Torunn

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Torunn: Recorded since 1945, its highest recorded position is #47, and it was last ranked in 2008.

1registrar recorded it
59times a registrar ranked it
64years from first to last
#47highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Torunn's record

Held a top-100 place for 26 years running. Names by top-100 run

Norway · Girls

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1945–2008

View as table

Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#61
1946	#54
1947	#47
1948	#52
1949	#53
1950	#55
1951	#55
1952	#54
1953	#51
1954	#62
1955	#64
1956	#59
1957	#62
1958	#68
1959	#66
1960	#69
1961	#69
1962	#67
1963	#78
1964	#71
1965	#80
1966	#84
1967	#79
1968	#77
1969	#85
1970	#79
1971	#114
1972	#133
1973	#118
1974	#113
1975	#120
1976	#136
1977	#95
1978	#131
1979	#133
1980	#124
1981	#123
1982	#149
1983	#190
1984	#207
1985	#191
1986	#217
1987	#236
1988	#262
1989	#264
1990	#281
1991	#294
1992	#273
1993	#378
1994	#333
1995	#346
1996	#387
1997	#384
1998	#389
1999	#445
2002	#587
2005	#476
2007	#577
2008	#619

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 59 of the 64 years from 1945 to 2008.

Official data for Norway, 1945–2008 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #61 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2008
Highest recorded position: #47 among girls in Norway, in 1947 (recorded 1945–2008).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2008
Most recently recorded at #619 among girls in Norway, in 2008.
Norway · Girls

Torunn by decade in Norway · Girls

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 Torunn in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	617	5 of 10	123
1950sbusiest	1,314	10 of 10	131
1960s	1,059	10 of 10	106
1970s	593	10 of 10	59
1980s	324	10 of 10	32
1990s	128	10 of 10	13
2000s	21	4 of 10	5

Across Norway · Girls, the 1950s were its busiest decade, averaging 131 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1970 and 1971, when recorded births fell by 40, from 102 to 62.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Torunn 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 2008. Highest recorded position: #47 in Norway in 1947.

Torunn'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
2008	Norway	female	#619	4	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#577	5	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#476	7	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#587	5	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#445	8	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#389	10	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#384	10	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#387	10	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#346	12	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#333	13	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#378	11	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#273	18	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#294	17	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#281	19	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#264	20	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#262	21	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#236	23	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#217	25	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#191	29	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#207	25	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#190	29	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#149	44	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#123	56	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#124	52	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#133	48	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#131	47	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#95	66	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#136	46	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#120	54	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#113	62	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#118	58	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#133	48	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#114	62	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#79	102	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#85	96	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#77	107	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#79	98	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#84	95	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#80	97	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#71	113	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#78	94	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#67	124	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#69	121	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#69	114	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#66	126	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#68	123	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#62	134	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#59	152	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#64	115	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#62	127	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#51	160	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#54	130	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#55	127	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#55	120	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#53	131	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#52	122	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#47	139	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#54	127	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#61	98	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 2008, ranked in 59 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #47, first reached in 1947.

It held a top-100 place in 27 years, 26 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 160 births, registered in Norway in 1953.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 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.

Torstein · #79, 81y
Torun · #153, 41y
Torvald · #221, 37y
Tory · #358, 13y

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.

Aase · #47, 58y
Åge · #45, 57y
Gunvor · #45, 58y
Jannicke · #49, 56y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Aase · #47, 58y
Beate · #47, 70y
Johanne · #47, 81y
Henning · #46, 81y

Torunn was ranked #47 in Norway · Girls 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.

Torunn 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 Torunn without appearing here.

Torunn moved ahead of

Torill Compare
In 1993 they stood at #378 and #362 in Norway · Girls; by 1994 that had become #333 and #460.
Grethe Compare
In 1996 they stood at #387 and #375 in Norway · Girls; by 1997 that had become #384 and #503.
Gunn Compare
In 2004 they stood at #587 and #410 in Norway · Girls; by 2005 that had become #476 and #546.
Grete Compare
In 2004 they stood at #587 and #504 in Norway · Girls; by 2005 that had become #476 and #544.

Moved ahead of Torunn

Amelia Compare
In 2001 they stood at #445 and #490 in Norway · Girls; by 2002 that had become #587 and #265.
Lara Compare
In 2001 they stood at #445 and #520 in Norway · Girls; by 2002 that had become #587 and #300.
Paula Compare
In 2007 they stood at #577 and #619 in Norway · Girls; by 2008 that had become #619 and #332.
Natasha Compare
In 2006 they stood at #476 and #516 in Norway · Girls; by 2007 that had become #577 and #343.

Moved the opposite way to Torunn

Ada Compare
Between 1945 and 2008 in Norway · Girls, Torunn went from #61 to #619 while Ada went from #229 to #76.
Alma Compare
Between 1945 and 2008 in Norway · Girls, Torunn went from #61 to #619 while Alma went from #293 to #70.
Anna Compare
Between 1945 and 2008 in Norway · Girls, Torunn went from #61 to #619 while Anna went from #38 to #10.
Cecilie Compare
Between 1945 and 2008 in Norway · Girls, Torunn went from #61 to #619 while Cecilie went from #359 to #200.

Moved the same way as Torunn

Anita Compare
Between 1945 and 2008 in Norway · Girls, Torunn went from #61 to #619 and Anita from #162 to #353.
Ann Compare
Between 1945 and 2008 in Norway · Girls, Torunn went from #61 to #619 and Ann from #82 to #259.
Anne Compare
Between 1945 and 2008 in Norway · Girls, Torunn went from #61 to #619 and Anne from #1 to #77.
Annie Compare
Between 1945 and 2008 in Norway · Girls, Torunn went from #61 to #619 and Annie from #180 to #335.

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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 2008. Highest recorded position: #47 in Norway in 1947. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Torunn

Torunn at a glance

What stands out in Torunn's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Torunn by decade in Norway · Girls

Torunn appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Torunn moved ahead of

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Torunn at a glance

What stands out in Torunn's record

Torunn by decade in Norway · Girls

Torunn 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 Torunn

Torunn and the names beside it

Torunn moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Torunn

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