Tellef

maleStatistical record

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

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

Tellef: Recorded since 1947, with a gap of 20 years, it reached #243 in 2022, and it stood at #331 in 2025.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
79years from first to last
#243highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Tellef's record

Absent from every published list for 20 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Norway · Boys

Rising

among boys in Norway · 1947–2025

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1947	#375
1949	#341
1950	#340
1958	#397
1959	#448
1970	#594
1991	#636
1993	#570
1994	#548
2000	#573
2003	#557
2006	#566
2008	#458
2010	#401
2011	#479
2012	#525
2013	#516
2014	#478
2016	#371
2017	#489
2018	#533
2019	#416
2020	#437
2021	#496
2022	#243
2023	#307
2024	#353
2025	#331

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 28 of the 79 years from 1947 to 2025.

Official data for Norway, 1947–2025 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1947
First recorded at #375 among boys in Norway in 1947 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1947–2025
Highest recorded position: #243 among boys in Norway, in 2022 (recorded 1947–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #331 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Tellef 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 Tellef in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	10	2 of 10	5
1950s	17	3 of 10	6
1970s	4	1 of 10	4
1990s	14	3 of 10	5
2000s	19	4 of 10	5
2010s	57	9 of 10	6
2020sbusiest	60	6 of 10	10

Across Norway · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 10 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Tellef 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 1947 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #243 in Norway in 2022.

Tellef'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	male	#331	11	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#353	10	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#307	13	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#243	17	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#496	4	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#437	5	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#416	7	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#533	4	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#489	5	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#371	10	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#478	6	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#516	5	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#525	5	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#479	6	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#401	9	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#458	7	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#566	4	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#557	4	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#573	4	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#548	5	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#570	5	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#636	4	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#594	4	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#448	5	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#397	6	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#340	6	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#341	6	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#375	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 1947 and 2025, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #243, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 17 births, registered in Norway in 2022.

Its record falls into 12 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 20 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.

Tejveer · #2443, 11y
Teleri · #1914, 28y
Temidayo · #2079, 19y
Temilade · #3409, 12y

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.

Aedin · #243, 30y
Junaid · #242, 29y
Mai-Britt · #244, 26y
Inger-Marie · #245, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Elinor · #243, 52y
Søren · #243, 51y
Anne-Sofie · #244, 37y
Asmund · #244, 15y

Tellef was ranked #243 in Norway · Boys in 2022. 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.

Tellef 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 Tellef without appearing here.

Tellef moved ahead of

Steinar Compare
In 2021 they stood at #496 and #492 in Norway · Boys; by 2022 that had become #243 and #499.
Denis Compare
In 2021 they stood at #496 and #427 in Norway · Boys; by 2022 that had become #243 and #469.
Richard Compare
In 2021 they stood at #496 and #382 in Norway · Boys; by 2022 that had become #243 and #452.
Geir Compare
In 2022 they stood at #496 and #467 in Norway · Boys; by 2023 that had become #307 and #512.

Moved ahead of Tellef

Benjamin Compare
In 1969 they stood at #340 and #345 in Norway · Boys; by 1970 that had become #594 and #329.
Adrian Compare
In 1969 they stood at #397 and #449 in Norway · Boys; by 1970 that had become #594 and #368.
Jonathan Compare
In 1969 they stood at #397 and #428 in Norway · Boys; by 1970 that had become #594 and #406.
Oliver Compare
In 1969 they stood at #448 and #478 in Norway · Boys; by 1970 that had become #594 and #432.

Moved the same way as Tellef

Alex Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Tellef went from #594 to #331 and Alex from #440 to #259.
Joakim Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Tellef went from #594 to #331 and Joakim from #492 to #265.
Julian Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Tellef went from #594 to #331 and Julian from #408 to #54.
Marcus Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Tellef went from #594 to #331 and Marcus from #358 to #150.

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 1947 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #243 in Norway in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Tellef

Tellef at a glance

What stands out in Tellef's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Tellef by decade in Norway · Boys

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Tellef at a glance

What stands out in Tellef's record

Tellef by decade in Norway · Boys

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Tellef

Tellef and the names beside it

Tellef moved ahead of

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