Torleiv

maleStatistical record

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

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

Torleiv: Recorded since 1945, with a gap of 16 years, it reached #188 in 1948, and it was last ranked in 1999.

1registrar recorded it
31times a registrar ranked it
55years from first to last
#188highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Torleiv's record

Absent from every published list for 16 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–1999

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#208
1946	#218
1947	#226
1948	#188
1949	#310
1950	#296
1951	#200
1952	#272
1953	#270
1954	#343
1955	#317
1956	#382
1958	#399
1959	#348
1960	#427
1961	#354
1962	#437
1963	#407
1964	#498
1965	#423
1966	#478
1967	#447
1969	#592
1970	#549
1971	#576
1975	#586
1976	#468
1979	#644
1980	#665
1982	#597
1999	#579

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 31 of the 55 years from 1945 to 1999.

Official data for Norway, 1945–1999 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #208 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–1999
Highest recorded position: #188 among boys in Norway, in 1948 (recorded 1945–1999).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1999
Most recently recorded at #579 among boys in Norway, in 1999.
Norway · Boys

Torleiv 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 Torleiv in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	75	5 of 10	15
1950s	81	9 of 10	9
1960s	56	9 of 10	6
1970s	27	5 of 10	5
1980s	9	2 of 10	5
1990s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Norway · Boys, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 15 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Torleiv 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 1999. Highest recorded position: #188 in Norway in 1948.

Torleiv'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
1999	Norway	male	#579	4	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#597	5	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#665	4	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#644	4	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#468	8	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#586	5	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#576	5	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#549	5	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#592	4	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#447	7	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#478	6	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#423	7	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#498	5	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#407	7	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#437	6	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#354	8	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#427	6	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#348	8	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#399	6	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#382	6	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#317	8	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#343	7	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#270	10	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#272	10	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#200	18	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#296	8	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#310	7	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#188	21	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#226	14	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#218	16	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#208	17	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 1999, ranked in 31 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #188, first reached in 1948.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 21 births, registered in Norway in 1948.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 16 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.

Torkild · #288, 34y
Torleif · #112, 52y
Tormod · #85, 80y
Torodd · #237, 24y

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.

Vibecke · #188, 36y
Ingolf · #187, 26y
Oddvin · #187, 27y
Eldrid · #190, 33y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Ansgar · #188, 22y
Eldar · #188, 69y
Gunvald · #188, 14y
Tarjei · #188, 67y

Torleiv was ranked #188 in Norway · Boys in 1948. 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.

Torleiv 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 Torleiv without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Torleiv

Isak Compare
In 1998 they stood at #597 and #619 in Norway · Boys; by 1999 that had become #579 and #58.
Ulrik Compare
In 1998 they stood at #597 and #598 in Norway · Boys; by 1999 that had become #579 and #127.
Oliver Compare
In 1978 they stood at #468 and #492 in Norway · Boys; by 1979 that had become #644 and #313.
Leo Compare
In 1998 they stood at #597 and #627 in Norway · Boys; by 1999 that had become #579 and #281.

Moved the opposite way to Torleiv

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 1999 in Norway · Boys, Torleiv went from #208 to #579 while Anders went from #55 to #23.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 1999 in Norway · Boys, Torleiv went from #208 to #579 while Andreas went from #140 to #2.
Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 1999 in Norway · Boys, Torleiv went from #208 to #579 while Christian went from #161 to #36.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 1999 in Norway · Boys, Torleiv went from #208 to #579 while Daniel went from #280 to #4.

Moved the same way as Torleiv

Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 1999 in Norway · Boys, Torleiv went from #208 to #579 and Alfred from #127 to #263.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 1999 in Norway · Boys, Torleiv went from #208 to #579 and Arild from #32 to #211.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 1999 in Norway · Boys, Torleiv went from #208 to #579 and Arne from #6 to #129.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 1999 in Norway · Boys, Torleiv went from #208 to #579 and Arthur from #153 to #328.

What's not yet available

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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 1999. Highest recorded position: #188 in Norway in 1948. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Torleiv

Torleiv at a glance

What stands out in Torleiv's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Torleiv by decade in Norway · Boys

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Torleiv at a glance

What stands out in Torleiv's record

Torleiv by decade in Norway · Boys

Torleiv 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 Torleiv

Torleiv and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Torleiv

Moved the opposite way to Torleiv

Moved the same way as Torleiv