Viljar

maleStatistical record

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

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

Viljar: Recorded since 1981, it reached #91 in 2014, and it stood at #105 in 2025.

1registrar recorded it
37times a registrar ranked it
45years from first to last
#91highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Rising

among boys in Norway · 1981–2025

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1981	#663
1989	#648
1990	#596
1992	#442
1993	#316
1994	#465
1995	#332
1996	#310
1997	#308
1998	#279
1999	#296
2000	#225
2001	#208
2002	#178
2003	#212
2004	#231
2005	#140
2006	#181
2007	#154
2008	#140
2009	#142
2010	#127
2011	#130
2012	#92
2013	#100
2014	#91
2015	#106
2016	#99
2017	#93
2018	#93
2019	#115
2020	#104
2021	#106
2022	#116
2023	#125
2024	#109
2025	#105

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

RisingNorway · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 37 of the 45 years from 1981 to 2025.

Official data for Norway, 1981–2025 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1981
First recorded at #663 among boys in Norway in 1981 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1981–2025
Highest recorded position: #91 among boys in Norway, in 2014 (recorded 1981–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #105 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Viljar 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 Viljar in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	8	2 of 10	4
1990s	105	9 of 10	12
2000s	352	10 of 10	35
2010sbusiest	748	10 of 10	75
2020s	331	6 of 10	55

Across Norway · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 75 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2004 and 2005, when recorded births rose by 29, from 21 to 50.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Viljar 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 1981 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #91 in Norway in 2014.

Viljar'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	#105	63	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#109	57	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#125	48	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#116	51	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#106	57	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#104	55	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#115	57	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#93	83	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#93	84	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#99	78	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#106	73	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#91	88	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#100	73	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#92	89	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#130	61	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#127	62	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#142	50	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#140	50	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#154	43	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#181	32	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#140	50	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#231	21	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#212	26	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#178	31	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#208	26	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#225	23	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#296	14	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#279	16	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#308	14	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#310	14	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#332	13	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#465	7	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#316	14	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#442	8	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#596	5	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#648	4	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#663	4	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 1981 and 2025, ranked in 37 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #91, first reached in 2014.

It held a top-100 place in 6 years, 3 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 89 births, registered in Norway in 2012.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 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.

Vilhelm · #283, 27y
Vilja · #65, 29y
Vilje · #109, 24y
Villy · #163, 21y

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.

Noeleen · #93, 32y
Oddbjørg · #89, 33y
Olai · #89, 32y
Oddny · #87, 39y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Fraser · #92, 30y
Kacper · #92, 36y
Mikaela · #90, 34y
Yahya · #93, 34y

Viljar was ranked #91 in Norway · Boys in 2014. 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.

Viljar 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 Viljar without appearing here.

Viljar moved ahead of

Harry Compare
In 1994 they stood at #596 and #396 in Norway · Boys; by 1995 that had become #332 and #590.
Francis Compare
In 1994 they stood at #663 and #588 in Norway · Boys; by 1995 that had become #332 and #584.
Ian Compare
In 1994 they stood at #465 and #325 in Norway · Boys; by 1995 that had become #332 and #532.
Ben Compare
In 1994 they stood at #465 and #361 in Norway · Boys; by 1995 that had become #332 and #522.

Moved ahead of Viljar

Noah Compare
In 1998 they stood at #279 and #345 in Norway · Boys; by 1999 that had become #296 and #227.
Theo Compare
In 2002 they stood at #178 and #212 in Norway · Boys; by 2003 that had become #212 and #201.
Matheo Compare
In 2006 they stood at #181 and #231 in Norway · Boys; by 2007 that had become #154 and #152.

Moved the opposite way to Viljar

Alexander Compare
Between 1981 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Viljar went from #663 to #105 while Alexander went from #50 to #81.
Anders Compare
Between 1981 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Viljar went from #663 to #105 while Anders went from #3 to #293.
Andreas Compare
Between 1981 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Viljar went from #663 to #105 while Andreas went from #12 to #96.
Arild Compare
Between 1981 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Viljar went from #663 to #105 while Arild went from #94 to #489.

Moved the same way as Viljar

Adam Compare
Between 1981 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Viljar went from #663 to #105 and Adam from #103 to #29.
Adrian Compare
Between 1981 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Viljar went from #663 to #105 and Adrian from #187 to #70.
Aksel Compare
Between 1981 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Viljar went from #663 to #105 and Aksel from #340 to #25.
Alfred Compare
Between 1981 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Viljar went from #663 to #105 and Alfred from #429 to #26.

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 1981 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #91 in Norway in 2014. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Viljar

Viljar at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Viljar by decade in Norway · Boys

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Viljar at a glance

Viljar by decade in Norway · Boys

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What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Viljar

Viljar and the names beside it

Viljar moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Viljar

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