Olai

maleStatistical record

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

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

Olai: Recorded since 1992, it reached #89 in 2018, and it stood at #120 in 2025.

1registrar recorded it
32times a registrar ranked it
34years from first to last
#89highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Rising

among boys in Norway · 1992–2025

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1992	#617
1995	#428
1996	#536
1997	#479
1998	#413
1999	#454
2000	#379
2001	#329
2002	#419
2003	#248
2004	#272
2005	#250
2006	#298
2007	#291
2008	#161
2009	#261
2010	#198
2011	#137
2012	#132
2013	#123
2014	#100
2015	#107
2016	#103
2017	#98
2018	#89
2019	#96
2020	#110
2021	#100
2022	#120
2023	#107
2024	#112
2025	#120

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

RisingNorway · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 32 of the 34 years from 1992 to 2025.

Official data for Norway, 1992–2025 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1992
First recorded at #617 among boys in Norway in 1992 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1992–2025
Highest recorded position: #89 among boys in Norway, in 2018 (recorded 1992–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #120 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Olai 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 Olai in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	38	6 of 10	6
2000s	165	10 of 10	17
2010sbusiest	642	10 of 10	64
2020s	321	6 of 10	54

Across Norway · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 64 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2010 and 2011, when recorded births rose by 25, from 27 to 52.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Olai 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 1992 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #89 in Norway in 2018.

Olai'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
2025	Norway	male	#120	49	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#112	51	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#107	59	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#120	49	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#100	62	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#110	51	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#96	71	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#89	87	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#98	74	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#103	72	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#107	72	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#100	75	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#123	57	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#132	55	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#137	52	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#198	27	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#261	19	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#161	39	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#291	15	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#298	14	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#250	18	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#272	15	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#248	18	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#419	7	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#329	11	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#379	9	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#454	7	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#413	8	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#479	6	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#536	5	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#428	8	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#617	4	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 1992 and 2025, ranked in 32 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #89, first reached in 2018.

It held a top-100 place in 5 years, 3 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 87 births, registered in Norway in 2018.

Its record falls into 2 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.

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Olamide · #299, 29y
Olan · #222, 41y

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.

Oddbjørg · #89, 33y
Viljar · #91, 37y
Noeleen · #93, 32y
Tordis · #83, 35y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Eireann · #89, 30y
Elle · #89, 32y
Talia · #89, 30y
Breanna · #88, 29y

Olai was ranked #89 in Norway · Boys in 2018. 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.

Olai 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 Olai without appearing here.

Olai moved ahead of

Roger Compare
In 2002 they stood at #419 and #356 in Norway · Boys; by 2003 that had become #248 and #552.
Frode Compare
In 2002 they stood at #419 and #342 in Norway · Boys; by 2003 that had become #248 and #529.
Ben Compare
In 2002 they stood at #419 and #321 in Norway · Boys; by 2003 that had become #248 and #525.
Kjetil Compare
In 2007 they stood at #291 and #264 in Norway · Boys; by 2008 that had become #161 and #385.

Moved ahead of Olai

Noah Compare
In 1995 they stood at #428 and #464 in Norway · Boys; by 1996 that had become #536 and #332.
Liam Compare
In 2001 they stood at #329 and #345 in Norway · Boys; by 2002 that had become #419 and #236.
Matheo Compare
In 2005 they stood at #250 and #280 in Norway · Boys; by 2006 that had become #298 and #231.
Theo Compare
In 1997 they stood at #479 and #541 in Norway · Boys; by 1998 that had become #413 and #383.

Moved the opposite way to Olai

Adrian Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Olai went from #617 to #120 while Adrian went from #47 to #70.
Alexander Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Olai went from #617 to #120 while Alexander went from #20 to #81.
Anders Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Olai went from #617 to #120 while Anders went from #9 to #293.
Andreas Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Olai went from #617 to #120 while Andreas went from #2 to #96.

Moved the same way as Olai

Adam Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Olai went from #617 to #120 and Adam from #153 to #29.
Aksel Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Olai went from #617 to #120 and Aksel from #161 to #25.
Arthur Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Olai went from #617 to #120 and Arthur from #420 to #83.
Birk Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Olai went from #617 to #120 and Birk from #584 to #18.

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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 1992 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #89 in Norway in 2018. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Olai

Olai at a glance

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Olai by decade in Norway · Boys

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Olai at a glance

Olai by decade in Norway · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Olai moved ahead of

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