Irmelin

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Irmelin: Recorded since 1950, it reached #255 in 1997, and it stood at #514 in 2023.

1registrar recorded it
52times a registrar ranked it
74years from first to last
#255highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Girls

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1950–2023

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Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1950	#368
1954	#349
1959	#385
1960	#470
1963	#392
1964	#432
1965	#417
1967	#454
1968	#545
1969	#449
1970	#538
1971	#485
1972	#435
1973	#375
1976	#556
1978	#433
1979	#446
1981	#634
1982	#534
1983	#534
1984	#503
1985	#443
1986	#440
1987	#332
1988	#452
1989	#306
1990	#287
1991	#340
1992	#387
1993	#323
1994	#476
1995	#305
1996	#446
1997	#255
1998	#349
1999	#347
2000	#604
2001	#496
2002	#508
2003	#421
2007	#520
2008	#597
2009	#518
2010	#486
2011	#398
2012	#396
2013	#500
2014	#379
2016	#427
2020	#491
2022	#417
2023	#514

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 52 of the 74 years from 1950 to 2023.

Official data for Norway, 1950–2023 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1950
First recorded at #368 among girls in Norway in 1950 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1950–2023
Highest recorded position: #255 among girls in Norway, in 1997 (recorded 1950–2023).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #514 among girls in Norway, in 2023.
Norway · Girls

Irmelin 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 Irmelin in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	18	3 of 10	6
1960s	40	7 of 10	6
1970s	50	7 of 10	7
1980s	80	9 of 10	9
1990sbusiest	124	10 of 10	12
2000s	40	7 of 10	6
2010s	52	6 of 10	9
2020s	14	3 of 10	5

Across Norway · Girls, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 12 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Irmelin 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 1950 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #255 in Norway in 1997.

Irmelin'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
2023	Norway	female	#514	4	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#417	6	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#491	4	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#427	8	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#379	11	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#500	6	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#396	10	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#398	10	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#486	7	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#518	6	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#597	4	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#520	6	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#421	8	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#508	6	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#496	6	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#604	4	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#347	11	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#349	11	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#255	17	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#446	8	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#305	14	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#476	7	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#323	14	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#387	11	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#340	13	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#287	18	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#306	16	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#452	9	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#332	14	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#440	9	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#443	9	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#503	7	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#534	6	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#534	6	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#634	4	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#446	8	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#433	8	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#556	5	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#375	10	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#435	8	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#485	6	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#538	5	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#449	6	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#545	4	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#454	6	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#417	7	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#432	6	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#392	7	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#470	4	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#385	6	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#349	7	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#368	5	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 1950 and 2023, ranked in 52 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #255, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 18 births, registered in Norway in 1990.

Its record falls into 12 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 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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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.

Jørund · #256, 57y
Søren · #243, 51y
Ingelin · #269, 51y
Ingerid · #270, 53y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Anne-Kristin · #255, 23y
Osman · #256, 70y
Boguslaw · #257, 27y
Anne-Lene · #258, 27y

Irmelin was ranked #255 in Norway · Girls in 1997. 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.

Irmelin 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 Irmelin without appearing here.

Irmelin moved ahead of

Belinda Compare
In 1994 they stood at #476 and #400 in Norway · Girls; by 1995 that had become #305 and #617.
Barbara Compare
In 1994 they stood at #476 and #399 in Norway · Girls; by 1995 that had become #305 and #615.
Vigdis Compare
In 1988 they stood at #452 and #312 in Norway · Girls; by 1989 that had become #306 and #595.
Hege Compare
In 2011 they stood at #597 and #551 in Norway · Girls; by 2012 that had become #396 and #580.

Moved ahead of Irmelin

Leah Compare
In 1999 they stood at #347 and #351 in Norway · Girls; by 2000 that had become #604 and #207.
Lara Compare
In 1999 they stood at #347 and #520 in Norway · Girls; by 2000 that had become #604 and #311.
Sophia Compare
In 1999 they stood at #347 and #360 in Norway · Girls; by 2000 that had become #604 and #319.
Mia Compare
In 1975 they stood at #375 and #379 in Norway · Girls; by 1976 that had become #556 and #272.

Moved the opposite way to Irmelin

Julia Compare
Between 1954 and 2023 in Norway · Girls, Irmelin went from #349 to #514 while Julia went from #427 to #76.
Sara Compare
Between 1954 and 2023 in Norway · Girls, Irmelin went from #349 to #514 while Sara went from #408 to #24.
Sofie Compare
Between 1954 and 2023 in Norway · Girls, Irmelin went from #349 to #514 while Sofie went from #410 to #7.
Zoe Compare
Between 1987 and 2023 in Norway · Girls, Irmelin went from #332 to #514 while Zoe went from #637 to #288.

Moved the same way as Irmelin

Vibeke Compare
Between 1950 and 2008 in Norway · Girls, Irmelin went from #368 to #597 and Vibeke from #176 to #458.
Wenche Compare
Between 1950 and 2008 in Norway · Girls, Irmelin went from #368 to #597 and Wenche from #13 to #621.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

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 1950 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #255 in Norway in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Irmelin

Irmelin at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Irmelin by decade in Norway · Girls

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Irmelin at a glance

Irmelin by decade in Norway · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1950s

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Irmelin moved ahead of

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