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Rolf

maleStatistical record

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

No researched meaning or origin yet — what that means.

Pronunciation

Community-contributed pronunciation recording

A Dutch pronunciation, as its file is labelled. Recording by Marcel Coenders. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0. Source

VerifiedSource: Wikidata.Confidence: medium.

Rolf: Recorded every year since 1945, it reached #14 in 1950, and it stood at #437 in 2025.

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–2025

Norway · Boys rank from 1945 to 2025, ranging from #14 to #494.195519691983199720112025#14#494
How to read this chart#1#500no figure publishedUp means a stronger rankBottom is this name's lowest,not zero
  • A rank is a position in one registrar's list for one year.
  • Ranks from different countries are separate scales, so compare shapes, not numbers.
  • A rise in rank can be a small change in births, especially far down a list.
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Norway · Boys rank by year
YearRank
1945#15
1946#16
1947#16
1948#16
1949#16
1950#14
1951#14
1952#18
1953#16
1954#19
1955#18
1956#19
1957#20
1958#21
1959#21
1960#24
1961#27
1962#33
1963#29
1964#32
1965#34
1966#41
1967#44
1968#48
1969#51
1970#55
1971#53
1972#68
1973#70
1974#74
1975#80
1976#102
1977#79
1978#89
1979#110
1980#89
1981#115
1982#120
1983#152
1984#126
1985#118
1986#135
1987#178
1988#173
1989#143
1990#160
1991#154
1992#171
1993#232
1994#152
1995#201
1996#207
1997#176
1998#259
1999#221
2000#302
2001#247
2002#251
2003#359
2004#273
2005#329
2006#300
2007#376
2008#329
2009#295
2010#455
2011#306
2012#456
2013#378
2014#428
2015#471
2016#356
2017#484
2018#404
2019#313
2020#331
2021#489
2022#494
2023#393
2024#349
2025#437

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 every year from 1945 to 2025.

In 1970: #55 among boys in Norway, #305 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1945–2025 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Year-by-year storyFirst recorded, most recent, each country and each decade

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1945

    First recorded at #15 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Norway · Boys

  2. Highest recorded1945–2025

    Highest recorded position: #14 among boys in Norway, in 1950 (recorded 1945–2025).

    Norway · Boys

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #437 among boys in Norway, in 2025.

    Norway · Boys

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #14 in Norway in 1951.

Rolf'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.
YearRegionCategoryRankBirths registeredConfidenceStatus
2025Norwaymale#4376HighVerified
2024Norwaymale#34910HighVerified
2023Norwaymale#3938HighVerified
2022Norwaymale#4944HighVerified
2021Norwaymale#4894HighVerified
2020Norwaymale#33110HighVerified
2019Norwaymale#31313HighVerified
2018Norwaymale#4048HighVerified
2017Norwaymale#4845HighVerified
2016Norwaymale#35611HighVerified
2015Norwaymale#4716HighVerified
2014Norwaymale#4288HighVerified
2013Norwaymale#37810HighVerified
2012Norwaymale#4567HighVerified
2011Norwaymale#30614HighVerified
2010Norwaymale#4557HighVerified
2009Norwaymale#29516HighVerified
2008Norwaymale#32913HighVerified
2007Norwaymale#37610HighVerified
2006Norwaymale#30014HighVerified
2005Norwaymale#32911HighVerified
2004Norwaymale#27315HighVerified
2003Norwaymale#35910HighVerified
2002Norwaymale#25117HighVerified
2001Norwaymale#24719HighVerified
2000Norwaymale#30214HighVerified
1999Norwaymale#22123HighVerified
1998Norwaymale#25918HighVerified
1997Norwaymale#17634HighVerified
1996Norwaymale#20727HighVerified
1995Norwaymale#20130HighVerified
1994Norwaymale#15243HighVerified
1993Norwaymale#23226HighVerified
1992Norwaymale#17139HighVerified
1991Norwaymale#15446HighVerified
1990Norwaymale#16045HighVerified
1989Norwaymale#14351HighVerified
1988Norwaymale#17340HighVerified
1987Norwaymale#17836HighVerified
1986Norwaymale#13560HighVerified
1985Norwaymale#11870HighVerified
1984Norwaymale#12665HighVerified
1983Norwaymale#15247HighVerified
1982Norwaymale#12069HighVerified
1981Norwaymale#11567HighVerified
1980Norwaymale#8990HighVerified
1979Norwaymale#11073HighVerified
1978Norwaymale#8991HighVerified
1977Norwaymale#7999HighVerified
1976Norwaymale#10278HighVerified
1975Norwaymale#80107HighVerified
1974Norwaymale#74113HighVerified
1973Norwaymale#70126HighVerified
1972Norwaymale#68132HighVerified
1971Norwaymale#53159HighVerified
1970Norwaymale#55156HighVerified
1969Norwaymale#51195HighVerified
1968Norwaymale#48205HighVerified
1967Norwaymale#44226HighVerified
1966Norwaymale#41243HighVerified
1965Norwaymale#34270HighVerified
1964Norwaymale#32294HighVerified
1963Norwaymale#29287HighVerified
1962Norwaymale#33273HighVerified
1961Norwaymale#27280HighVerified
1960Norwaymale#24298HighVerified
1959Norwaymale#21385HighVerified
1958Norwaymale#21364HighVerified
1957Norwaymale#20374HighVerified
1956Norwaymale#19390HighVerified
1955Norwaymale#18384HighVerified
1954Norwaymale#19361HighVerified
1953Norwaymale#16394HighVerified
1952Norwaymale#18399HighVerified
1951Norwaymale#14421HighVerified
1950Norwaymale#14422HighVerified
1949Norwaymale#16407HighVerified
1948Norwaymale#16460HighVerified
1947Norwaymale#16475HighVerified
1946Norwaymale#16496HighVerified
1945Norwaymale#15463HighVerified
1970Republic of Irelandmale#3053HighVerified

