Oddlaug

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Oddlaug: Recorded since 1945, it reached #140 in 1950, and it was last ranked in 1972.

1registrar recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#140highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Girls

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1945–1972

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Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#178
1946	#194
1947	#171
1948	#182
1949	#209
1950	#140
1951	#252
1952	#195
1953	#209
1954	#271
1955	#214
1956	#224
1957	#432
1958	#395
1960	#381
1961	#409
1962	#349
1963	#523
1966	#537
1970	#554
1972	#565

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 21 of the 28 years from 1945 to 1972.

Official data for Norway, 1945–1972 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #178 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–1972
Highest recorded position: #140 among girls in Norway, in 1950 (recorded 1945–1972).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1972
Most recently recorded at #565 among girls in Norway, in 1972.
Norway · Girls

Oddlaug 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 Oddlaug in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	113	5 of 10	23
1950s	138	9 of 10	15
1960s	29	5 of 10	6
1970s	10	2 of 10	5

Across Norway · Girls, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 23 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Oddlaug 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 1972. Highest recorded position: #140 in Norway in 1950.

Oddlaug'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
1972	Norway	female	#565	5	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#554	5	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#537	4	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#523	4	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#349	8	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#409	6	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#381	7	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#395	6	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#432	5	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#224	15	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#214	17	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#271	11	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#209	18	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#195	21	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#252	12	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#140	33	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#209	19	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#182	22	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#171	27	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#194	22	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#178	23	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 1972, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #140, first reached in 1950.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 33 births, registered in Norway in 1950.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 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.

Oddbjørn · #79, 62y
Oddgeir · #160, 48y
Oddleif · #237, 20y
Oddmund · #105, 50y

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.

Bertine · #143, 23y
Dermott · #137, 19y
Brith · #135, 25y
Concepta · #134, 19y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Kari-Anne · #140, 40y
Børre · #141, 40y
Milan · #141, 69y
Sol · #139, 45y

Oddlaug was ranked #140 in Norway · Girls in 1950. 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.

Oddlaug 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 Oddlaug without appearing here.

Oddlaug moved ahead of

Ella Compare
In 1971 they stood at #537 and #336 in Norway · Girls; by 1972 that had become #565 and #590.

Moved ahead of Oddlaug

Linn Compare
In 1965 they stood at #349 and #376 in Norway · Girls; by 1966 that had become #537 and #280.
Elizabeth Compare
In 1956 they stood at #224 and #243 in Norway · Girls; by 1957 that had become #432 and #180.
Christine Compare
In 1956 they stood at #224 and #234 in Norway · Girls; by 1957 that had become #432 and #206.
Yvonne Compare
In 1956 they stood at #224 and #379 in Norway · Girls; by 1957 that had become #432 and #214.

Moved the opposite way to Oddlaug

Anita Compare
Between 1945 and 1972 in Norway · Girls, Oddlaug went from #178 to #565 while Anita went from #162 to #5.
Ann Compare
Between 1945 and 1972 in Norway · Girls, Oddlaug went from #178 to #565 while Ann went from #82 to #19.
Bente Compare
Between 1945 and 1972 in Norway · Girls, Oddlaug went from #178 to #565 while Bente went from #66 to #14.
Cecilie Compare
Between 1945 and 1972 in Norway · Girls, Oddlaug went from #178 to #565 while Cecilie went from #359 to #32.

Moved the same way as Oddlaug

Ada Compare
Between 1945 and 1972 in Norway · Girls, Oddlaug went from #178 to #565 and Ada from #229 to #540.
Alma Compare
Between 1945 and 1972 in Norway · Girls, Oddlaug went from #178 to #565 and Alma from #293 to #455.
Annie Compare
Between 1945 and 1972 in Norway · Girls, Oddlaug went from #178 to #565 and Annie from #180 to #322.
Åse Compare
Between 1945 and 1972 in Norway · Girls, Oddlaug went from #178 to #565 and Åse from #25 to #83.

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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 1972. Highest recorded position: #140 in Norway in 1950. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Oddlaug

Oddlaug at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Oddlaug by decade in Norway · Girls

Oddlaug appears in

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Oddlaug at a glance

Oddlaug by decade in Norway · Girls

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What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Oddlaug

Oddlaug and the names beside it

Oddlaug moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Oddlaug

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