Yngve

maleStatistical record

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

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

Yngve: Recorded since 1945, with a gap of 10 years, it reached #97 in 1970, and it stood at #446 in 2025.

1registrar recorded it
66times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#97highest recorded position
15groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Yngve's record

Absent from every published list for 10 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–2025

View as table

Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#185
1946	#145
1947	#145
1948	#151
1949	#169
1950	#124
1951	#129
1952	#148
1953	#143
1954	#126
1955	#119
1956	#136
1957	#128
1958	#154
1959	#128
1960	#138
1961	#133
1962	#134
1963	#127
1964	#133
1965	#123
1966	#114
1967	#116
1968	#107
1969	#125
1970	#97
1971	#135
1972	#122
1973	#114
1974	#119
1975	#124
1976	#137
1977	#138
1978	#119
1979	#143
1980	#157
1981	#149
1982	#160
1983	#170
1984	#172
1985	#193
1986	#164
1987	#225
1988	#178
1989	#233
1990	#253
1991	#327
1992	#263
1993	#293
1994	#255
1995	#354
1996	#355
1997	#277
1998	#537
1999	#466
2000	#354
2001	#440
2002	#505
2003	#483
2004	#537
2005	#356
2006	#482
2011	#566
2013	#448
2024	#507
2025	#446

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 66 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 #185 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: #97 among boys in Norway, in 1970 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #446 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Yngve 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 Yngve in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	152	5 of 10	30
1950s	402	10 of 10	40
1960s	548	10 of 10	55
1970sbusiest	649	10 of 10	65
1980s	388	10 of 10	39
1990s	144	10 of 10	14
2000s	50	7 of 10	7
2010s	11	2 of 10	6
2020s	10	2 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 65 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1970 and 1971, when recorded births fell by 26, from 86 to 60.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Yngve 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: #97 in Norway in 1970.

Yngve'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	#446	6	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#507	4	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#448	7	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#566	4	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#482	6	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#356	10	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#537	5	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#483	6	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#505	5	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#440	7	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#354	11	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#466	7	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#537	5	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#277	17	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#355	11	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#354	12	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#255	20	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#293	16	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#263	21	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#327	14	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#253	21	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#233	26	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#178	37	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#225	26	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#164	44	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#193	34	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#172	41	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#170	41	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#160	44	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#149	50	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#157	45	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#143	50	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#119	64	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#138	52	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#137	54	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#124	68	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#119	71	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#114	73	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#122	71	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#135	60	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#97	86	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#125	65	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#107	71	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#116	64	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#114	63	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#123	56	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#133	48	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#127	47	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#134	46	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#133	46	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#138	42	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#128	48	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#154	31	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#128	42	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#136	41	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#119	47	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#126	43	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#143	34	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#148	33	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#129	38	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#124	45	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#169	26	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#151	33	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#145	36	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#145	36	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#185	21	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 66 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #97, first reached in 1970.

It held a top-100 place in 1 year.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 86 births, registered in Norway in 1970.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 10 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.

Ylva · #43, 58y
Yngvar · #134, 40y
Yngvild · #317, 34y
Ynyr · #2337, 15y

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.

Ottar · #97, 63y
Ingar · #98, 62y
Frøydis · #105, 70y
Børge · #107, 68y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Anne-Marie · #97, 77y
Endre · #97, 81y
Ottar · #97, 63y
Unn · #97, 47y

Yngve was ranked #97 in Norway · Boys in 1970. 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.

Yngve 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 Yngve without appearing here.

Yngve moved ahead of

Svein Compare
In 2012 they stood at #566 and #478 in Norway · Boys; by 2013 that had become #448 and #559.
Frode Compare
In 2004 they stood at #537 and #439 in Norway · Boys; by 2005 that had become #356 and #459.
Øystein Compare
In 2024 they stood at #507 and #417 in Norway · Boys; by 2025 that had become #446 and #523.
Trond Compare
In 2012 they stood at #566 and #562 in Norway · Boys; by 2013 that had become #448 and #520.

Moved ahead of Yngve

Lucas Compare
In 1997 they stood at #277 and #290 in Norway · Boys; by 1998 that had become #537 and #209.
Liam Compare
In 1997 they stood at #277 and #394 in Norway · Boys; by 1998 that had become #537 and #275.
Alex Compare
In 1997 they stood at #277 and #295 in Norway · Boys; by 1998 that had become #537 and #280.
Jonah Compare
In 2005 they stood at #356 and #387 in Norway · Boys; by 2006 that had become #482 and #229.

Moved the opposite way to Yngve

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Yngve went from #185 to #446 while Aksel went from #174 to #25.
Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Yngve went from #185 to #446 while Alfred went from #127 to #26.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Yngve went from #185 to #446 while Arthur went from #153 to #83.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Yngve went from #185 to #446 while Daniel went from #280 to #66.

Moved the same way as Yngve

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Yngve went from #185 to #446 and Anders from #55 to #293.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Yngve went from #185 to #446 and Arild from #32 to #489.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Yngve went from #185 to #446 and Arne from #6 to #222.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Yngve went from #185 to #446 and Bjørn from #3 to #56.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
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: #97 in Norway in 1970. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Yngve

Yngve at a glance

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Yngve by decade in Norway · Boys

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Yngve at a glance

What stands out in Yngve's record

Yngve by decade in Norway · Boys

Yngve appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Yngve

Yngve and the names beside it

Yngve moved ahead of

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