Cesilie

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Cesilie: Recorded since 1968, it reached #354 in 1979, and it was last ranked in 1999.

1registrar recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
32years from first to last
#354highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Girls

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1968–1999

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Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1968	#531
1969	#379
1970	#522
1971	#437
1972	#546
1973	#574
1975	#395
1976	#493
1977	#539
1978	#502
1979	#354
1980	#479
1981	#371
1982	#420
1983	#435
1984	#543
1985	#474
1986	#594
1987	#556
1988	#481
1989	#605
1990	#556
1991	#541
1995	#565
1999	#607

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 25 of the 32 years from 1968 to 1999.

Official data for Norway, 1968–1999 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1968
First recorded at #531 among girls in Norway in 1968 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1968–1999
Highest recorded position: #354 among girls in Norway, in 1979 (recorded 1968–1999).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1999
Most recently recorded at #607 among girls in Norway, in 1999.
Norway · Girls

Cesilie 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 Cesilie in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	12	2 of 10	6
1970s	58	9 of 10	6
1980sbusiest	72	10 of 10	7
1990s	21	4 of 10	5

Across Norway · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Cesilie 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 1968 to 1999. Highest recorded position: #354 in Norway in 1979.

Cesilie'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	#607	4	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#565	5	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#541	6	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#556	6	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#605	5	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#481	8	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#556	6	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#594	5	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#474	8	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#543	6	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#435	8	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#420	9	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#371	10	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#479	7	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#354	11	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#502	6	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#539	5	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#493	6	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#395	9	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#574	4	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#546	5	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#437	7	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#522	5	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#379	8	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#531	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 1968 and 1999, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #354, first reached in 1979.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in Norway in 1979.

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

Ceri · #357, 21y
Cerys · #91, 29y
Ceylin · #2893, 11y
Cezar · #577, 15y

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.

Aqib · #358, 29y
Rajan · #359, 29y
Sabah · #359, 28y
Aleeza · #347, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Abdulkadir · #354, 48y
Amer · #354, 48y
Juanita · #354, 26y
Marcia · #354, 36y

Cesilie was ranked #354 in Norway · Girls in 1979. 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.

Cesilie 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 Cesilie without appearing here.

Cesilie moved ahead of

Margaret Compare
In 1990 they stood at #556 and #529 in Norway · Girls; by 1991 that had become #541 and #661.
Janet Compare
In 1984 they stood at #543 and #505 in Norway · Girls; by 1985 that had become #474 and #565.
Vigdis Compare
In 1990 they stood at #605 and #595 in Norway · Girls; by 1991 that had become #541 and #625.
Unni Compare
In 1990 they stood at #556 and #542 in Norway · Girls; by 1991 that had become #541 and #624.

Moved ahead of Cesilie

Sophie Compare
In 1988 they stood at #481 and #542 in Norway · Girls; by 1989 that had become #605 and #297.
Maia Compare
In 1994 they stood at #541 and #659 in Norway · Girls; by 1995 that had become #565 and #259.
Josefine Compare
In 1988 they stood at #481 and #528 in Norway · Girls; by 1989 that had become #605 and #317.
Paula Compare
In 1985 they stood at #543 and #619 in Norway · Girls; by 1986 that had become #594 and #325.

Moved the opposite way to Cesilie

Ada Compare
Between 1969 and 1999 in Norway · Girls, Cesilie went from #379 to #607 while Ada went from #400 to #204.
Emily Compare
Between 1969 and 1999 in Norway · Girls, Cesilie went from #379 to #607 while Emily went from #547 to #130.
Hedda Compare
Between 1969 and 1999 in Norway · Girls, Cesilie went from #379 to #607 while Hedda went from #356 to #31.
Karoline Compare
Between 1969 and 1999 in Norway · Girls, Cesilie went from #379 to #607 while Karoline went from #323 to #25.

What's not yet available

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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 1968 to 1999. Highest recorded position: #354 in Norway in 1979. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Cesilie

Cesilie at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Cesilie by decade in Norway · Girls

Cesilie appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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Cesilie moved ahead of

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Cesilie at a glance

Cesilie by decade in Norway · Girls

Cesilie appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Cesilie

Cesilie and the names beside it

Cesilie moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Cesilie

Moved the opposite way to Cesilie