Thorvald

maleStatistical record

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

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

Thorvald: Recorded since 1945, with a gap of 17 years, its highest recorded position is #240, and it stood at #291 in 2025.

1registrar recorded it
48times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#240highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Thorvald's record

Absent from every published list for 17 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–2025

View as table

Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#242
1946	#261
1947	#240
1948	#344
1949	#309
1950	#253
1951	#288
1952	#337
1953	#352
1954	#287
1956	#352
1959	#405
1960	#494
1961	#496
1963	#526
1966	#553
1967	#510
1968	#558
1969	#589
1972	#567
1976	#572
1977	#631
1995	#610
1996	#546
1997	#484
1998	#489
1999	#577
2000	#485
2001	#567
2006	#479
2007	#534
2009	#355
2010	#436
2011	#480
2012	#488
2013	#335
2014	#402
2015	#303
2016	#285
2017	#352
2018	#320
2019	#343
2020	#280
2021	#412
2022	#372
2023	#351
2024	#302
2025	#291

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 48 of the 81 years from 1945 to 2025.

Official data for Norway, 1945–2025 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #242 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #240 among boys in Norway, in 1947 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #291 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Thorvald 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 Thorvald in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	49	5 of 10	10
1950s	55	7 of 10	8
1960s	29	7 of 10	4
1970s	14	3 of 10	5
1990s	25	5 of 10	5
2000s	33	5 of 10	7
2010sbusiest	108	10 of 10	11
2020s	64	6 of 10	11

Across Norway · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 11 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Thorvald 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 2025. Highest recorded position: #240 in Norway in 1947.

Thorvald'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	#291	14	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#302	13	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#351	10	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#372	8	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#412	6	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#280	13	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#343	11	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#320	12	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#352	11	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#285	17	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#303	15	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#402	9	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#335	13	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#488	6	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#480	6	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#436	8	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#355	12	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#534	5	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#479	6	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#567	4	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#485	6	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#577	4	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#489	6	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#484	6	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#546	5	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#610	4	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#631	4	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#572	5	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#567	5	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#589	4	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#558	4	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#510	5	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#553	4	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#526	4	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#496	4	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#494	4	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#405	6	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#352	7	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#287	9	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#352	6	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#337	7	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#288	9	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#253	11	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#309	7	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#344	6	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#240	13	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#261	11	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#242	12	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 2025, ranked in 48 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #240, first reached in 1947.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 17 births, registered in Norway in 2016.

Its record falls into 10 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 17 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.

Thorleif · #152, 37y
Thorstein · #235, 52y
Thu · #313, 31y
Thuy · #266, 35y

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.

Søren · #243, 51y
Agnete · #236, 53y
Eyvind · #245, 44y
Thorstein · #235, 52y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Peggy · #240, 65y
Solrun · #240, 41y
Galina · #241, 39y
Torgrim · #239, 71y

Thorvald was ranked #240 in Norway · Boys in 1947. 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.

Thorvald 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 Thorvald without appearing here.

Thorvald moved ahead of

Stig Compare
In 2015 they stood at #488 and #458 in Norway · Boys; by 2016 that had become #285 and #538.
Trond Compare
In 2012 they stood at #488 and #432 in Norway · Boys; by 2013 that had become #335 and #520.
Roger Compare
In 2012 they stood at #534 and #491 in Norway · Boys; by 2013 that had become #335 and #514.
Odd Compare
In 2022 they stood at #372 and #349 in Norway · Boys; by 2023 that had become #351 and #524.

Moved ahead of Thorvald

Theodor Compare
In 1994 they stood at #344 and #363 in Norway · Boys; by 1995 that had become #610 and #211.
Lucas Compare
In 1994 they stood at #572 and #607 in Norway · Boys; by 1995 that had become #610 and #227.
Vegard Compare
In 1959 they stood at #405 and #451 in Norway · Boys; by 1960 that had become #494 and #250.
Mathias Compare
In 1967 they stood at #510 and #539 in Norway · Boys; by 1968 that had become #558 and #366.

Moved the same way as Thorvald

Richard Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Boys, Thorvald went from #242 to #351 and Richard from #219 to #481.
Svein Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Boys, Thorvald went from #242 to #351 and Svein from #5 to #267.
Trond Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Boys, Thorvald went from #242 to #351 and Trond from #47 to #446.
Kjetil Compare
Between 1945 and 2022 in Norway · Boys, Thorvald went from #242 to #372 and Kjetil from #200 to #420.

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 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #240 in Norway in 1947. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Thorvald

Thorvald at a glance

What stands out in Thorvald's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Thorvald by decade in Norway · Boys

Thorvald appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Thorvald

Thorvald and the names beside it

Thorvald moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Thorvald

Moved the same way as Thorvald

Thorvald at a glance

What stands out in Thorvald's record

Thorvald by decade in Norway · Boys

Thorvald 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 Thorvald

Thorvald and the names beside it

Thorvald moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Thorvald

Moved the same way as Thorvald