Leiv

maleStatistical record

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

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

Leiv: Recorded since 1945, with a gap of 10 years, its highest recorded position is #117, and it was last ranked in 2011.

1registrar recorded it
48times a registrar ranked it
67years from first to last
#117highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Leiv's record

Absent from every published list for 10 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–2011

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#124
1946	#117
1947	#121
1948	#128
1949	#124
1950	#135
1951	#125
1952	#156
1953	#140
1954	#153
1955	#176
1956	#162
1957	#185
1958	#180
1959	#205
1960	#199
1961	#197
1962	#195
1963	#244
1964	#191
1965	#210
1966	#258
1967	#326
1968	#286
1969	#349
1970	#335
1971	#294
1972	#251
1973	#474
1974	#381
1975	#352
1977	#379
1978	#488
1980	#434
1981	#439
1982	#470
1983	#541
1984	#586
1985	#549
1986	#536
1987	#538
1988	#478
1989	#587
1991	#491
1993	#612
1994	#589
2000	#559
2011	#551

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 48 of the 67 years from 1945 to 2011.

Official data for Norway, 1945–2011 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #124 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2011
Highest recorded position: #117 among boys in Norway, in 1946 (recorded 1945–2011).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2011
Most recently recorded at #551 among boys in Norway, in 2011.
Norway · Boys

Leiv 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 Leiv in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	217	5 of 10	43
1950s	290	10 of 10	29
1960s	183	10 of 10	18
1970s	95	8 of 10	12
1980s	68	10 of 10	7
1990s	15	3 of 10	5
2000s	4	1 of 10	4
2010s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Norway · Boys, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 43 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Leiv 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 2011. Highest recorded position: #117 in Norway in 1946.

Leiv'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
2011	Norway	male	#551	4	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#559	4	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#589	4	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#612	4	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#491	7	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#587	5	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#478	8	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#538	6	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#536	6	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#549	6	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#586	5	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#541	6	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#470	8	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#439	9	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#434	9	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#488	7	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#379	11	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#352	12	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#381	11	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#474	7	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#251	20	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#294	15	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#335	12	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#349	11	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#286	14	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#326	11	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#258	16	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#210	23	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#191	25	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#244	17	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#195	23	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#197	22	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#199	21	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#205	19	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#180	24	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#185	22	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#162	29	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#176	24	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#153	29	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#140	35	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#156	31	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#125	39	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#135	38	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#124	42	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#128	42	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#121	44	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#117	49	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#124	40	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 2011, ranked in 48 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #117, first reached in 1946.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 49 births, registered in Norway in 1946.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 10 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.

Leisha · #517, 23y
Leith · #2337, 13y
Leja · #251, 17y
Lejla · #358, 13y

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.

Barbro · #117, 52y
Arnstein · #116, 52y
Mariell · #119, 45y
Torfinn · #119, 50y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Asle · #117, 59y
Barbro · #117, 52y
Dagny · #117, 68y
Gard · #117, 69y

Leiv was ranked #117 in Norway · Boys in 1946. 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.

Leiv 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 Leiv without appearing here.

Leiv moved ahead of

Harry Compare
In 1979 they stood at #488 and #446 in Norway · Boys; by 1980 that had become #434 and #634.
Trond Compare
In 2010 they stood at #559 and #249 in Norway · Boys; by 2011 that had become #551 and #562.
Stig Compare
In 2010 they stood at #559 and #223 in Norway · Boys; by 2011 that had become #551 and #559.

Moved ahead of Leiv

Lucas Compare
In 1992 they stood at #491 and #493 in Norway · Boys; by 1993 that had become #612 and #323.
Kristoffer Compare
In 1972 they stood at #251 and #262 in Norway · Boys; by 1973 that had become #474 and #208.
Scott Compare
In 1992 they stood at #491 and #594 in Norway · Boys; by 1993 that had become #612 and #347.
Emil Compare
In 1972 they stood at #251 and #361 in Norway · Boys; by 1973 that had become #474 and #217.

Moved the opposite way to Leiv

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 2011 in Norway · Boys, Leiv went from #124 to #551 while Aksel went from #174 to #25.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 2011 in Norway · Boys, Leiv went from #124 to #551 while Andreas went from #140 to #16.
Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 2011 in Norway · Boys, Leiv went from #124 to #551 while Christian went from #161 to #82.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 2011 in Norway · Boys, Leiv went from #124 to #551 while Daniel went from #280 to #13.

Moved the same way as Leiv

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 2011 in Norway · Boys, Leiv went from #124 to #551 and Anders from #55 to #114.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 2011 in Norway · Boys, Leiv went from #124 to #551 and Arild from #32 to #485.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2011 in Norway · Boys, Leiv went from #124 to #551 and Arne from #6 to #208.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 2011 in Norway · Boys, Leiv went from #124 to #551 and Arthur from #153 to #239.

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 1945 to 2011. Highest recorded position: #117 in Norway in 1946. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Leiv

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Leiv by decade in Norway · Boys

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What stands out in Leiv's record

Leiv by decade in Norway · Boys

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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 Leiv

Leiv and the names beside it

Leiv moved ahead of

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