

Official data for Norway, 1945–1972 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #186 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–1972
Highest recorded position: #181 among girls in Norway, in 1946 (recorded 1945–1972).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1972
Most recently recorded at #599 among girls in Norway, in 1972.
Norway · Girls

Gunnlaug 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 Gunnlaug in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	92	5 of 10	18
1950s	100	9 of 10	11
1960s	31	5 of 10	6
1970s	10	2 of 10	5

Across Norway · Girls, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 18 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Gunnlaug 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 1972. Highest recorded position: #181 in Norway in 1946.

Gunnlaug'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
1972	Norway	female	#599	4	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#479	6	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#553	4	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#376	8	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#391	7	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#419	6	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#398	6	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#416	5	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#317	8	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#401	5	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#204	18	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#344	7	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#248	13	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#255	12	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#211	17	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#224	15	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#183	22	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#275	10	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#233	15	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#181	24	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#186	21	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 1972, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #181, first reached in 1946.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 24 births, registered in Norway in 1946.

Its record falls into 6 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.

Gunnbjørg · #203, 23y
Gunnhild · #166, 61y
Gunnvor · #175, 25y
Gunvald · #188, 14y

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.

Ea · #179, 24y
Halldis · #179, 24y
Kjellfrid · #183, 22y
Eiril · #185, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Brede · #181, 79y
Eivor · #181, 56y
Wenke · #181, 31y
Jose · #180, 79y

Gunnlaug was ranked #181 in Norway · Girls in 1946. 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.

Gunnlaug 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 Gunnlaug without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Gunnlaug

Linn Compare
In 1968 they stood at #376 and #385 in Norway · Girls; by 1969 that had become #553 and #128.
Eileen Compare
In 1968 they stood at #376 and #491 in Norway · Girls; by 1969 that had become #553 and #259.
Frida Compare
In 1971 they stood at #479 and #572 in Norway · Girls; by 1972 that had become #599 and #344.
Karoline Compare
In 1968 they stood at #376 and #503 in Norway · Girls; by 1969 that had become #553 and #323.

Moved the opposite way to Gunnlaug

Anita Compare
Between 1945 and 1972 in Norway · Girls, Gunnlaug went from #186 to #599 while Anita went from #162 to #5.
Ann Compare
Between 1945 and 1972 in Norway · Girls, Gunnlaug went from #186 to #599 while Ann went from #82 to #19.
Bente Compare
Between 1945 and 1972 in Norway · Girls, Gunnlaug went from #186 to #599 while Bente went from #66 to #14.
Cecilie Compare
Between 1945 and 1972 in Norway · Girls, Gunnlaug went from #186 to #599 while Cecilie went from #359 to #32.

Moved the same way as Gunnlaug

Ada Compare
Between 1945 and 1972 in Norway · Girls, Gunnlaug went from #186 to #599 and Ada from #229 to #540.
Alma Compare
Between 1945 and 1972 in Norway · Girls, Gunnlaug went from #186 to #599 and Alma from #293 to #455.
Annie Compare
Between 1945 and 1972 in Norway · Girls, Gunnlaug went from #186 to #599 and Annie from #180 to #322.
Åse Compare
Between 1945 and 1972 in Norway · Girls, Gunnlaug went from #186 to #599 and Åse from #25 to #83.

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 1972. Highest recorded position: #181 in Norway in 1946. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Gunnlaug

Gunnlaug at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Gunnlaug by decade in Norway · Girls

Gunnlaug appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Gunnlaug

Gunnlaug and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Gunnlaug

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Gunnlaug at a glance

Gunnlaug by decade in Norway · Girls

Gunnlaug 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 Gunnlaug

Gunnlaug and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Gunnlaug

Moved the opposite way to Gunnlaug

Moved the same way as Gunnlaug