Torvald

maleStatistical record

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

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

Torvald: Recorded since 1945, with a gap of 13 years, its highest recorded position is #221, and it stood at #332 in 2025.

1registrar recorded it
37times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#221highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Torvald's record

Absent from every published list for 13 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–2025

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#221
1946	#301
1947	#259
1948	#319
1950	#374
1952	#376
1953	#381
1954	#428
1958	#445
1959	#486
1963	#529
1967	#406
1981	#616
1994	#614
1995	#613
1997	#601
1998	#532
2001	#438
2002	#558
2004	#584
2008	#459
2009	#530
2010	#571
2011	#450
2012	#489
2013	#475
2015	#477
2016	#360
2017	#368
2018	#470
2019	#392
2020	#480
2021	#364
2022	#268
2023	#377
2024	#388
2025	#332

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 37 of the 81 years from 1945 to 2025.

Official data for Norway, 1945–2025 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #221 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #221 among boys in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #332 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Torvald 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 Torvald in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	41	4 of 10	10
1950s	28	6 of 10	5
1960s	12	2 of 10	6
1980s	5	1 of 10	5
1990s	17	4 of 10	4
2000s	27	5 of 10	5
2010s	64	9 of 10	7
2020sbusiest	55	6 of 10	9

Across Norway · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Torvald 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 2025. Highest recorded position: #221 in Norway in 1945.

Torvald'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
2025	Norway	male	#332	11	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#388	8	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#377	9	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#268	15	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#364	8	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#480	4	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#392	8	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#470	6	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#368	10	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#360	11	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#477	6	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#475	6	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#489	6	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#450	7	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#571	4	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#530	5	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#459	7	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#584	4	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#558	4	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#438	7	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#532	5	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#601	4	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#613	4	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#614	4	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#616	5	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#406	8	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#529	4	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#486	4	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#445	5	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#428	4	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#381	5	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#376	5	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#374	5	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#319	7	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#259	11	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#301	8	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#221	15	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 2025, ranked in 37 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #221, first reached in 1945.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 15 births, registered in Norway in 1945.

Its record falls into 13 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 13 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.

Torun · #153, 41y
Torunn · #47, 59y
Tory · #358, 13y
Tova · #434, 22y

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.

Synøve · #222, 42y
Catrine · #218, 35y
Svein-Erik · #225, 33y
Ole-Martin · #216, 38y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Anlaug · #221, 20y
Annar · #220, 14y
Elling · #222, 60y
Grazyna · #220, 23y

Torvald was ranked #221 in Norway · Boys in 1945. 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.

Torvald 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 Torvald without appearing here.

Torvald moved ahead of

Rune Compare
In 2021 they stood at #480 and #475 in Norway · Boys; by 2022 that had become #268 and #495.
Stig Compare
In 2015 they stood at #489 and #458 in Norway · Boys; by 2016 that had become #360 and #538.
Øystein Compare
In 2021 they stood at #364 and #253 in Norway · Boys; by 2022 that had become #268 and #436.
Frank Compare
In 2024 they stood at #388 and #361 in Norway · Boys; by 2025 that had become #332 and #459.

Moved ahead of Torvald

Sander Compare
In 1993 they stood at #616 and #658 in Norway · Boys; by 1994 that had become #614 and #71.
Ulrik Compare
In 1993 they stood at #616 and #617 in Norway · Boys; by 1994 that had become #614 and #169.
Adrian Compare
In 1980 they stood at #406 and #410 in Norway · Boys; by 1981 that had become #616 and #187.
Emil Compare
In 1980 they stood at #406 and #420 in Norway · Boys; by 1981 that had become #616 and #192.

Moved the opposite way to Torvald

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Torvald went from #221 to #332 while Aksel went from #174 to #25.
Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Torvald went from #221 to #332 while Alfred went from #127 to #26.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Torvald went from #221 to #332 while Arthur went from #153 to #83.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Torvald went from #221 to #332 while Daniel went from #280 to #66.

Moved the same way as Torvald

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Torvald went from #221 to #332 and Anders from #55 to #293.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Torvald went from #221 to #332 and Arild from #32 to #489.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Torvald went from #221 to #332 and Arne from #6 to #222.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Torvald went from #221 to #332 and Bjørn from #3 to #56.

What's not yet available

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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 2025. Highest recorded position: #221 in Norway in 1945. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Torvald

Torvald at a glance

What stands out in Torvald's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Torvald by decade in Norway · Boys

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Torvald at a glance

What stands out in Torvald's record

Torvald by decade in Norway · Boys

Torvald 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 Torvald

Torvald and the names beside it

Torvald moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Torvald

Moved the opposite way to Torvald

Moved the same way as Torvald