Sidsel

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Sidsel: Recorded since 1945, its highest recorded position is #52, and it was last ranked in 1992.

1registrar recorded it
38times a registrar ranked it
48years from first to last
#52highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Girls

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1945–1992

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Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#52
1946	#53
1947	#61
1948	#63
1949	#65
1950	#73
1951	#67
1952	#58
1953	#60
1954	#73
1955	#73
1956	#87
1957	#89
1958	#111
1959	#95
1960	#102
1961	#116
1962	#109
1963	#120
1964	#113
1965	#147
1966	#135
1967	#172
1968	#155
1969	#169
1970	#245
1971	#247
1972	#237
1973	#381
1974	#346
1975	#313
1976	#306
1977	#479
1978	#531
1979	#540
1980	#595
1982	#557
1992	#676

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 38 of the 48 years from 1945 to 1992.

Official data for Norway, 1945–1992 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #52 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–1992
Highest recorded position: #52 among girls in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–1992).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1992
Most recently recorded at #676 among girls in Norway, in 1992.
Norway · Girls

Sidsel 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 Sidsel in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	548	5 of 10	110
1950s	834	10 of 10	83
1960s	405	10 of 10	41
1970s	125	10 of 10	13
1980s	11	2 of 10	6
1990s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Norway · Girls, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 110 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1953 and 1954, when recorded births fell by 28, from 115 to 87.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Sidsel 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 1992. Highest recorded position: #52 in Norway in 1945.

Sidsel'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
1992	Norway	female	#676	4	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#557	6	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#595	5	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#540	6	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#531	6	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#479	7	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#306	14	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#313	13	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#346	12	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#381	10	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#237	20	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#247	19	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#245	18	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#169	29	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#155	32	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#172	28	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#135	39	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#147	34	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#113	50	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#120	44	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#109	50	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#116	46	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#102	53	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#95	58	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#111	47	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#89	66	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#87	65	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#73	86	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#73	87	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#60	115	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#58	124	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#67	98	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#73	88	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#65	94	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#63	103	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#61	109	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#53	128	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#52	114	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 1992, ranked in 38 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #52, first reached in 1945.

It held a top-100 place in 14 years, 13 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 128 births, registered in Norway in 1946.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 9 years.

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.

Sidra · #230, 40y
Sidrah · #869, 29y
Siena · #415, 29y
Sienna · #7, 30y

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.

Frøya · #56, 34y
Madelen · #58, 42y
Torild · #46, 36y
Siw · #61, 43y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Aina · #52, 81y
Albert · #52, 80y
Inge · #52, 67y
Mariann · #52, 63y

Sidsel was ranked #52 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.

Sidsel 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 Sidsel without appearing here.

Sidsel moved ahead of

Unni Compare
In 1991 they stood at #557 and #275 in Norway · Girls; by 1992 that had become #676 and #686.

Moved ahead of Sidsel

Sophie Compare
In 1991 they stood at #557 and #559 in Norway · Girls; by 1992 that had become #676 and #258.
Amy Compare
In 1991 they stood at #557 and #614 in Norway · Girls; by 1992 that had become #676 and #304.
Ellinor Compare
In 1991 they stood at #557 and #573 in Norway · Girls; by 1992 that had become #676 and #379.
Nora Compare
In 1976 they stood at #306 and #360 in Norway · Girls; by 1977 that had become #479 and #192.

Moved the opposite way to Sidsel

Anna Compare
Between 1945 and 1992 in Norway · Girls, Sidsel went from #52 to #676 while Anna went from #38 to #19.
Cecilie Compare
Between 1945 and 1992 in Norway · Girls, Sidsel went from #52 to #676 while Cecilie went from #359 to #41.
Christine Compare
Between 1945 and 1992 in Norway · Girls, Sidsel went from #52 to #676 while Christine went from #253 to #51.
Elisabeth Compare
Between 1945 and 1992 in Norway · Girls, Sidsel went from #52 to #676 while Elisabeth went from #50 to #24.

Moved the same way as Sidsel

Alma Compare
Between 1945 and 1992 in Norway · Girls, Sidsel went from #52 to #676 and Alma from #293 to #491.
Anne Compare
Between 1945 and 1992 in Norway · Girls, Sidsel went from #52 to #676 and Anne from #1 to #17.
Annie Compare
Between 1945 and 1992 in Norway · Girls, Sidsel went from #52 to #676 and Annie from #180 to #376.
Åse Compare
Between 1945 and 1992 in Norway · Girls, Sidsel went from #52 to #676 and Åse from #25 to #250.

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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 1992. Highest recorded position: #52 in Norway in 1945. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Sidsel

Sidsel at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sidsel by decade in Norway · Girls

Sidsel appears in

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Sidsel at a glance

Sidsel by decade in Norway · Girls

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Sidsel

Sidsel and the names beside it

Sidsel moved ahead of

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