Ørnulf

maleStatistical record

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

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

Ørnulf: Recorded since 1945, its highest recorded position is #216, and it was last ranked in 1975.

1registrar recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
31years from first to last
#216highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–1975

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#222
1946	#220
1947	#216
1948	#258
1949	#283
1950	#219
1951	#241
1952	#315
1953	#325
1954	#373
1955	#266
1956	#330
1957	#281
1958	#345
1959	#408
1960	#317
1961	#357
1962	#406
1963	#413
1964	#352
1965	#509
1966	#291
1967	#449
1968	#375
1969	#367
1970	#480
1971	#539
1972	#501
1973	#431
1975	#589

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 30 of the 31 years from 1945 to 1975.

Official data for Norway, 1945–1975 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #222 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–1975
Highest recorded position: #216 among boys in Norway, in 1947 (recorded 1945–1975).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1975
Most recently recorded at #589 among boys in Norway, in 1975.
Norway · Boys

Ørnulf 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 Ørnulf in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	66	5 of 10	13
1950s	94	10 of 10	9
1960s	88	10 of 10	9
1970s	34	5 of 10	7

Across Norway · Boys, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 13 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Ørnulf 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 1975. Highest recorded position: #216 in Norway in 1947.

Ørnulf'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
1975	Norway	male	#589	5	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#431	9	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#501	7	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#539	6	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#480	7	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#367	10	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#375	10	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#449	7	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#291	14	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#509	5	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#352	10	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#413	7	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#406	7	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#357	8	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#317	10	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#408	6	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#345	8	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#281	11	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#330	8	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#266	11	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#373	6	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#325	7	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#315	8	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#241	13	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#219	16	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#283	9	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#258	11	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#216	15	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#220	16	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#222	15	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 1975, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #216, first reached in 1947.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 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.

Orli · #2278, 20y
Orna · #245, 56y
Orran · #307, 11y
Orrin · #277, 25y

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.

Benthe · #216, 25y
Flemming · #215, 32y
Anne-Mari · #214, 26y
Catrine · #218, 35y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Kaj · #216, 55y
Normann · #216, 17y
Asta · #217, 65y
Else-Marie · #217, 17y

Ørnulf was ranked #216 in Norway · Boys in 1947. 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.

Ørnulf 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 Ørnulf without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Ørnulf

Markus Compare
In 1974 they stood at #431 and #447 in Norway · Boys; by 1975 that had become #589 and #218.
Adrian Compare
In 1974 they stood at #431 and #485 in Norway · Boys; by 1975 that had become #589 and #228.
Sondre Compare
In 1970 they stood at #480 and #510 in Norway · Boys; by 1971 that had become #539 and #220.
Matthew Compare
In 1974 they stood at #431 and #553 in Norway · Boys; by 1975 that had become #589 and #296.

Moved the opposite way to Ørnulf

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 1975 in Norway · Boys, Ørnulf went from #222 to #589 while Anders went from #55 to #13.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 1975 in Norway · Boys, Ørnulf went from #222 to #589 while Andreas went from #140 to #43.
Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 1975 in Norway · Boys, Ørnulf went from #222 to #589 while Christian went from #161 to #20.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 1975 in Norway · Boys, Ørnulf went from #222 to #589 while Daniel went from #280 to #44.

Moved the same way as Ørnulf

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 1975 in Norway · Boys, Ørnulf went from #222 to #589 and Aksel from #174 to #259.
Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 1975 in Norway · Boys, Ørnulf went from #222 to #589 and Alfred from #127 to #390.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 1975 in Norway · Boys, Ørnulf went from #222 to #589 and Arild from #32 to #55.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 1975 in Norway · Boys, Ørnulf went from #222 to #589 and Arne from #6 to #53.

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 1945 to 1975. Highest recorded position: #216 in Norway in 1947. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Ørnulf

Ørnulf at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ørnulf by decade in Norway · Boys

Ørnulf appears in

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Ørnulf at a glance

Ørnulf by decade in Norway · Boys

Ørnulf appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Ørnulf

Ørnulf and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Ørnulf

Moved the opposite way to Ørnulf

Moved the same way as Ørnulf