Pernille

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Pernille: Recorded since 1957, it reached #34 in 2010, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

1registrar recorded it
64times a registrar ranked it
69years from first to last
#34highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Pernille's record

Held a top-100 place for 36 years running. Names by top-100 run
Moved 154 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Norway · Girls

Rising

among girls in Norway · 1957–2025

View as table

Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1957	#465
1959	#367
1964	#409
1965	#468
1966	#410
1967	#468
1968	#314
1969	#283
1970	#318
1971	#216
1972	#235
1973	#194
1974	#245
1975	#258
1976	#221
1977	#198
1978	#243
1979	#198
1980	#348
1981	#227
1982	#218
1983	#219
1984	#219
1985	#152
1986	#136
1987	#132
1988	#108
1989	#108
1990	#88
1991	#77
1992	#74
1993	#78
1994	#89
1995	#75
1996	#85
1997	#52
1998	#64
1999	#55
2000	#52
2001	#70
2002	#75
2003	#59
2004	#60
2005	#52
2006	#50
2007	#46
2008	#55
2009	#38
2010	#34
2011	#39
2012	#46
2013	#46
2014	#44
2015	#66
2016	#59
2017	#48
2018	#77
2019	#72
2020	#73
2021	#71
2022	#72
2023	#78
2024	#62
2025	#70

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

RisingNorway · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 64 of the 69 years from 1957 to 2025.

Official data for Norway, 1957–2025 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1957
First recorded at #465 among girls in Norway in 1957 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1957–2025
Highest recorded position: #34 among girls in Norway, in 2010 (recorded 1957–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #70 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Pernille 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 Pernille in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	11	2 of 10	6
1960s	52	6 of 10	9
1970s	209	10 of 10	21
1980s	390	10 of 10	39
1990s	1,098	10 of 10	110
2000s	1,217	10 of 10	122
2010sbusiest	1,231	10 of 10	123
2020s	518	6 of 10	86

Across Norway · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 123 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2008 and 2009, when recorded births rose by 49, from 114 to 163.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Pernille 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 1957 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #34 in Norway in 2010.

Pernille'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
2025	Norway	female	#70	92	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#62	102	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#78	79	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#72	84	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#71	82	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#73	79	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#72	84	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#77	81	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#48	117	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#59	103	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#66	98	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#44	132	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#46	137	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#46	134	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#39	161	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#34	184	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#38	163	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#55	114	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#46	139	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#50	133	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#52	128	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#60	115	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#59	112	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#75	86	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#70	99	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#52	128	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#55	127	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#64	109	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#52	130	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#85	105	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#75	115	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#89	95	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#78	108	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#74	112	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#77	102	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#88	95	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#108	72	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#108	68	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#132	53	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#136	50	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#152	43	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#219	23	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#219	23	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#218	24	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#227	22	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#348	12	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#198	26	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#243	20	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#198	25	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#221	21	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#258	17	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#245	20	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#194	26	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#235	20	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#216	22	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#318	12	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#283	14	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#314	12	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#468	6	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#410	7	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#468	6	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#409	7	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#367	7	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#465	4	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 1957 and 2025, ranked in 64 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #34, first reached in 2010.

It held a top-100 place in 36 years, 36 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 184 births, registered in Norway in 2010.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 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.

Peri · #1392, 27y
Perla · #842, 19y
Perran · #1552, 22y
Perrie · #355, 19y

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.

Merete · #33, 61y
Ingunn · #36, 68y
Synne · #30, 61y
Jørn · #40, 64y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Alicia · #34, 63y
Dennis · #34, 74y
Donald · #34, 68y
Lesley · #34, 68y

Pernille was ranked #34 in Norway · Girls in 2010. 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.

Pernille 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 Pernille without appearing here.

Pernille moved ahead of

Paula Compare
In 1967 they stood at #468 and #295 in Norway · Girls; by 1968 that had become #314 and #565.
Margaret Compare
In 1970 they stood at #318 and #269 in Norway · Girls; by 1971 that had become #216 and #413.
Bjørg Compare
In 1984 they stood at #219 and #210 in Norway · Girls; by 1985 that had become #152 and #345.
Kirsten Compare
In 1983 they stood at #219 and #211 in Norway · Girls; by 1984 that had become #219 and #411.

Moved ahead of Pernille

Hedda Compare
In 1997 they stood at #52 and #79 in Norway · Girls; by 1998 that had become #64 and #33.
Leah Compare
In 2005 they stood at #52 and #53 in Norway · Girls; by 2006 that had become #50 and #22.
Aurora Compare
In 2000 they stood at #52 and #58 in Norway · Girls; by 2001 that had become #70 and #48.
Frida Compare
In 1991 they stood at #77 and #86 in Norway · Girls; by 1992 that had become #74 and #54.

Moved the opposite way to Pernille

Anita Compare
Between 1957 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Pernille went from #465 to #70 while Anita went from #17 to #459.
Anne Compare
Between 1957 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Pernille went from #465 to #70 while Anne went from #1 to #159.
Åse Compare
Between 1957 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Pernille went from #465 to #70 while Åse went from #33 to #93.
Aud Compare
Between 1957 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Pernille went from #465 to #70 while Aud went from #21 to #427.

Moved the same way as Pernille

Ada Compare
Between 1957 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Pernille went from #465 to #70 and Ada from #251 to #18.
Alma Compare
Between 1957 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Pernille went from #465 to #70 and Alma from #362 to #8.
Andrea Compare
Between 1957 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Pernille went from #465 to #70 and Andrea from #403 to #98.
Anna Compare
Between 1957 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Pernille went from #465 to #70 and Anna from #85 to #23.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 1957 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #34 in Norway in 2010. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Pernille

Pernille at a glance

What stands out in Pernille's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Pernille by decade in Norway · Girls

Pernille appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1950s

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Pernille and the names beside it

Pernille moved ahead of

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Pernille at a glance

What stands out in Pernille's record

Pernille by decade in Norway · Girls

Pernille appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Pernille

Pernille and the names beside it

Pernille moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Pernille

Moved the opposite way to Pernille

Moved the same way as Pernille