Torfinn

maleStatistical record

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

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

Torfinn: Recorded since 1945, it reached #119 in 1949, and it was last ranked in 2007.

1registrar recorded it
50times a registrar ranked it
63years from first to last
#119highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–2007

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#139
1946	#141
1947	#130
1948	#163
1949	#119
1950	#141
1951	#126
1952	#154
1953	#129
1954	#187
1955	#138
1956	#135
1957	#155
1958	#217
1959	#146
1960	#165
1961	#194
1962	#185
1963	#233
1964	#212
1965	#206
1966	#192
1967	#188
1968	#226
1969	#215
1970	#255
1971	#226
1972	#254
1973	#375
1974	#341
1975	#540
1976	#349
1977	#386
1978	#466
1979	#447
1980	#370
1981	#573
1982	#407
1983	#429
1984	#564
1985	#644
1986	#597
1987	#480
1989	#396
1990	#549
1993	#370
1995	#612
1999	#534
2000	#575
2007	#501

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 50 of the 63 years from 1945 to 2007.

Official data for Norway, 1945–2007 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #139 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2007
Highest recorded position: #119 among boys in Norway, in 1949 (recorded 1945–2007).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2007
Most recently recorded at #501 among boys in Norway, in 2007.
Norway · Boys

Torfinn 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 Torfinn in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	186	5 of 10	37
1950s	330	10 of 10	33
1960s	250	10 of 10	25
1970s	134	10 of 10	13
1980s	73	9 of 10	8
1990s	26	4 of 10	7
2000s	10	2 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 37 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Torfinn 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 2007. Highest recorded position: #119 in Norway in 1949.

Torfinn'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
2007	Norway	male	#501	6	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#575	4	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#534	5	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#612	4	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#370	11	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#549	6	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#396	11	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#480	8	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#597	5	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#644	4	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#564	6	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#429	10	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#407	11	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#573	6	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#370	12	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#447	9	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#466	8	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#386	11	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#349	13	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#540	6	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#341	13	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#375	11	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#254	20	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#226	24	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#255	19	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#215	26	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#226	21	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#188	30	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#192	29	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#206	24	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#212	21	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#233	19	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#185	26	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#194	23	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#165	31	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#146	35	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#217	17	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#155	30	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#135	41	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#138	39	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#187	21	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#129	40	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#154	32	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#126	39	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#141	36	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#119	44	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#163	29	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#130	39	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#141	39	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#139	35	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 2007, ranked in 50 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #119, first reached in 1949.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 44 births, registered in Norway in 1949.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 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.

Tore · #12, 79y
Toren · #2859, 13y
Torgeir · #69, 72y
Torger · #206, 41y

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.

Mariell · #119, 45y
Barbro · #117, 52y
Ingvar · #117, 55y
Leiv · #117, 48y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Audhild · #119, 42y
Melvin · #119, 45y
Ahmad · #118, 76y
Borgny · #120, 27y

Torfinn was ranked #119 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.

Torfinn 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 Torfinn without appearing here.

Torfinn moved ahead of

Stein Compare
In 2006 they stood at #575 and #264 in Norway · Boys; by 2007 that had become #501 and #531.
Frode Compare
In 2006 they stood at #575 and #418 in Norway · Boys; by 2007 that had become #501 and #516.

Moved ahead of Torfinn

Brian Compare
In 1994 they stood at #370 and #418 in Norway · Boys; by 1995 that had become #612 and #267.
Edward Compare
In 1994 they stood at #370 and #397 in Norway · Boys; by 1995 that had become #612 and #276.
Birk Compare
In 1994 they stood at #370 and #417 in Norway · Boys; by 1995 that had become #612 and #285.
Oliver Compare
In 1989 they stood at #396 and #434 in Norway · Boys; by 1990 that had become #549 and #231.

Moved the opposite way to Torfinn

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 2007 in Norway · Boys, Torfinn went from #139 to #501 while Aksel went from #174 to #53.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 2007 in Norway · Boys, Torfinn went from #139 to #501 while Andreas went from #140 to #12.
Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 2007 in Norway · Boys, Torfinn went from #139 to #501 while Christian went from #161 to #42.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 2007 in Norway · Boys, Torfinn went from #139 to #501 while Daniel went from #280 to #7.

Moved the same way as Torfinn

Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 2007 in Norway · Boys, Torfinn went from #139 to #501 and Arild from #32 to #470.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2007 in Norway · Boys, Torfinn went from #139 to #501 and Arne from #6 to #181.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 2007 in Norway · Boys, Torfinn went from #139 to #501 and Arthur from #153 to #236.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1945 and 2007 in Norway · Boys, Torfinn went from #139 to #501 and Bjørn from #3 to #117.

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 2007. Highest recorded position: #119 in Norway in 1949. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Torfinn

Torfinn at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Torfinn by decade in Norway · Boys

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Torfinn at a glance

Torfinn by decade in Norway · Boys

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Torfinn moved ahead of

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