Ingve

maleStatistical record

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

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

Ingve: Recorded since 1945, it reached #284 in 1968, and it was last ranked in 2006.

1registrar recorded it
42times a registrar ranked it
62years from first to last
#284highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–2006

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#319
1947	#352
1950	#356
1951	#316
1952	#360
1955	#388
1957	#302
1958	#336
1959	#431
1960	#448
1963	#366
1964	#335
1965	#476
1966	#333
1967	#392
1968	#284
1969	#446
1970	#354
1971	#332
1972	#345
1973	#384
1974	#495
1975	#608
1976	#602
1977	#469
1978	#520
1979	#576
1980	#463
1982	#465
1983	#497
1984	#501
1985	#547
1986	#416
1987	#572
1989	#386
1990	#529
1991	#488
1992	#602
1995	#420
1996	#477
2000	#549
2006	#546

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 42 of the 62 years from 1945 to 2006.

Official data for Norway, 1945–2006 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #319 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2006
Highest recorded position: #284 among boys in Norway, in 1968 (recorded 1945–2006).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2006
Most recently recorded at #546 among boys in Norway, in 2006.
Norway · Boys

Ingve 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 Ingve in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	11	2 of 10	6
1950s	44	7 of 10	6
1960sbusiest	68	8 of 10	9
1970s	78	10 of 10	8
1980s	62	8 of 10	8
1990s	31	5 of 10	6
2000s	8	2 of 10	4

Across Norway · Boys, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Ingve 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 2006. Highest recorded position: #284 in Norway in 1968.

Ingve'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
2006	Norway	male	#546	4	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#549	4	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#477	6	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#420	8	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#602	4	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#488	7	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#529	6	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#386	11	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#572	5	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#416	10	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#547	6	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#501	7	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#497	7	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#465	8	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#463	8	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#576	5	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#520	6	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#469	7	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#602	4	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#608	4	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#495	7	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#384	10	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#345	12	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#332	12	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#354	11	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#446	7	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#284	14	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#392	8	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#333	11	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#476	5	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#335	10	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#366	8	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#448	5	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#431	5	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#336	8	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#302	9	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#388	5	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#360	5	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#316	7	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#356	5	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#352	5	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#319	6	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 2006, ranked in 42 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #284, first reached in 1968.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 14 births, registered in Norway in 1968.

Its record falls into 11 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 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.

Ingvald · #157, 44y
Ingvar · #117, 55y
Ingvil · #325, 31y
Ingvild · #32, 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.

Ingri · #285, 42y
Tarald · #287, 39y
Eystein · #290, 41y
Trine-Lise · #276, 37y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Edit · #283, 13y
Ingri · #285, 42y
Vilhelm · #283, 27y
Fatma · #282, 68y

Ingve was ranked #284 in Norway · Boys in 1968. 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.

Ingve 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 Ingve without appearing here.

Ingve moved ahead of

Ronald Compare
In 1985 they stood at #547 and #479 in Norway · Boys; by 1986 that had become #416 and #593.
Francis Compare
In 1990 they stood at #572 and #359 in Norway · Boys; by 1991 that had become #488 and #612.
Roman Compare
In 1994 they stood at #602 and #384 in Norway · Boys; by 1995 that had become #420 and #509.
Harry Compare
In 1990 they stood at #529 and #396 in Norway · Boys; by 1991 that had become #488 and #575.

Moved ahead of Ingve

Aaron Compare
In 2005 they stood at #477 and #499 in Norway · Boys; by 2006 that had become #546 and #210.
Oliver Compare
In 1989 they stood at #386 and #434 in Norway · Boys; by 1990 that had become #529 and #231.
Jonathan Compare
In 1978 they stood at #520 and #524 in Norway · Boys; by 1979 that had become #576 and #326.
Scott Compare
In 1991 they stood at #488 and #594 in Norway · Boys; by 1992 that had become #602 and #353.

Moved the opposite way to Ingve

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 2006 in Norway · Boys, Ingve went from #319 to #546 while Aksel went from #174 to #65.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 2006 in Norway · Boys, Ingve went from #319 to #546 while Andreas went from #140 to #4.
Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 2006 in Norway · Boys, Ingve went from #319 to #546 while Christian went from #161 to #45.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 2006 in Norway · Boys, Ingve went from #319 to #546 while Daniel went from #280 to #7.

Moved the same way as Ingve

Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 2006 in Norway · Boys, Ingve went from #319 to #546 and Arild from #32 to #367.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2006 in Norway · Boys, Ingve went from #319 to #546 and Arne from #6 to #179.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 2006 in Norway · Boys, Ingve went from #319 to #546 and Arthur from #153 to #263.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1945 and 2006 in Norway · Boys, Ingve went from #319 to #546 and Bjørn from #3 to #130.

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Recorded in official data for Norway from 1945 to 2006. Highest recorded position: #284 in Norway in 1968. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Ingve

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Ingve by decade in Norway · Boys

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Ingve by decade in Norway · Boys

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