Olava

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Olava: Recorded every year since 2007, its highest recorded position is #154, reached in 2025.

1registrar recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
19years from first to last
#154highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Girls

Rising

among girls in Norway · 2007–2025

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Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2007	#617
2008	#573
2009	#356
2010	#312
2011	#311
2012	#295
2013	#367
2014	#243
2015	#201
2016	#204
2017	#216
2018	#206
2019	#216
2020	#226
2021	#184
2022	#162
2023	#177
2024	#246
2025	#154

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in every year from 2007 to 2025.

Official data for Norway, 2007–2025 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2007
First recorded at #617 among girls in Norway in 2007 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded2007–2025
Highest recorded position: #154 among girls in Norway, in 2025 (recorded 2007–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #154 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Olava 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 Olava in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	22	3 of 10	7
2010s	212	10 of 10	21
2020sbusiest	151	6 of 10	25

Across Norway · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 25 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Olava 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 2007 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #154 in Norway in 2025.

Olava'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	female	#154	33	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#246	17	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#177	28	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#162	30	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#184	23	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#226	20	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#216	23	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#206	25	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#216	24	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#204	28	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#201	28	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#243	23	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#367	12	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#295	17	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#311	16	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#312	16	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#356	13	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#573	5	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#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 2007 and 2025, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #154, first reached in 2025.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 33 births, registered in Norway in 2025.

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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
19 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#154position in 2025, its most recent recorded year
33births registered in its largest year, 202525 to 49 births →

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.

Olaug · #68, 53y
Olav · #9, 81y
Olayinka · #3227, 14y
Ole · #6, 81y

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.

Alfhild · #153, 24y
Jurgita · #156, 19y
Villy · #163, 21y
Coleman · #164, 24y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Inaya · #156, 26y
Inaaya · #159, 21y
Connla · #163, 13y
Maci · #163, 24y

Olava was ranked #154 in Norway · Girls in 2025. 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.

Olava 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 Olava without appearing here.

Olava moved ahead of

Aud Compare
In 2014 they stood at #617 and #504 in Norway · Girls; by 2015 that had become #201 and #514.
Bjørg Compare
In 2013 they stood at #617 and #549 in Norway · Girls; by 2014 that had become #243 and #510.
Angela Compare
In 2013 they stood at #367 and #356 in Norway · Girls; by 2014 that had become #243 and #507.
Patricia Compare
In 2008 they stood at #617 and #534 in Norway · Girls; by 2009 that had become #356 and #613.

Moved the opposite way to Olava

Alexandra Compare
Between 2007 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Olava went from #617 to #154 while Alexandra went from #85 to #212.
Amalie Compare
Between 2007 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Olava went from #617 to #154 while Amalie went from #16 to #25.
Andrea Compare
Between 2007 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Olava went from #617 to #154 while Andrea went from #25 to #98.
Anna Compare
Between 2007 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Olava went from #617 to #154 while Anna went from #4 to #23.

Moved the same way as Olava

Abigail Compare
Between 2007 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Olava went from #617 to #154 and Abigail from #463 to #273.
Ada Compare
Between 2007 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Olava went from #617 to #154 and Ada from #60 to #18.
Alma Compare
Between 2007 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Olava went from #617 to #154 and Alma from #102 to #8.
Amelia Compare
Between 2007 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Olava went from #617 to #154 and Amelia from #132 to #39.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
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 2007 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #154 in Norway in 2025. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Olava

Olava at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Olava by decade in Norway · Girls

Olava appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Olava

Olava and the names beside it

Olava moved ahead of

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Olava at a glance

Olava by decade in Norway · Girls

Olava appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Olava

Olava and the names beside it

Olava moved ahead of

Moved the opposite way to Olava

Moved the same way as Olava