Holger

maleStatistical record

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

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

Holger: Recorded since 1945, with a gap of 37 years, it reached #212 in 1949, and it stood at #485 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
31times a registrar ranked it
80years from first to last
#212highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Holger's record

Absent from every published list for 37 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–2024

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#284
1946	#346
1947	#288
1948	#278
1949	#212
1950	#355
1951	#253
1955	#418
1956	#424
1957	#395
1959	#332
1960	#380
1961	#392
1962	#337
1963	#307
1964	#417
1965	#445
1966	#497
1967	#498
1968	#403
1969	#378
1970	#422
1971	#518
1972	#593
1973	#469
1975	#461
1978	#564
2016	#523
2018	#450
2019	#503
2024	#485

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 80 years from 1945 to 2024.

Official data for Norway, 1945–2024 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #284 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2024
Highest recorded position: #212 among boys in Norway, in 1949 (recorded 1945–2024).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #485 among boys in Norway, in 2024.
Norway · Boys

Holger 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 Holger in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	46	5 of 10	9
1950s	37	6 of 10	6
1960s	73	10 of 10	7
1970s	38	6 of 10	6
2010s	14	3 of 10	5
2020s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Norway · Boys, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Holger 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 2024. Highest recorded position: #212 in Norway in 1949.

Holger'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
2024	Norway	male	#485	4	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#503	4	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#450	6	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#523	4	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#564	5	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#461	8	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#469	7	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#593	4	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#518	6	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#422	8	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#378	9	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#403	8	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#498	5	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#497	5	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#445	6	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#417	7	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#307	11	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#337	9	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#392	6	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#380	7	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#332	8	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#395	5	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#424	4	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#418	4	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#253	11	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#355	5	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#212	15	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#278	9	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#288	9	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#346	5	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#284	8	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 2024, ranked in 31 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #212, first reached in 1949.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 15 births, registered in Norway in 1949.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 37 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.

Hoi · #620, 11y
Holden · #619, 25y
Hollie · #41, 41y
Hollie-Mae · #1472, 24y

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.

Gjert · #212, 28y
Mari-Ann · #213, 33y
Anne-Mari · #214, 26y
Alv · #209, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Gerda · #212, 40y
Gjert · #212, 28y
Hjalmar · #212, 56y
Widar · #212, 21y

Holger was ranked #212 in Norway · Boys in 1949. 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.

Holger 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 Holger without appearing here.

Holger moved ahead of

Roman Compare
In 2017 they stood at #523 and #468 in Norway · Boys; by 2018 that had become #450 and #530.
Dag Compare
In 2017 they stood at #523 and #518 in Norway · Boys; by 2018 that had become #450 and #509.
Steinar Compare
In 2017 they stood at #523 and #398 in Norway · Boys; by 2018 that had become #450 and #488.
Tore Compare
In 2023 they stood at #503 and #389 in Norway · Boys; by 2024 that had become #485 and #504.

Moved ahead of Holger

Elias Compare
In 2015 they stood at #564 and #611 in Norway · Boys; by 2016 that had become #523 and #7.
Theodor Compare
In 2015 they stood at #564 and #586 in Norway · Boys; by 2016 that had become #523 and #20.
Sander Compare
In 2015 they stood at #461 and #581 in Norway · Boys; by 2016 that had become #523 and #26.
Ulrik Compare
In 2015 they stood at #461 and #587 in Norway · Boys; by 2016 that had become #523 and #43.

Moved the opposite way to Holger

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Holger went from #284 to #485 while Aksel went from #174 to #20.
Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Holger went from #284 to #485 while Alfred went from #127 to #22.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Holger went from #284 to #485 while Andreas went from #140 to #84.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Holger went from #284 to #485 while Arthur went from #153 to #81.

Moved the same way as Holger

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Holger went from #284 to #485 and Anders from #55 to #279.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Holger went from #284 to #485 and Arne from #6 to #174.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1945 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Holger went from #284 to #485 and Bjørn from #3 to #86.
Brian Compare
Between 1945 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Holger went from #284 to #485 and Brian from #296 to #441.

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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 2024. Highest recorded position: #212 in Norway in 1949. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Holger

Holger at a glance

What stands out in Holger's record

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Popularity journey

Holger by decade in Norway · Boys

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Holger at a glance

What stands out in Holger's record

Holger by decade in Norway · Boys

Holger 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 Holger

Holger and the names beside it

Holger moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Holger

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