Olaug

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Olaug: Recorded since 1945, its highest recorded position is #68, and it was last ranked in 2008.

1registrar recorded it
53times a registrar ranked it
64years from first to last
#68highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Girls

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1945–2008

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Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#68
1946	#78
1947	#77
1948	#70
1949	#69
1950	#78
1951	#82
1952	#85
1953	#84
1954	#85
1955	#84
1956	#94
1957	#111
1958	#93
1959	#96
1960	#106
1961	#115
1962	#135
1963	#122
1964	#128
1965	#144
1966	#144
1967	#166
1968	#194
1969	#232
1970	#163
1971	#269
1972	#221
1973	#229
1974	#272
1975	#298
1976	#386
1977	#381
1978	#524
1979	#258
1980	#503
1981	#451
1982	#401
1983	#493
1984	#618
1985	#377
1986	#530
1987	#671
1988	#586
1990	#576
1992	#670
1993	#593
1997	#479
1998	#625
1999	#577
2000	#620
2004	#591
2008	#609

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 53 of the 64 years from 1945 to 2008.

Official data for Norway, 1945–2008 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #68 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2008
Highest recorded position: #68 among girls in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2008).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2008
Most recently recorded at #609 among girls in Norway, in 2008.
Norway · Girls

Olaug 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 Olaug in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	425	5 of 10	85
1950s	656	10 of 10	66
1960s	352	10 of 10	35
1970s	164	10 of 10	16
1980s	66	9 of 10	7
1990s	31	6 of 10	5
2000s	12	3 of 10	4

Across Norway · Girls, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 85 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Olaug 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 2008. Highest recorded position: #68 in Norway in 1945.

Olaug'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
2008	Norway	female	#609	4	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#591	4	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#620	4	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#577	5	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#625	4	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#479	7	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#593	5	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#670	4	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#576	6	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#586	6	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#671	4	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#530	7	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#377	12	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#618	5	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#493	7	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#401	10	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#451	8	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#503	7	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#258	18	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#524	6	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#381	10	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#386	10	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#298	14	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#272	17	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#229	20	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#221	22	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#269	16	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#163	31	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#232	19	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#194	24	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#166	29	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#144	36	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#144	35	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#128	37	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#122	42	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#135	35	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#115	46	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#106	49	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#96	57	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#93	61	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#111	44	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#94	61	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#84	68	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#85	68	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#84	69	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#85	72	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#82	73	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#78	83	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#69	86	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#70	90	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#77	78	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#78	84	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#68	87	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 2008, ranked in 53 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #68, first reached in 1945.

It held a top-100 place in 14 years, 12 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 90 births, registered in Norway in 1948.

Its record falls into 6 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

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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.

Dagfinn · #67, 48y
Merethe · #69, 54y
Malene · #66, 50y
Karianne · #64, 56y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Dagfinn · #67, 48y
Ebba · #67, 43y
Evy · #69, 80y
Lina · #69, 72y

Olaug was ranked #68 in Norway · Girls in 1945. 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.

Olaug 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 Olaug without appearing here.

Olaug moved ahead of

Unni Compare
In 1996 they stood at #593 and #513 in Norway · Girls; by 1997 that had become #479 and #591.
Torill Compare
In 1996 they stood at #593 and #362 in Norway · Girls; by 1997 that had become #479 and #534.
Wenche Compare
In 2007 they stood at #620 and #483 in Norway · Girls; by 2008 that had become #609 and #621.
Tove Compare
In 2003 they stood at #620 and #575 in Norway · Girls; by 2004 that had become #591 and #600.

Moved ahead of Olaug

Evelyn Compare
In 1986 they stood at #530 and #602 in Norway · Girls; by 1987 that had become #671 and #294.
Martine Compare
In 1979 they stood at #258 and #325 in Norway · Girls; by 1980 that had become #503 and #188.
Rita Compare
In 1997 they stood at #479 and #480 in Norway · Girls; by 1998 that had become #625 and #313.
Rebecca Compare
In 1979 they stood at #258 and #328 in Norway · Girls; by 1980 that had become #503 and #195.

Moved the opposite way to Olaug

Ada Compare
Between 1945 and 2008 in Norway · Girls, Olaug went from #68 to #609 while Ada went from #229 to #76.
Alma Compare
Between 1945 and 2008 in Norway · Girls, Olaug went from #68 to #609 while Alma went from #293 to #70.
Anna Compare
Between 1945 and 2008 in Norway · Girls, Olaug went from #68 to #609 while Anna went from #38 to #10.
Cecilie Compare
Between 1945 and 2008 in Norway · Girls, Olaug went from #68 to #609 while Cecilie went from #359 to #200.

Moved the same way as Olaug

Anita Compare
Between 1945 and 2008 in Norway · Girls, Olaug went from #68 to #609 and Anita from #162 to #353.
Ann Compare
Between 1945 and 2008 in Norway · Girls, Olaug went from #68 to #609 and Ann from #82 to #259.
Anne Compare
Between 1945 and 2008 in Norway · Girls, Olaug went from #68 to #609 and Anne from #1 to #77.
Annie Compare
Between 1945 and 2008 in Norway · Girls, Olaug went from #68 to #609 and Annie from #180 to #335.

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Recorded in official data for Norway from 1945 to 2008. Highest recorded position: #68 in Norway in 1945. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Olaug

Olaug at a glance

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Popularity journey

Olaug by decade in Norway · Girls

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Olaug by decade in Norway · Girls

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Olaug moved ahead of

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