Rina vs Siv
Rina and Sivcompared 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 2009, Rina was ranked #616 and Siv #579 among girls in Norway.
Rina and Siv over time
Rina and Siv appear together in 1 published list, across 29 years of shared records. Siv held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Rina in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Rina reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Siv 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.
List by list
Norway · Girls29 shared years, 1952–2009
Rina held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Siv in 29.
Highest recorded here: Rina #391 in 1965, Siv #20 in 1972.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2009: Rina #616, Siv #579.
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 | Rina | Siv |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Syllables | 2 | 1 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | England and Wales · Girls #2771 (2024) | Norway · Girls #530 (2023) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 95/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 60/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Rina has 2 syllables, compared with 1 for Siv.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Rina
Popularity journey
First recorded1952
First recorded at #429 among girls in Norway in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1952–2020
Highest recorded position: #391 among girls in Norway, in 1965 (recorded 1952–2020).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2771 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls
Siv
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #280 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2023
Highest recorded position: #20 among girls in Norway, in 1972 (recorded 1945–2023).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #530 among girls in Norway, in 2023.
Norway · Girls