Old Norse origin
Source-reportedFrom Old Norse Baldr.
Sources for this account (2)
- Wiktionary: BalderCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- Greek Wiktionary: BalderCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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Old Norse roots
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01 / Meaning & origin
Balder is a masculine given name documented in German, Swedish, Old English and 4 other languages. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Norse Baldr.
2 source accounts
From Old Norse Baldr.
[1] Variante von Baldur sowie Kurzform von Namen, die mit Bald- beginnen (Baldebert oder Balderich zum Beispiel)
02 / Across borders
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03 / By the numbers
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1945–2025 Spelling: Balder
Recorded category boys
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Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1946 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1947 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1948 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1949 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1950 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1951 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1952 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1953 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1954 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1955 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1956 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1957 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1958 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1959 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1960 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1961 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1962 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1963 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1964 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1965 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1966 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1967 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1968 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1969 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1970 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1971 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1972 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1973 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1974 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1975 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1976 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1977 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1978 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1979 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1980 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1981 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1982 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1983 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1984 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1985 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1986 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1987 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1988 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1989 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1990 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1991 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1992 | 4 | 574 | observed |
| 1993 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1994 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1995 | 7 | 438 | observed |
| 1996 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1997 | 4 | 549 | observed |
| 1998 | 9 | 365 | observed |
| 1999 | 7 | 427 | observed |
| 2000 | 5 | 486 | observed |
| 2001 | 11 | 316 | observed |
| 2002 | 5 | 457 | observed |
| 2003 | 12 | 304 | observed |
| 2004 | 8 | 366 | observed |
| 2005 | 8 | 380 | observed |
| 2006 | 23 | 217 | observed |
| 2007 | 20 | 241 | observed |
| 2008 | 28 | 193 | observed |
| 2009 | 29 | 196 | observed |
| 2010 | 18 | 255 | observed |
| 2011 | 14 | 297 | observed |
| 2012 | 19 | 249 | observed |
| 2013 | 11 | 353 | observed |
| 2014 | 18 | 262 | observed |
| 2015 | 9 | 375 | observed |
| 2016 | 12 | 330 | observed |
| 2017 | 19 | 253 | observed |
| 2018 | 18 | 254 | observed |
| 2019 | 16 | 266 | observed |
| 2020 | 14 | 259 | observed |
| 2021 | 10 | 314 | observed |
| 2022 | 21 | 208 | observed |
| 2023 | 19 | 233 | observed |
| 2024 | 27 | 182 | observed |
| 2025 | 20 | 210 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “Balder” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0
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06 / Behind the facts
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Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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