Ragnvald

maleStatistical record

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

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

Ragnvald: Recorded since 1945, with a gap of 29 years, its highest recorded position is #184, and it stood at #479 in 2023.

1registrar recorded it
36times a registrar ranked it
79years from first to last
#184highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Ragnvald's record

Absent from every published list for 29 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–2023

View as table

Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#184
1946	#203
1947	#204
1948	#202
1949	#200
1950	#224
1951	#259
1952	#222
1953	#229
1954	#199
1955	#290
1956	#324
1958	#323
1959	#275
1960	#364
1961	#404
1962	#396
1963	#518
1964	#274
1965	#497
1966	#468
1967	#440
1968	#515
1969	#582
1970	#468
1971	#455
1972	#528
1974	#632
1977	#483
1978	#460
1979	#592
1982	#639
1984	#643
1985	#591
1993	#628
2023	#479

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 36 of the 79 years from 1945 to 2023.

Official data for Norway, 1945–2023 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #184 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2023
Highest recorded position: #184 among boys in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2023).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #479 among boys in Norway, in 2023.
Norway · Boys

Ragnvald 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 Ragnvald in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	92	5 of 10	18
1950s	110	9 of 10	12
1960s	66	10 of 10	7
1970s	45	7 of 10	6
1980s	13	3 of 10	4
1990s	4	1 of 10	4
2020s	5	1 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 18 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Ragnvald 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 2023. Highest recorded position: #184 in Norway in 1945.

Ragnvald'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
2023	Norway	male	#479	5	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#628	4	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#591	5	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#643	4	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#639	4	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#592	5	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#460	8	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#483	7	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#632	4	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#528	6	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#455	8	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#468	7	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#582	4	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#515	5	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#440	7	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#468	6	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#497	5	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#274	14	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#518	4	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#396	7	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#404	6	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#364	8	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#275	12	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#323	9	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#324	8	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#290	9	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#199	18	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#229	14	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#222	14	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#259	11	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#224	15	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#200	18	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#202	17	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#204	18	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#203	18	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#184	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 2023, ranked in 36 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #184, first reached in 1945.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 21 births, registered in Norway in 1945.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 29 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.

Ragnhild · #18, 81y
Ragni · #311, 25y
Raha · #631, 15y
Rahaf · #660, 22y

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.

Toralf · #183, 40y
Balder · #182, 31y
Wenke · #181, 31y
Cathriona · #180, 36y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Kjellfrid · #183, 22y
Kristi · #185, 60y
Kyrre · #185, 75y
Toralf · #183, 40y

Ragnvald was ranked #184 in Norway · Boys 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.

Ragnvald 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 Ragnvald without appearing here.

Ragnvald moved ahead of

Odd Compare
In 2022 they stood at #628 and #148 in Norway · Boys; by 2023 that had become #479 and #524.
Geir Compare
In 2022 they stood at #628 and #142 in Norway · Boys; by 2023 that had become #479 and #512.
Arild Compare
In 2022 they stood at #628 and #267 in Norway · Boys; by 2023 that had become #479 and #498.
Steinar Compare
In 2022 they stood at #628 and #160 in Norway · Boys; by 2023 that had become #479 and #486.

Moved ahead of Ragnvald

Adrian Compare
In 1973 they stood at #528 and #575 in Norway · Boys; by 1974 that had become #632 and #280.
Ludvig Compare
In 1992 they stood at #591 and #628 in Norway · Boys; by 1993 that had become #628 and #277.
Colin Compare
In 2022 they stood at #592 and #609 in Norway · Boys; by 2023 that had become #479 and #150.
Filip Compare
In 1978 they stood at #460 and #514 in Norway · Boys; by 1979 that had become #592 and #276.

Moved the opposite way to Ragnvald

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Boys, Ragnvald went from #184 to #479 while Aksel went from #174 to #25.
Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Boys, Ragnvald went from #184 to #479 while Alfred went from #127 to #18.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Boys, Ragnvald went from #184 to #479 while Andreas went from #140 to #55.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Boys, Ragnvald went from #184 to #479 while Arthur went from #153 to #86.

Moved the same way as Ragnvald

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Boys, Ragnvald went from #184 to #479 and Anders from #55 to #189.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Boys, Ragnvald went from #184 to #479 and Arild from #32 to #498.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Boys, Ragnvald went from #184 to #479 and Arne from #6 to #210.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Boys, Ragnvald went from #184 to #479 and Bjørn from #3 to #82.

What's not yet available

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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 1945 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #184 in Norway in 1945. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Ragnvald

Ragnvald at a glance

What stands out in Ragnvald's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ragnvald by decade in Norway · Boys

Ragnvald appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1940s

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Ragnvald at a glance

What stands out in Ragnvald's record

Ragnvald by decade in Norway · Boys

Ragnvald 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 Ragnvald

Ragnvald and the names beside it

Ragnvald moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ragnvald

Moved the opposite way to Ragnvald

Moved the same way as Ragnvald