Villy

maleStatistical record

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

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

Villy: Recorded since 1945, its highest recorded position is #163, and it was last ranked in 1966.

1registrar recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
22years from first to last
#163highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–1966

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#209
1946	#163
1947	#189
1948	#219
1949	#228
1950	#166
1951	#182
1952	#194
1953	#181
1954	#215
1955	#208
1956	#239
1957	#213
1958	#256
1959	#372
1960	#465
1961	#316
1962	#474
1963	#409
1964	#442
1966	#556

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 21 of the 22 years from 1945 to 1966.

Official data for Norway, 1945–1966 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #209 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–1966
Highest recorded position: #163 among boys in Norway, in 1946 (recorded 1945–1966).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1966
Most recently recorded at #556 among boys in Norway, in 1966.
Norway · Boys

Villy 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 Villy in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	98	5 of 10	20
1950s	176	10 of 10	18
1960s	38	6 of 10	6

Across Norway · Boys, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 20 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Villy 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 1966. Highest recorded position: #163 in Norway in 1946.

Villy'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
1966	Norway	male	#556	4	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#442	7	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#409	7	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#474	5	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#316	10	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#465	5	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#372	7	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#256	13	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#213	18	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#239	15	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#208	16	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#215	16	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#181	24	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#194	19	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#182	21	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#166	27	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#228	14	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#219	15	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#189	22	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#163	30	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#209	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 1966, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #163, first reached in 1946.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 30 births, registered in Norway in 1946.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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.

Viljar · #91, 37y
Vilje · #109, 24y
Vilma · #85, 53y
Vilte · #276, 18y

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.

Coleman · #164, 24y
Hanora · #164, 26y
Kjellrun · #167, 21y
Jurgita · #156, 19y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Dagrun · #163, 35y
Erland · #163, 67y
Mons · #163, 49y
Anne-Grete · #164, 35y

Villy was ranked #163 in Norway · Boys in 1946. 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.

Villy 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 Villy without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Villy

Jacob Compare
In 1965 they stood at #442 and #454 in Norway · Boys; by 1966 that had become #556 and #265.
Mats Compare
In 1961 they stood at #316 and #331 in Norway · Boys; by 1962 that had become #474 and #229.
Steffen Compare
In 1961 they stood at #316 and #374 in Norway · Boys; by 1962 that had become #474 and #243.
Vegard Compare
In 1959 they stood at #372 and #451 in Norway · Boys; by 1960 that had become #465 and #250.

Moved the opposite way to Villy

Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 1966 in Norway · Boys, Villy went from #209 to #556 while Christian went from #161 to #79.
Espen Compare
Between 1945 and 1966 in Norway · Boys, Villy went from #209 to #556 while Espen went from #315 to #46.
Frank Compare
Between 1945 and 1966 in Norway · Boys, Villy went from #209 to #556 while Frank went from #61 to #24.
Frode Compare
Between 1945 and 1966 in Norway · Boys, Villy went from #209 to #556 while Frode went from #116 to #20.

Moved the same way as Villy

Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 1966 in Norway · Boys, Villy went from #209 to #556 and Alfred from #127 to #349.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 1966 in Norway · Boys, Villy went from #209 to #556 and Arne from #6 to #21.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 1966 in Norway · Boys, Villy went from #209 to #556 and Arthur from #153 to #255.
Egil Compare
Between 1945 and 1966 in Norway · Boys, Villy went from #209 to #556 and Egil from #25 to #57.

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 1966. Highest recorded position: #163 in Norway in 1946. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Villy

Villy at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Villy by decade in Norway · Boys

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Villy at a glance

Villy by decade in Norway · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Villy

Villy and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Villy

Moved the opposite way to Villy

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