Ingolf

maleStatistical record

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

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

Ingolf: Recorded since 1945, its highest recorded position is #187, and it was last ranked in 1984.

1registrar recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
40years from first to last
#187highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–1984

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#187
1946	#235
1947	#209
1948	#295
1949	#203
1950	#291
1951	#196
1952	#191
1953	#262
1954	#229
1955	#300
1958	#289
1959	#234
1960	#328
1961	#393
1963	#428
1964	#453
1965	#526
1966	#498
1967	#391
1969	#520
1971	#388
1972	#552
1974	#615
1977	#539
1984	#619

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 40 years from 1945 to 1984.

Official data for Norway, 1945–1984 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #187 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–1984
Highest recorded position: #187 among boys in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–1984).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1984
Most recently recorded at #619 among boys in Norway, in 1984.
Norway · Boys

Ingolf 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 Ingolf in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	74	5 of 10	15
1950s	102	8 of 10	13
1960s	49	8 of 10	6
1970s	24	4 of 10	6
1980s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Norway · Boys, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 15 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Ingolf 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 1984. Highest recorded position: #187 in Norway in 1945.

Ingolf'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
1984	Norway	male	#619	4	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#539	5	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#615	4	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#552	5	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#388	10	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#520	5	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#391	8	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#498	5	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#526	4	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#453	6	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#428	6	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#393	6	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#328	9	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#234	15	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#289	10	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#300	8	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#229	14	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#262	10	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#191	19	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#196	18	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#291	8	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#203	17	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#295	8	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#209	16	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#235	13	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#187	20	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 1984, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #187, first reached in 1945.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 20 births, registered in Norway in 1945.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 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.

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Ingmar · #266, 26y
Ingri · #285, 42y
Ingrid · #1, 81y

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.

Oddvin · #187, 27y
Ansgar · #188, 22y
Torleiv · #188, 31y
Wigdis · #186, 23y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Annelise · #187, 63y
Oddvin · #187, 27y
Ansgar · #188, 22y
Eldar · #188, 69y

Ingolf was ranked #187 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.

Ingolf 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 Ingolf without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Ingolf

Adrian Compare
In 1973 they stood at #552 and #575 in Norway · Boys; by 1974 that had become #615 and #280.
Julian Compare
In 1983 they stood at #539 and #612 in Norway · Boys; by 1984 that had become #619 and #334.
Stephen Compare
In 1971 they stood at #388 and #430 in Norway · Boys; by 1972 that had become #552 and #304.
Alex Compare
In 1971 they stood at #388 and #433 in Norway · Boys; by 1972 that had become #552 and #321.

Moved the opposite way to Ingolf

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 1984 in Norway · Boys, Ingolf went from #187 to #619 while Anders went from #55 to #3.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 1984 in Norway · Boys, Ingolf went from #187 to #619 while Andreas went from #140 to #5.
Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 1984 in Norway · Boys, Ingolf went from #187 to #619 while Christian went from #161 to #10.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 1984 in Norway · Boys, Ingolf went from #187 to #619 while Daniel went from #280 to #7.

Moved the same way as Ingolf

Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 1984 in Norway · Boys, Ingolf went from #187 to #619 and Alfred from #127 to #482.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 1984 in Norway · Boys, Ingolf went from #187 to #619 and Arild from #32 to #117.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 1984 in Norway · Boys, Ingolf went from #187 to #619 and Arne from #6 to #85.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 1984 in Norway · Boys, Ingolf went from #187 to #619 and Arthur from #153 to #606.

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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 1984. Highest recorded position: #187 in Norway in 1945. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Ingolf

Ingolf at a glance

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Popularity journey

Ingolf by decade in Norway · Boys

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Ingolf at a glance

Ingolf by decade in Norway · Boys

Ingolf appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Ingolf

Ingolf and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Ingolf

Moved the opposite way to Ingolf

Moved the same way as Ingolf