Bodil

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Bodil: Recorded since 1945, its highest recorded position is #36, and it was last ranked in 1999.

1registrar recorded it
53times a registrar ranked it
55years from first to last
#36highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Bodil's record

Held a top-100 place for 26 years running. Names by top-100 run

Norway · Girls

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1945–1999

View as table

Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#36
1946	#37
1947	#37
1948	#37
1949	#39
1950	#37
1951	#39
1952	#41
1953	#43
1954	#47
1955	#56
1956	#54
1957	#56
1958	#55
1959	#52
1960	#68
1961	#63
1962	#64
1963	#72
1964	#69
1965	#78
1966	#69
1967	#75
1968	#71
1969	#89
1970	#100
1971	#107
1972	#98
1973	#109
1974	#106
1975	#117
1976	#134
1977	#143
1978	#167
1979	#165
1980	#167
1981	#180
1982	#191
1983	#224
1984	#234
1985	#367
1986	#384
1987	#321
1988	#367
1989	#416
1990	#506
1991	#398
1992	#494
1993	#384
1994	#349
1996	#473
1997	#493
1999	#545

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 53 of the 55 years from 1945 to 1999.

Official data for Norway, 1945–1999 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #36 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–1999
Highest recorded position: #36 among girls in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–1999).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1999
Most recently recorded at #545 among girls in Norway, in 1999.
Norway · Girls

Bodil by decade in Norway · Girls

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 Bodil in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	951	5 of 10	190
1950s	1,825	10 of 10	183
1960s	1,151	10 of 10	115
1970s	552	10 of 10	55
1980s	194	10 of 10	19
1990s	63	8 of 10	8

Across Norway · Girls, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 190 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1959 and 1960, when recorded births fell by 41, from 170 to 129.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Bodil 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 1999. Highest recorded position: #36 in Norway in 1945.

Bodil'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
1999	Norway	female	#545	5	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#493	6	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#473	7	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#349	11	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#384	10	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#494	7	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#398	10	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#506	7	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#416	10	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#367	12	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#321	14	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#384	11	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#367	12	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#234	20	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#224	22	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#191	28	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#180	31	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#167	34	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#165	34	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#167	33	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#143	41	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#134	46	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#117	58	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#106	66	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#109	63	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#98	74	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#107	64	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#100	73	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#89	85	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#71	115	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#75	105	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#69	122	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#78	99	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#69	118	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#72	109	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#64	134	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#63	135	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#68	129	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#52	170	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#55	157	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#56	169	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#54	179	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#56	158	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#47	187	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#43	199	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#41	199	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#39	202	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#37	205	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#39	201	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#37	192	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#37	187	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#37	195	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#36	176	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 1999, ranked in 53 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #36, first reached in 1945.

It held a top-100 place in 27 years, 26 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 205 births, registered in Norway in 1950.

Its record falls into 3 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.

Bodi · #1461, 14y
Bodie · #442, 24y
Boe · #1210, 22y
Bogdan · #212, 62y

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.

Toril · #35, 52y
Renate · #32, 57y
Gry · #31, 57y
Anne-Lise · #42, 50y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Ingeborg · #36, 81y
Ingunn · #36, 68y
Roar · #36, 69y
Asbjørn · #35, 81y

Bodil was ranked #36 in Norway · Girls in 1945. 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.

Bodil 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 Bodil without appearing here.

Bodil moved ahead of

Vigdis Compare
In 1992 they stood at #494 and #454 in Norway · Girls; by 1993 that had become #384 and #676.
Aud Compare
In 1986 they stood at #384 and #244 in Norway · Girls; by 1987 that had become #321 and #553.
Unni Compare
In 1985 they stood at #367 and #285 in Norway · Girls; by 1986 that had become #384 and #492.
Wenche Compare
In 1998 they stood at #493 and #486 in Norway · Girls; by 1999 that had become #545 and #638.

Moved ahead of Bodil

Mary Compare
In 1998 they stood at #493 and #573 in Norway · Girls; by 1999 that had become #545 and #283.
Ada Compare
In 1991 they stood at #398 and #421 in Norway · Girls; by 1992 that had become #494 and #259.
Maia Compare
In 1995 they stood at #349 and #365 in Norway · Girls; by 1996 that had become #473 and #240.
Sofie Compare
In 1984 they stood at #234 and #248 in Norway · Girls; by 1985 that had become #367 and #169.

Moved the opposite way to Bodil

Anna Compare
Between 1945 and 1999 in Norway · Girls, Bodil went from #36 to #545 while Anna went from #38 to #13.
Cecilie Compare
Between 1945 and 1999 in Norway · Girls, Bodil went from #36 to #545 while Cecilie went from #359 to #63.
Christine Compare
Between 1945 and 1999 in Norway · Girls, Bodil went from #36 to #545 while Christine went from #253 to #99.
Elise Compare
Between 1945 and 1999 in Norway · Girls, Bodil went from #36 to #545 while Elise went from #223 to #29.

Moved the same way as Bodil

Ann Compare
Between 1945 and 1999 in Norway · Girls, Bodil went from #36 to #545 and Ann from #82 to #140.
Anne Compare
Between 1945 and 1999 in Norway · Girls, Bodil went from #36 to #545 and Anne from #1 to #44.
Annie Compare
Between 1945 and 1999 in Norway · Girls, Bodil went from #36 to #545 and Annie from #180 to #274.
Åse Compare
Between 1945 and 1999 in Norway · Girls, Bodil went from #36 to #545 and Åse from #25 to #181.

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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 1999. Highest recorded position: #36 in Norway in 1945. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Bodil

Bodil at a glance

What stands out in Bodil's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Bodil by decade in Norway · Girls

Bodil appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Bodil

Bodil and the names beside it

Bodil moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Bodil

Moved the opposite way to Bodil

Moved the same way as Bodil

Bodil at a glance

What stands out in Bodil's record

Bodil by decade in Norway · Girls

Bodil 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 Bodil

Bodil and the names beside it

Bodil moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Bodil

Moved the opposite way to Bodil

Moved the same way as Bodil