Widar

maleStatistical record

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

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

Widar: Recorded since 1947, it reached #212 in 1956, and it was last ranked in 1974.

1registrar recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#212highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1947–1974

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1947	#377
1949	#380
1951	#289
1952	#289
1953	#255
1954	#289
1955	#319
1956	#212
1957	#339
1958	#401
1959	#373
1960	#499
1962	#475
1963	#458
1964	#443
1965	#550
1966	#308
1968	#374
1969	#545
1970	#515
1974	#640

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 28 years from 1947 to 1974.

Official data for Norway, 1947–1974 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1947
First recorded at #377 among boys in Norway in 1947 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1947–1974
Highest recorded position: #212 among boys in Norway, in 1956 (recorded 1947–1974).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1974
Most recently recorded at #640 among boys in Norway, in 1974.
Norway · Boys

Widar 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 Widar in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	8	2 of 10	4
1950sbusiest	85	9 of 10	9
1960s	54	8 of 10	7
1970s	10	2 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 1950s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Widar 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 1947 to 1974. Highest recorded position: #212 in Norway in 1956.

Widar'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
1974	Norway	male	#640	4	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#515	6	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#545	5	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#374	10	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#308	13	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#550	4	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#443	7	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#458	6	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#475	5	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#499	4	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#373	7	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#401	6	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#339	8	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#212	18	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#319	8	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#289	9	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#255	11	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#289	9	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#289	9	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#380	4	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#377	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 1947 and 1974, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #212, first reached in 1956.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 18 births, registered in Norway in 1956.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 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.

Weston · #637, 20y
Whitney · #94, 30y
Wieslaw · #197, 31y
Wigdis · #186, 23y

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.

Anne-Mari · #214, 26y
Caodhan · #214, 16y
Brynjulf · #209, 20y
Aurimas · #208, 20y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Gerda · #212, 40y
Gjert · #212, 28y
Hjalmar · #212, 56y
Holger · #212, 31y

Widar was ranked #212 in Norway · Boys in 1956. 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.

Widar 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 Widar without appearing here.

Widar moved ahead of

Ludvig Compare
In 1965 they stood at #550 and #528 in Norway · Boys; by 1966 that had become #308 and #503.

Moved ahead of Widar

Ben Compare
In 1968 they stood at #374 and #488 in Norway · Boys; by 1969 that had become #545 and #293.
Alex Compare
In 1968 they stood at #374 and #453 in Norway · Boys; by 1969 that had become #545 and #308.
Isak Compare
In 1964 they stood at #443 and #508 in Norway · Boys; by 1965 that had become #550 and #381.
Elias Compare
In 1973 they stood at #515 and #531 in Norway · Boys; by 1974 that had become #640 and #489.

Moved the opposite way to Widar

Anders Compare
Between 1947 and 1974 in Norway · Boys, Widar went from #377 to #640 while Anders went from #61 to #19.
Andreas Compare
Between 1947 and 1974 in Norway · Boys, Widar went from #377 to #640 while Andreas went from #126 to #54.
Christian Compare
Between 1947 and 1974 in Norway · Boys, Widar went from #377 to #640 while Christian went from #119 to #22.
Daniel Compare
Between 1947 and 1974 in Norway · Boys, Widar went from #377 to #640 while Daniel went from #314 to #64.

Moved the same way as Widar

Aksel Compare
Between 1947 and 1974 in Norway · Boys, Widar went from #377 to #640 and Aksel from #150 to #262.
Alfred Compare
Between 1947 and 1974 in Norway · Boys, Widar went from #377 to #640 and Alfred from #173 to #395.
Anthony Compare
Between 1947 and 1974 in Norway · Boys, Widar went from #377 to #640 and Anthony from #312 to #449.
Arild Compare
Between 1947 and 1974 in Norway · Boys, Widar went from #377 to #640 and Arild from #27 to #51.

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 1947 to 1974. Highest recorded position: #212 in Norway in 1956. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Widar

Widar at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Widar by decade in Norway · Boys

Widar appears in

Popularity data

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Widar at a glance

Widar by decade in Norway · Boys

Widar appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Widar

Widar and the names beside it

Widar moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Widar

Moved the opposite way to Widar

Moved the same way as Widar