Margunn

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Margunn: Recorded since 1945, it reached #150 in 1960, and it was last ranked in 1985.

1registrar recorded it
40times a registrar ranked it
41years from first to last
#150highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Girls

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1945–1985

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Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#260
1946	#213
1947	#184
1948	#210
1949	#219
1950	#215
1951	#184
1952	#187
1953	#177
1954	#166
1955	#191
1956	#159
1957	#195
1958	#158
1959	#182
1960	#150
1961	#211
1962	#177
1963	#194
1964	#323
1965	#291
1966	#207
1967	#239
1968	#330
1969	#188
1970	#295
1971	#380
1972	#316
1973	#426
1974	#566
1975	#472
1976	#380
1977	#399
1978	#371
1979	#448
1980	#498
1981	#592
1982	#652
1984	#564
1985	#532

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 40 of the 41 years from 1945 to 1985.

Official data for Norway, 1945–1985 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #260 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–1985
Highest recorded position: #150 among girls in Norway, in 1960 (recorded 1945–1985).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1985
Most recently recorded at #532 among girls in Norway, in 1985.
Norway · Girls

Margunn 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 Margunn in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	89	5 of 10	18
1950sbusiest	225	10 of 10	23
1960s	186	10 of 10	19
1970s	92	10 of 10	9
1980s	29	5 of 10	6

Across Norway · Girls, the 1950s were its busiest decade, averaging 23 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Margunn 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 1985. Highest recorded position: #150 in Norway in 1960.

Margunn'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
1985	Norway	female	#532	7	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#564	6	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#652	4	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#592	5	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#498	7	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#448	8	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#371	10	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#399	9	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#380	10	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#472	7	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#566	5	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#426	8	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#316	13	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#380	9	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#295	13	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#188	24	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#330	11	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#239	17	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#207	20	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#291	13	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#323	10	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#194	22	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#177	22	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#211	19	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#150	28	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#182	21	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#158	27	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#195	19	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#159	29	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#191	20	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#166	24	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#177	24	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#187	22	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#184	22	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#215	17	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#219	17	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#210	18	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#184	24	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#213	19	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#260	11	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 1985, ranked in 40 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #150, first reached in 1960.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 29 births, registered in Norway in 1956.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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.

Marguerite · #161, 58y
Margun · #200, 22y
Mari · #11, 81y
Mari-Ann · #213, 33y

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.

Guttorm · #150, 45y
Maj · #150, 42y
Anne-Britt · #152, 35y
Thorleif · #152, 37y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Guttorm · #150, 45y
Maj · #150, 42y
Lone · #149, 73y
Anne-Britt · #152, 35y

Margunn was ranked #150 in Norway · Girls in 1960. 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.

Margunn 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 Margunn without appearing here.

Margunn moved ahead of

Margaret Compare
In 1984 they stood at #652 and #428 in Norway · Girls; by 1985 that had become #532 and #617.
Hedvig Compare
In 1984 they stood at #564 and #466 in Norway · Girls; by 1985 that had become #532 and #560.

Moved ahead of Margunn

Emilie Compare
In 1984 they stood at #564 and #596 in Norway · Girls; by 1985 that had become #532 and #243.
Alma Compare
In 1979 they stood at #448 and #499 in Norway · Girls; by 1980 that had become #498 and #257.
Sofie Compare
In 1980 they stood at #498 and #505 in Norway · Girls; by 1981 that had become #592 and #364.
Jessica Compare
In 1976 they stood at #380 and #428 in Norway · Girls; by 1977 that had become #399 and #196.

Moved the opposite way to Margunn

Anita Compare
Between 1945 and 1985 in Norway · Girls, Margunn went from #260 to #532 while Anita went from #162 to #38.
Ann Compare
Between 1945 and 1985 in Norway · Girls, Margunn went from #260 to #532 while Ann went from #82 to #40.
Anna Compare
Between 1945 and 1985 in Norway · Girls, Margunn went from #260 to #532 while Anna went from #38 to #14.
Cecilie Compare
Between 1945 and 1985 in Norway · Girls, Margunn went from #260 to #532 while Cecilie went from #359 to #21.

Moved the same way as Margunn

Anne Compare
Between 1945 and 1985 in Norway · Girls, Margunn went from #260 to #532 and Anne from #1 to #9.
Annie Compare
Between 1945 and 1985 in Norway · Girls, Margunn went from #260 to #532 and Annie from #180 to #434.
Åse Compare
Between 1945 and 1985 in Norway · Girls, Margunn went from #260 to #532 and Åse from #25 to #170.
Astrid Compare
Between 1945 and 1985 in Norway · Girls, Margunn went from #260 to #532 and Astrid from #12 to #97.

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Recorded in official data for Norway from 1945 to 1985. Highest recorded position: #150 in Norway in 1960. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Margunn

Margunn at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Margunn by decade in Norway · Girls

Margunn appears in

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Margunn at a glance

Margunn 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 Margunn

Margunn and the names beside it

Margunn moved ahead of

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