Narve

maleStatistical record

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

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

Narve: Recorded since 1945, it reached #273 in 1951, and it was last ranked in 1978.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
34years from first to last
#273highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–1978

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#334
1946	#320
1949	#293
1950	#366
1951	#273
1952	#349
1953	#343
1955	#288
1957	#377
1958	#360
1959	#284
1960	#484
1961	#403
1962	#500
1963	#375
1964	#343
1965	#492
1966	#505
1967	#470
1968	#393
1969	#428
1970	#501
1971	#367
1972	#485
1973	#514
1974	#538
1975	#623
1976	#517
1978	#627

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 29 of the 34 years from 1945 to 1978.

Official data for Norway, 1945–1978 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #334 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–1978
Highest recorded position: #273 among boys in Norway, in 1951 (recorded 1945–1978).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1978
Most recently recorded at #627 among boys in Norway, in 1978.
Norway · Boys

Narve 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 Narve in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	20	3 of 10	7
1950sbusiest	60	8 of 10	8
1960s	65	10 of 10	7
1970s	50	8 of 10	6

Across Norway · Boys, the 1950s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Narve 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 1978. Highest recorded position: #273 in Norway in 1951.

Narve'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
1978	Norway	male	#627	4	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#517	6	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#623	4	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#538	6	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#514	6	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#485	7	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#367	11	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#501	6	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#428	8	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#393	9	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#470	6	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#505	5	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#492	5	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#343	10	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#375	8	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#500	4	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#403	6	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#484	4	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#284	11	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#360	7	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#377	6	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#288	9	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#343	6	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#349	6	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#273	10	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#366	5	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#293	8	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#320	7	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#334	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 1945 and 1978, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #273, first reached in 1951.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in Norway in 1959.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 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.

Nariyah · #1849, 15y
Narla · #1556, 14y
Naryan · #2390, 15y
Naseem · #589, 26y

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.

Inghild · #273, 32y
Solgunn · #273, 33y
Anne-Marit · #274, 30y
Breege · #272, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Agnethe · #273, 50y
Gert · #273, 23y
Hans-Petter · #273, 39y
Inghild · #273, 32y

Narve was ranked #273 in Norway · Boys in 1951. 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.

Narve 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 Narve without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Narve

Oliver Compare
In 1974 they stood at #538 and #572 in Norway · Boys; by 1975 that had become #623 and #328.
Alex Compare
In 1973 they stood at #514 and #533 in Norway · Boys; by 1974 that had become #538 and #270.
Samuel Compare
In 1973 they stood at #514 and #523 in Norway · Boys; by 1974 that had become #538 and #326.
Sindre Compare
In 1959 they stood at #284 and #304 in Norway · Boys; by 1960 that had become #484 and #272.

Moved the opposite way to Narve

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 1978 in Norway · Boys, Narve went from #334 to #627 while Anders went from #55 to #7.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 1978 in Norway · Boys, Narve went from #334 to #627 while Andreas went from #140 to #27.
Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 1978 in Norway · Boys, Narve went from #334 to #627 while Christian went from #161 to #10.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 1978 in Norway · Boys, Narve went from #334 to #627 while Daniel went from #280 to #36.

Moved the same way as Narve

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 1978 in Norway · Boys, Narve went from #334 to #627 and Aksel from #174 to #384.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 1978 in Norway · Boys, Narve went from #334 to #627 and Arild from #32 to #64.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 1978 in Norway · Boys, Narve went from #334 to #627 and Arne from #6 to #70.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 1978 in Norway · Boys, Narve went from #334 to #627 and Arthur from #153 to #507.

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 1978. Highest recorded position: #273 in Norway in 1951. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Narve

Narve at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Narve by decade in Norway · Boys

Narve appears in

Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 1940s

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Narve at a glance

Narve by decade in Norway · Boys

Narve appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Narve

Narve and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Narve

Moved the opposite way to Narve

Moved the same way as Narve