Paal

maleStatistical record

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

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

Paal: Recorded since 1945, it reached #144 in 1967, and it was last ranked in 2005.

1registrar recorded it
57times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#144highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–2005

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#183
1946	#179
1947	#248
1948	#234
1949	#308
1950	#334
1951	#237
1952	#307
1953	#210
1954	#239
1955	#261
1956	#226
1957	#218
1958	#266
1959	#187
1960	#224
1961	#198
1962	#184
1963	#175
1964	#197
1965	#149
1966	#178
1967	#144
1968	#167
1969	#185
1970	#200
1971	#165
1972	#162
1973	#210
1974	#244
1975	#255
1976	#343
1977	#268
1978	#400
1979	#507
1980	#476
1981	#416
1982	#402
1983	#308
1984	#354
1985	#379
1986	#421
1987	#416
1988	#556
1989	#508
1990	#425
1991	#426
1992	#504
1993	#405
1994	#319
1995	#350
1997	#446
1998	#525
1999	#457
2000	#477
2003	#549
2005	#439

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 57 of the 61 years from 1945 to 2005.

Official data for Norway, 1945–2005 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #183 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2005
Highest recorded position: #144 among boys in Norway, in 1967 (recorded 1945–2005).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2005
Most recently recorded at #439 among boys in Norway, in 2005.
Norway · Boys

Paal 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 Paal in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	77	5 of 10	15
1950s	135	10 of 10	14
1960sbusiest	304	10 of 10	30
1970s	232	10 of 10	23
1980s	103	10 of 10	10
1990s	78	9 of 10	9
2000s	17	3 of 10	6

Across Norway · Boys, the 1960s were its busiest decade, averaging 30 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Paal 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 2005. Highest recorded position: #144 in Norway in 1967.

Paal'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
2005	Norway	male	#439	7	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#549	4	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#477	6	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#457	7	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#525	5	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#446	7	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#350	12	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#319	13	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#405	9	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#504	6	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#426	9	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#425	10	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#508	7	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#556	6	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#416	10	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#421	10	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#379	12	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#354	13	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#308	16	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#402	11	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#416	10	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#476	8	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#507	7	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#400	10	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#268	18	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#343	13	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#255	19	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#244	21	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#210	28	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#162	45	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#165	42	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#200	29	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#185	32	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#167	37	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#144	46	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#178	32	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#149	42	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#197	23	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#175	27	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#184	26	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#198	22	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#224	17	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#187	23	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#266	12	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#218	17	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#226	16	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#261	11	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#239	13	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#210	16	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#307	8	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#237	13	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#334	6	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#308	7	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#234	13	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#248	12	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#179	24	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#183	21	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 2005, ranked in 57 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #144, first reached in 1967.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 46 births, registered in Norway in 1967.

Its record falls into 4 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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Paarth · #2921, 14y
Pablo · #493, 29y

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.

Asgeir · #145, 61y
Gøril · #143, 56y
Kjartan · #145, 61y
Gisle · #142, 55y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Hassan · #144, 79y
Herdis · #144, 36y
Arnulf · #145, 27y
Asgeir · #145, 61y

Paal was ranked #144 in Norway · Boys in 1967. 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.

Paal 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 Paal without appearing here.

Paal moved ahead of

Stig Compare
In 2004 they stood at #549 and #318 in Norway · Boys; by 2005 that had become #439 and #559.
Arild Compare
In 2004 they stood at #549 and #364 in Norway · Boys; by 2005 that had become #439 and #518.
Egil Compare
In 2004 they stood at #477 and #324 in Norway · Boys; by 2005 that had become #439 and #485.
Terje Compare
In 2004 they stood at #549 and #345 in Norway · Boys; by 2005 that had become #439 and #471.

Moved ahead of Paal

Herman Compare
In 1987 they stood at #416 and #437 in Norway · Boys; by 1988 that had become #556 and #280.
Aaron Compare
In 2002 they stood at #457 and #492 in Norway · Boys; by 2003 that had become #549 and #275.
Elias Compare
In 1987 they stood at #416 and #487 in Norway · Boys; by 1988 that had become #556 and #308.
Filip Compare
In 1978 they stood at #400 and #514 in Norway · Boys; by 1979 that had become #507 and #276.

Moved the opposite way to Paal

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 2005 in Norway · Boys, Paal went from #183 to #439 while Aksel went from #174 to #66.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 2005 in Norway · Boys, Paal went from #183 to #439 while Andreas went from #140 to #6.
Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 2005 in Norway · Boys, Paal went from #183 to #439 while Christian went from #161 to #42.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 2005 in Norway · Boys, Paal went from #183 to #439 while Daniel went from #280 to #5.

Moved the same way as Paal

Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 2005 in Norway · Boys, Paal went from #183 to #439 and Alfred from #127 to #178.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 2005 in Norway · Boys, Paal went from #183 to #439 and Arild from #32 to #518.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2005 in Norway · Boys, Paal went from #183 to #439 and Arne from #6 to #160.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 2005 in Norway · Boys, Paal went from #183 to #439 and Arthur from #153 to #273.

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Recorded in official data for Norway from 1945 to 2005. Highest recorded position: #144 in Norway in 1967. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Paal

Paal at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Paal by decade in Norway · Boys

Paal appears in

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Paal at a glance

Paal by decade in Norway · Boys

Paal appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1940s

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Paal and the names beside it

Paal moved ahead of

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