Hermod

maleStatistical record

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

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

Hermod: Recorded since 1945, with a gap of 44 years, its highest recorded position is #176, and it was last ranked in 2019.

1registrar recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
75years from first to last
#176highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Hermod's record

Absent from every published list for 44 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–2019

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#176
1946	#234
1947	#229
1948	#223
1949	#198
1950	#246
1951	#218
1952	#227
1953	#261
1954	#203
1955	#199
1956	#281
1957	#286
1958	#252
1959	#301
1961	#324
1962	#449
1963	#388
1964	#395
1966	#460
1968	#460
1969	#518
1971	#589
1972	#591
1974	#613
2019	#501

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 26 of the 75 years from 1945 to 2019.

Official data for Norway, 1945–2019 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #176 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2019
Highest recorded position: #176 among boys in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2019).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2019
Most recently recorded at #501 among boys in Norway, in 2019.
Norway · Boys

Hermod 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 Hermod in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	81	5 of 10	16
1950s	127	10 of 10	13
1960s	46	7 of 10	7
1970s	12	3 of 10	4
2010s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Norway · Boys, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 16 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Hermod 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 2019. Highest recorded position: #176 in Norway in 1945.

Hermod'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
2019	Norway	male	#501	4	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#613	4	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#591	4	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#589	4	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#518	5	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#460	6	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#460	6	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#395	8	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#388	7	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#449	5	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#324	9	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#301	10	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#252	13	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#286	10	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#281	10	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#199	18	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#203	17	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#261	10	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#227	13	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#218	15	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#246	11	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#198	18	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#223	14	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#229	13	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#234	13	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#176	23	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 2019, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #176, first reached in 1945.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 23 births, registered in Norway in 1945.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 44 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.

Hermine · #46, 27y
Hermione · #265, 29y
Hero · #2018, 21y
Hershy · #1984, 20y

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.

Gunnvor · #175, 25y
Ea · #179, 24y
Halldis · #179, 24y
Inger-Johanne · #173, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Alvilde · #176, 35y
Luis · #176, 76y
Birthe · #177, 52y
Gunnvor · #175, 25y

Hermod was ranked #176 in Norway · Boys in 1945. 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.

Hermod 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 Hermod without appearing here.

Hermod moved ahead of

Terje Compare
In 2018 they stood at #613 and #23 in Norway · Boys; by 2019 that had become #501 and #516.

Moved ahead of Hermod

Ludvig Compare
In 2018 they stood at #460 and #503 in Norway · Boys; by 2019 that had become #501 and #50.
Levi Compare
In 2018 they stood at #613 and #622 in Norway · Boys; by 2019 that had become #501 and #65.
Leon Compare
In 1970 they stood at #518 and #527 in Norway · Boys; by 1971 that had become #589 and #311.
Colin Compare
In 1971 they stood at #518 and #557 in Norway · Boys; by 1972 that had become #591 and #326.

Moved the opposite way to Hermod

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 2019 in Norway · Boys, Hermod went from #176 to #501 while Aksel went from #174 to #12.
Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 2019 in Norway · Boys, Hermod went from #176 to #501 while Alfred went from #127 to #37.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 2019 in Norway · Boys, Hermod went from #176 to #501 while Andreas went from #140 to #61.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 2019 in Norway · Boys, Hermod went from #176 to #501 while Daniel went from #280 to #33.

Moved the same way as Hermod

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 2019 in Norway · Boys, Hermod went from #176 to #501 and Anders from #55 to #267.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 2019 in Norway · Boys, Hermod went from #176 to #501 and Arild from #32 to #452.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2019 in Norway · Boys, Hermod went from #176 to #501 and Arne from #6 to #213.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1945 and 2019 in Norway · Boys, Hermod went from #176 to #501 and Bjørn from #3 to #87.

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 2019. Highest recorded position: #176 in Norway in 1945. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Hermod

Hermod at a glance

What stands out in Hermod's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Hermod by decade in Norway · Boys

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Hermod at a glance

What stands out in Hermod's record

Hermod by decade in Norway · Boys

Hermod 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 Hermod

Hermod and the names beside it

Hermod moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Hermod

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