Doris vs Sigrunn
Doris and Sigrunncompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.
Head to head
Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.
Norway · Girls
In 1970, Doris was ranked #578 and Sigrunn #462 among girls in Norway.
Doris and Sigrunn over time
Doris and Sigrunn appear together in 1 published list, across 25 years of shared records. Sigrunn held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Doris in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Sigrunn reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Doris in none. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.
Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.
How this pair is related
The relationship kinds these two qualify for, each under its own stated rule. Every one is drawn from a list they both appear in.
- Repeatedly exchanged positions
Doris and Sigrunn changed places 6 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 1970, ending at #578 and #462.
List by list
Norway · Girls25 shared years, 1945–1970
Doris held the stronger position in 6 of those years, Sigrunn in 19.
Highest recorded here: Doris #173 in 1955, Sigrunn #136 in 1948.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1970: Doris #578, Sigrunn #462.
Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.
Side by side
| Field | Doris | Sigrunn |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Official statistical record (evidence-only) | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | female | female |
| Meaning | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Origin | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Pronunciation | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, IE, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | England and Wales · Girls #2411 (2024) | Norway · Girls #635 (1985) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 82/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Doris and Sigrunn both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Doris
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #296 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–1987
Highest recorded position: #173 among girls in Norway, in 1955 (recorded 1945–1987).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2411 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls
Sigrunn
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #168 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–1985
Highest recorded position: #136 among girls in Norway, in 1948 (recorded 1945–1985).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1985
Most recently recorded at #635 among girls in Norway, in 1985.
Norway · Girls