Jorun

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Jorun: Recorded since 1945, its highest recorded position is #49, and it was last ranked in 1999.

1registrar recorded it
46times a registrar ranked it
55years from first to last
#49highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Girls

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1945–1999

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Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#49
1946	#65
1947	#57
1948	#61
1949	#59
1950	#66
1951	#59
1952	#74
1953	#77
1954	#72
1955	#74
1956	#77
1957	#75
1958	#86
1959	#82
1960	#90
1961	#96
1962	#98
1963	#92
1964	#119
1965	#149
1966	#129
1967	#126
1968	#181
1969	#166
1970	#168
1971	#204
1972	#182
1973	#268
1974	#243
1975	#346
1976	#284
1977	#320
1978	#469
1979	#364
1980	#458
1981	#379
1982	#540
1983	#444
1984	#468
1985	#400
1987	#489
1990	#522
1993	#645
1994	#581
1999	#566

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 46 of the 55 years from 1945 to 1999.

Official data for Norway, 1945–1999 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #49 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–1999
Highest recorded position: #49 among girls in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–1999).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1999
Most recently recorded at #566 among girls in Norway, in 1999.
Norway · Girls

Jorun 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 Jorun in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	565	5 of 10	113
1950s	851	10 of 10	85
1960s	470	10 of 10	47
1970s	176	10 of 10	18
1980s	59	7 of 10	8
1990s	21	4 of 10	5

Across Norway · Girls, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 113 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Jorun 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 1999. Highest recorded position: #49 in Norway in 1945.

Jorun'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
1999	Norway	female	#566	5	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#581	5	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#645	4	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#522	7	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#489	8	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#400	11	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#468	8	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#444	8	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#540	6	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#379	10	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#458	8	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#364	11	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#469	7	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#320	13	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#284	15	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#346	11	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#243	20	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#268	16	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#182	29	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#204	24	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#168	30	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#166	30	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#181	26	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#126	44	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#129	43	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#149	33	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#119	46	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#92	67	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#98	59	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#96	58	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#90	64	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#82	75	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#86	67	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#75	86	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#77	74	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#74	83	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#72	87	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#77	84	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#74	88	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#59	108	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#66	99	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#59	107	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#61	104	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#57	121	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#65	109	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#49	124	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 1999, ranked in 46 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #49, first reached in 1945.

It held a top-100 place in 19 years, 19 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 124 births, registered in Norway in 1945.

Its record falls into 5 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.

Jorja · #35, 30y
Jørn · #40, 64y
Jørund · #256, 57y
Jorunn · #18, 72y

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.

Andrine · #43, 44y
Torhild · #43, 51y
Anne-Lise · #42, 50y
Madelen · #58, 42y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Atle · #49, 81y
Dina · #50, 70y
Lydia · #50, 60y
Monika · #50, 80y

Jorun was ranked #49 in Norway · Girls 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.

Jorun 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 Jorun without appearing here.

Jorun moved ahead of

Wenche Compare
In 1998 they stood at #581 and #422 in Norway · Girls; by 1999 that had become #566 and #638.
Aud Compare
In 1986 they stood at #400 and #388 in Norway · Girls; by 1987 that had become #489 and #553.
Vigdis Compare
In 1992 they stood at #489 and #345 in Norway · Girls; by 1993 that had become #645 and #676.
Torill Compare
In 1998 they stood at #581 and #460 in Norway · Girls; by 1999 that had become #566 and #591.

Moved ahead of Jorun

Olivia Compare
In 1992 they stood at #489 and #672 in Norway · Girls; by 1993 that had become #645 and #281.
Tara Compare
In 1998 they stood at #581 and #602 in Norway · Girls; by 1999 that had become #566 and #259.
Josefine Compare
In 1989 they stood at #489 and #613 in Norway · Girls; by 1990 that had become #522 and #250.
Sophia Compare
In 1992 they stood at #522 and #582 in Norway · Girls; by 1993 that had become #645 and #404.

Moved the opposite way to Jorun

Anna Compare
Between 1945 and 1999 in Norway · Girls, Jorun went from #49 to #566 while Anna went from #38 to #13.
Cecilie Compare
Between 1945 and 1999 in Norway · Girls, Jorun went from #49 to #566 while Cecilie went from #359 to #63.
Christine Compare
Between 1945 and 1999 in Norway · Girls, Jorun went from #49 to #566 while Christine went from #253 to #99.
Elise Compare
Between 1945 and 1999 in Norway · Girls, Jorun went from #49 to #566 while Elise went from #223 to #29.

Moved the same way as Jorun

Ann Compare
Between 1945 and 1999 in Norway · Girls, Jorun went from #49 to #566 and Ann from #82 to #140.
Anne Compare
Between 1945 and 1999 in Norway · Girls, Jorun went from #49 to #566 and Anne from #1 to #44.
Annie Compare
Between 1945 and 1999 in Norway · Girls, Jorun went from #49 to #566 and Annie from #180 to #274.
Åse Compare
Between 1945 and 1999 in Norway · Girls, Jorun went from #49 to #566 and Åse from #25 to #181.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
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 1945 to 1999. Highest recorded position: #49 in Norway in 1945. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Jorun

Jorun at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Jorun by decade in Norway · Girls

Jorun appears in

Popularity data

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Jorun at a glance

Jorun by decade in Norway · Girls

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What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Jorun

Jorun and the names beside it

Jorun moved ahead of

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