Vilhelm

maleStatistical record

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

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

Vilhelm: Recorded since 1945, with a gap of 22 years, its highest recorded position is #283, and it stood at #390 in 2025.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#283highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Vilhelm's record

Absent from every published list for 22 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	#339
1946	#343
1947	#363
1951	#372
1962	#438
1969	#594
1979	#647
2002	#559
2004	#586
2006	#481
2007	#573
2008	#535
2010	#377
2011	#524
2012	#491
2013	#422
2014	#542
2015	#374
2016	#343
2017	#353
2018	#386
2019	#417
2020	#360
2022	#322
2023	#283
2024	#506
2025	#390

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 27 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 #339 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: #283 among boys in Norway, in 2023 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #390 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Vilhelm 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 Vilhelm in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	16	3 of 10	5
1950s	5	1 of 10	5
1960s	10	2 of 10	5
1970s	4	1 of 10	4
2000s	23	5 of 10	5
2010s	82	10 of 10	8
2020sbusiest	47	5 of 10	9

Across Norway · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Vilhelm 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: #283 in Norway in 2023.

Vilhelm'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	#390	8	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#506	4	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#283	15	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#322	11	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#360	9	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#417	7	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#386	9	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#353	11	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#343	12	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#374	10	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#542	4	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#422	8	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#491	6	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#524	5	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#377	10	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#535	5	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#573	4	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#481	6	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#586	4	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#559	4	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#647	4	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#594	4	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#438	6	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#372	5	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#363	5	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#343	6	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#339	5	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 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #283, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 15 births, registered in Norway in 2023.

Its record falls into 10 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 22 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.

Viktorija · #223, 44y
Vilde · #8, 52y
Vilja · #65, 29y
Viljar · #91, 37y

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.

Danyal · #283, 29y
Jarand · #280, 30y
Arvydas · #287, 25y
Tor-Erik · #287, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Edit · #283, 13y
Fatma · #282, 68y
Ingve · #284, 42y
Kato · #282, 35y

Vilhelm was ranked #283 in Norway · Boys in 2023. 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.

Vilhelm 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 Vilhelm without appearing here.

Vilhelm moved ahead of

Stig Compare
In 2015 they stood at #491 and #458 in Norway · Boys; by 2016 that had become #343 and #538.
Arild Compare
In 2015 they stood at #542 and #408 in Norway · Boys; by 2016 that had become #343 and #514.
Tony Compare
In 2014 they stood at #542 and #432 in Norway · Boys; by 2015 that had become #374 and #543.
Timothy Compare
In 2014 they stood at #542 and #540 in Norway · Boys; by 2015 that had become #374 and #542.

Moved ahead of Vilhelm

James Compare
In 2023 they stood at #283 and #312 in Norway · Boys; by 2024 that had become #506 and #264.
Patrick Compare
In 2023 they stood at #283 and #332 in Norway · Boys; by 2024 that had become #506 and #276.
Nicholas Compare
In 1968 they stood at #372 and #384 in Norway · Boys; by 1969 that had become #594 and #454.
Philip Compare
In 1968 they stood at #438 and #466 in Norway · Boys; by 1969 that had become #594 and #455.

Moved the same way as Vilhelm

Geir Compare
Between 1945 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Vilhelm went from #339 to #506 and Geir from #59 to #482.
Paul Compare
Between 1945 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Vilhelm went from #339 to #506 and Paul from #73 to #370.
Rune Compare
Between 1945 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Vilhelm went from #339 to #506 and Rune from #111 to #498.
Tommy Compare
Between 1945 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Vilhelm went from #339 to #506 and Tommy from #268 to #503.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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: #283 in Norway in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Vilhelm

Vilhelm at a glance

What stands out in Vilhelm's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Vilhelm by decade in Norway · Boys

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Vilhelm at a glance

What stands out in Vilhelm's record

Vilhelm by decade in Norway · Boys

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1940s

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Vilhelm and the names beside it

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