Toralf

maleStatistical record

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

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

Toralf: Recorded since 1945, it reached #183 in 1949, and it was last ranked in 2015.

1registrar recorded it
40times a registrar ranked it
71years from first to last
#183highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–2015

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#196
1946	#194
1947	#192
1948	#204
1949	#183
1950	#242
1951	#190
1952	#212
1953	#233
1954	#204
1955	#205
1956	#255
1957	#309
1958	#281
1959	#243
1960	#336
1961	#282
1962	#473
1963	#246
1964	#291
1965	#313
1966	#444
1967	#350
1968	#524
1969	#460
1970	#596
1971	#575
1975	#584
1977	#632
1978	#589
1979	#599
1980	#606
1981	#614
1991	#638
1996	#600
1997	#542
2004	#532
2006	#526
2009	#562
2015	#506

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 40 of the 71 years from 1945 to 2015.

Official data for Norway, 1945–2015 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #196 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2015
Highest recorded position: #183 among boys in Norway, in 1949 (recorded 1945–2015).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2015
Most recently recorded at #506 among boys in Norway, in 2015.
Norway · Boys

Toralf 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 Toralf in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	98	5 of 10	20
1950s	143	10 of 10	14
1960s	97	10 of 10	10
1970s	28	6 of 10	5
1980s	10	2 of 10	5
1990s	13	3 of 10	4
2000s	14	3 of 10	5
2010s	5	1 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 20 births a year.

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Toralf 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 2015. Highest recorded position: #183 in Norway in 1949.

Toralf'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
2015	Norway	male	#506	5	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#562	4	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#526	5	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#532	5	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#542	5	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#600	4	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#638	4	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#614	5	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#606	5	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#599	5	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#589	5	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#632	4	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#584	5	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#575	5	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#596	4	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#460	7	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#524	5	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#350	10	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#444	7	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#313	12	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#291	13	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#246	17	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#473	5	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#282	12	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#336	9	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#243	15	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#281	11	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#309	9	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#255	13	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#205	17	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#204	17	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#233	14	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#212	15	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#190	20	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#242	12	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#183	21	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#204	17	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#192	21	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#194	20	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#196	19	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 2015, ranked in 40 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #183, first reached in 1949.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 21 births, registered in Norway in 1947.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 9 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.

Tor-Erik · #287, 29y
Tora · #126, 75y
Torben · #231, 60y
Torbjørg · #114, 33y

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.

Ragnvald · #184, 36y
Cathriona · #180, 36y
Jann · #179, 36y
Vibecke · #188, 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
Lilli · #182, 52y
Ragnvald · #184, 36y
Brede · #181, 79y

Toralf was ranked #183 in Norway · Boys in 1949. 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.

Toralf 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 Toralf without appearing here.

Toralf moved ahead of

Kjell Compare
In 2014 they stood at #562 and #270 in Norway · Boys; by 2015 that had become #506 and #527.
Geir Compare
In 2014 they stood at #532 and #405 in Norway · Boys; by 2015 that had become #506 and #518.
Dag Compare
In 2014 they stood at #562 and #423 in Norway · Boys; by 2015 that had become #506 and #516.

Moved ahead of Toralf

Sander Compare
In 1990 they stood at #614 and #658 in Norway · Boys; by 1991 that had become #638 and #199.
Ulrik Compare
In 1990 they stood at #614 and #617 in Norway · Boys; by 1991 that had become #638 and #254.
George Compare
In 1967 they stood at #350 and #360 in Norway · Boys; by 1968 that had become #524 and #253.
Benjamin Compare
In 1969 they stood at #460 and #464 in Norway · Boys; by 1970 that had become #596 and #329.

Moved the opposite way to Toralf

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 2015 in Norway · Boys, Toralf went from #196 to #506 while Aksel went from #174 to #10.
Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 2015 in Norway · Boys, Toralf went from #196 to #506 while Alfred went from #127 to #49.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 2015 in Norway · Boys, Toralf went from #196 to #506 while Andreas went from #140 to #42.
Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 2015 in Norway · Boys, Toralf went from #196 to #506 while Christian went from #161 to #80.

Moved the same way as Toralf

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 2015 in Norway · Boys, Toralf went from #196 to #506 and Anders from #55 to #170.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2015 in Norway · Boys, Toralf went from #196 to #506 and Arne from #6 to #251.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1945 and 2015 in Norway · Boys, Toralf went from #196 to #506 and Bjørn from #3 to #158.
Dag Compare
Between 1945 and 2015 in Norway · Boys, Toralf went from #196 to #506 and Dag from #48 to #516.

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Recorded in official data for Norway from 1945 to 2015. Highest recorded position: #183 in Norway in 1949. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Toralf

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