Oddvin

maleStatistical record

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

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

Oddvin: Recorded since 1945, its highest recorded position is #187, and it was last ranked in 1976.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
32years from first to last
#187highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–1976

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#262
1946	#321
1947	#187
1948	#210
1949	#265
1950	#294
1951	#236
1952	#211
1953	#221
1954	#302
1955	#260
1956	#289
1957	#304
1958	#264
1959	#476
1960	#271
1961	#334
1962	#463
1963	#351
1964	#344
1965	#533
1968	#442
1969	#580
1971	#600
1972	#559
1974	#541
1976	#615

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 27 of the 32 years from 1945 to 1976.

Official data for Norway, 1945–1976 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #262 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–1976
Highest recorded position: #187 among boys in Norway, in 1947 (recorded 1945–1976).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1976
Most recently recorded at #615 among boys in Norway, in 1976.
Norway · Boys

Oddvin 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 Oddvin in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	65	5 of 10	13
1950s	105	10 of 10	11
1960s	61	8 of 10	8
1970s	19	4 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 13 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Oddvin 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 1976. Highest recorded position: #187 in Norway in 1947.

Oddvin'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
1976	Norway	male	#615	4	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#541	6	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#559	5	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#600	4	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#580	4	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#442	7	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#533	4	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#344	10	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#351	9	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#463	5	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#334	9	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#271	13	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#476	4	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#264	12	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#304	9	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#289	10	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#260	11	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#302	8	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#221	15	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#211	15	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#236	13	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#294	8	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#265	10	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#210	16	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#187	22	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#321	7	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#262	10	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 1976, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #187, first reached in 1947.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 22 births, registered in Norway in 1947.

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.

Oddvar · #38, 73y
Oddveig · #114, 36y
Odelia · #2689, 17y
Oden · #1635, 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.

Ingolf · #187, 26y
Ansgar · #188, 22y
Torleiv · #188, 31y
Wigdis · #186, 23y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Annelise · #187, 63y
Ingolf · #187, 26y
Ansgar · #188, 22y
Eldar · #188, 69y

Oddvin was ranked #187 in Norway · Boys in 1947. 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.

Oddvin 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 Oddvin without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Oddvin

Joseph Compare
In 1975 they stood at #541 and #564 in Norway · Boys; by 1976 that had become #615 and #301.
Ben Compare
In 1968 they stood at #442 and #488 in Norway · Boys; by 1969 that had become #580 and #293.
Alex Compare
In 1968 they stood at #442 and #453 in Norway · Boys; by 1969 that had become #580 and #308.
Adrian Compare
In 1973 they stood at #559 and #575 in Norway · Boys; by 1974 that had become #541 and #280.

Moved the opposite way to Oddvin

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 1976 in Norway · Boys, Oddvin went from #262 to #615 while Anders went from #55 to #14.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 1976 in Norway · Boys, Oddvin went from #262 to #615 while Andreas went from #140 to #44.
Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 1976 in Norway · Boys, Oddvin went from #262 to #615 while Christian went from #161 to #18.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 1976 in Norway · Boys, Oddvin went from #262 to #615 while Daniel went from #280 to #50.

Moved the same way as Oddvin

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 1976 in Norway · Boys, Oddvin went from #262 to #615 and Aksel from #174 to #289.
Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 1976 in Norway · Boys, Oddvin went from #262 to #615 and Alfred from #127 to #414.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 1976 in Norway · Boys, Oddvin went from #262 to #615 and Arild from #32 to #60.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 1976 in Norway · Boys, Oddvin went from #262 to #615 and Arne from #6 to #47.

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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 1976. Highest recorded position: #187 in Norway in 1947. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Oddvin

Oddvin at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Oddvin by decade in Norway · Boys

Oddvin appears in

Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Oddvin

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Oddvin at a glance

Oddvin by decade in Norway · Boys

Oddvin 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 Oddvin

Oddvin and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Oddvin

Moved the opposite way to Oddvin

Moved the same way as Oddvin