Torkild

maleStatistical record

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

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

Torkild: Recorded since 1945, its highest recorded position is #288, and it was last ranked in 1998.

1registrar recorded it
34times a registrar ranked it
54years from first to last
#288highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–1998

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#322
1946	#288
1950	#373
1954	#427
1955	#405
1956	#353
1958	#444
1959	#450
1960	#496
1961	#500
1963	#455
1964	#497
1966	#514
1969	#337
1970	#513
1971	#491
1972	#404
1973	#427
1974	#513
1975	#474
1976	#410
1977	#518
1978	#540
1979	#643
1980	#607
1981	#523
1982	#408
1985	#645
1986	#485
1988	#566
1989	#606
1992	#570
1997	#599
1998	#592

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 34 of the 54 years from 1945 to 1998.

Official data for Norway, 1945–1998 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #322 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–1998
Highest recorded position: #288 among boys in Norway, in 1946 (recorded 1945–1998).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1998
Most recently recorded at #592 among boys in Norway, in 1998.
Norway · Boys

Torkild 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 Torkild in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	15	2 of 10	8
1950s	31	6 of 10	5
1960s	36	6 of 10	6
1970sbusiest	73	10 of 10	7
1980s	46	7 of 10	7
1990s	13	3 of 10	4

Across Norway · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Torkild 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 1998. Highest recorded position: #288 in Norway in 1946.

Torkild'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
1998	Norway	male	#592	4	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#599	4	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#570	5	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#606	5	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#566	6	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#485	8	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#645	4	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#408	11	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#523	7	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#607	5	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#643	4	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#540	6	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#518	6	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#410	10	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#474	8	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#513	7	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#427	9	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#404	10	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#491	7	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#513	6	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#337	12	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#514	5	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#497	5	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#455	6	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#500	4	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#496	4	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#450	5	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#444	5	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#353	7	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#405	5	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#427	4	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#373	5	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#288	9	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#322	6	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 1998, ranked in 34 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #288, first reached in 1946.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in Norway in 1969.

Its record falls into 11 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 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.

Torkel · #252, 69y
Torkil · #314, 48y
Torleif · #112, 52y
Torleiv · #188, 31y

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.

Gorm · #289, 31y
Tarald · #287, 39y
Tor-Erik · #287, 29y
Lowri · #291, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Andres · #288, 62y
Leni · #288, 45y
Elen · #287, 65y
Tarald · #287, 39y

Torkild was ranked #288 in Norway · Boys in 1946. 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.

Torkild 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 Torkild without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Torkild

Ulrik Compare
In 1987 they stood at #485 and #486 in Norway · Boys; by 1988 that had become #566 and #245.
Stephen Compare
In 1984 they stood at #408 and #425 in Norway · Boys; by 1985 that had become #645 and #339.
Muhammad Compare
In 1969 they stood at #337 and #390 in Norway · Boys; by 1970 that had become #513 and #231.
Anthony Compare
In 1984 they stood at #408 and #524 in Norway · Boys; by 1985 that had become #645 and #364.

Moved the opposite way to Torkild

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 1998 in Norway · Boys, Torkild went from #322 to #592 while Anders went from #55 to #19.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 1998 in Norway · Boys, Torkild went from #322 to #592 while Andreas went from #140 to #2.
Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 1998 in Norway · Boys, Torkild went from #322 to #592 while Christian went from #161 to #32.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 1998 in Norway · Boys, Torkild went from #322 to #592 while Daniel went from #280 to #4.

Moved the same way as Torkild

Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 1998 in Norway · Boys, Torkild went from #322 to #592 and Alfred from #127 to #320.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 1998 in Norway · Boys, Torkild went from #322 to #592 and Arild from #32 to #260.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 1998 in Norway · Boys, Torkild went from #322 to #592 and Arne from #6 to #136.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 1998 in Norway · Boys, Torkild went from #322 to #592 and Arthur from #153 to #282.

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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 1998. Highest recorded position: #288 in Norway in 1946. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Torkild

Torkild at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Torkild by decade in Norway · Boys

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Torkild at a glance

Torkild by decade in Norway · Boys

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What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Torkild

Torkild and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Torkild

Moved the opposite way to Torkild

Moved the same way as Torkild