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

Where Rolf is officially recorded

2 official registrars have recorded Rolf, between 1945 and 2025. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

NorwayNorway: recorded in 1945Norway: recorded in 1946Norway: recorded in 1947Norway: recorded in 1948Norway: recorded in 1949Norway: recorded in 1950Norway: recorded in 1951Norway: recorded in 1952Norway: recorded in 1953Norway: recorded in 1954Norway: recorded in 1955Norway: recorded in 1956Norway: recorded in 1957Norway: recorded in 1958Norway: recorded in 1959Norway: recorded in 1960Norway: recorded in 1961Norway: recorded in 1962Norway: recorded in 1963Norway: recorded in 1964Norway: recorded in 1965Norway: recorded in 1966Norway: recorded in 1967Norway: recorded in 1968Norway: recorded in 1969Norway: recorded in 1970Norway: recorded in 1971Norway: recorded in 1972Norway: recorded in 1973Norway: recorded in 1974Norway: recorded in 1975Norway: recorded in 1976Norway: recorded in 1977Norway: recorded in 1978Norway: recorded in 1979Norway: recorded in 1980Norway: recorded in 1981Norway: recorded in 1982Norway: recorded in 1983Norway: recorded in 1984Norway: recorded in 1985Norway: recorded in 1986Norway: recorded in 1987Norway: recorded in 1988Norway: recorded in 1989Norway: recorded in 1990Norway: recorded in 1991Norway: recorded in 1992Norway: recorded in 1993Norway: recorded in 1994Norway: recorded in 1995Norway: recorded in 1996Norway: recorded in 1997Norway: recorded in 1998Norway: recorded in 1999Norway: recorded in 2000Norway: recorded in 2001Norway: recorded in 2002Norway: recorded in 2003Norway: recorded in 2004Norway: recorded in 2005Norway: recorded in 2006Norway: recorded in 2007Norway: recorded in 2008Norway: recorded in 2009Norway: recorded in 2010Norway: recorded in 2011Norway: recorded in 2012Norway: recorded in 2013Norway: recorded in 2014Norway: recorded in 2015Norway: recorded in 2016Norway: recorded in 2017Norway: recorded in 2018Norway: recorded in 2019Norway: recorded in 2020Norway: recorded in 2021Norway: recorded in 2022Norway: recorded in 2023Norway: recorded in 2024Norway: recorded in 2025Norway: highest position in 1950Republic of IrelandRepublic of Ireland: recorded in 1970Republic of Ireland: highest position in 197019452025
Each mark is a year the registrar recorded the name; the diamond is that registrar's highest position. Gaps can mean a year was not published, not that the name went unused.
RegistrarRecordedYearsIts own highest position
Norway1945–202581#14 in 1950
Republic of Ireland19701#305 in 1970

Its high point came 20 years earlier in Norway (1950) than in Republic of Ireland (1970).

Names measured beside itNeighbours, comparisons, related names and shared trajectories

What is known about Rolf

How to read this
How often it is registered
Official record
2 official registrars, 1945–2025.
Meaning
Not established
Not researched yet.
Origin
Not established
Not researched yet.
Pronunciation
Reported
A recorded pronunciation is available.

A claim marked not established does not mean the name lacks a meaning or is not widely used — only that Namewise has not 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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #14 in Norway in 1951. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.