Gisle

maleStatistical record

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

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

Gisle: Recorded since 1945, it reached #142 in 1973, and it was last ranked in 2006.

1registrar recorded it
55times a registrar ranked it
62years from first to last
#142highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–2006

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#281
1946	#270
1947	#262
1948	#242
1949	#320
1950	#232
1951	#189
1952	#164
1953	#205
1954	#183
1955	#223
1956	#205
1957	#192
1958	#164
1959	#153
1960	#171
1961	#175
1962	#171
1963	#166
1964	#147
1965	#158
1966	#180
1967	#185
1968	#189
1969	#178
1970	#163
1971	#177
1972	#168
1973	#142
1974	#161
1975	#190
1976	#192
1977	#201
1978	#195
1979	#288
1980	#321
1981	#326
1982	#439
1983	#242
1984	#304
1985	#332
1986	#274
1987	#434
1988	#395
1989	#352
1990	#285
1991	#305
1992	#308
1993	#379
1994	#417
1996	#515
1997	#469
1998	#556
1999	#508
2006	#542

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 55 of the 62 years from 1945 to 2006.

Official data for Norway, 1945–2006 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #281 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2006
Highest recorded position: #142 among boys in Norway, in 1973 (recorded 1945–2006).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2006
Most recently recorded at #542 among boys in Norway, in 2006.
Norway · Boys

Gisle by decade in Norway · Boys

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 Gisle in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	46	5 of 10	9
1950s	213	10 of 10	21
1960s	321	10 of 10	32
1970sbusiest	370	10 of 10	37
1980s	141	10 of 10	14
1990s	87	9 of 10	10
2000s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Norway · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 37 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Gisle 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 2006. Highest recorded position: #142 in Norway in 1973.

Gisle'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
2006	Norway	male	#542	4	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#508	5	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#556	4	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#469	6	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#515	5	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#417	8	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#379	10	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#308	15	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#305	16	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#285	18	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#352	13	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#395	11	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#434	9	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#274	20	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#332	14	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#304	16	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#242	22	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#439	9	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#326	13	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#321	14	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#288	16	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#195	33	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#201	31	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#192	34	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#190	34	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#161	45	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#142	55	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#168	43	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#177	37	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#163	42	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#178	36	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#189	30	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#185	30	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#180	31	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#158	36	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#147	43	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#166	31	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#171	28	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#175	28	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#171	28	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#153	32	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#164	28	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#192	21	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#205	19	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#223	14	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#183	21	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#205	17	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#164	28	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#189	20	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#232	13	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#320	6	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#242	12	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#262	10	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#270	10	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#281	8	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 2006, ranked in 55 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #142, first reached in 1973.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 55 births, registered in Norway in 1973.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 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.

Gisele · #1702, 23y
Giselle · #677, 29y
Gitte · #134, 40y
Gittel · #1843, 25y

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.

Lovise · #142, 55y
Gøril · #143, 56y
Paal · #144, 57y
Kjerstin · #146, 50y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Anne-Karin · #142, 30y
Hallvard · #142, 81y
Lovise · #142, 55y
Snorre · #142, 81y

Gisle was ranked #142 in Norway · Boys in 1973. 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.

Gisle 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 Gisle without appearing here.

Gisle moved ahead of

Ronald Compare
In 1969 they stood at #178 and #159 in Norway · Boys; by 1970 that had become #163 and #223.
Stig Compare
In 2005 they stood at #508 and #261 in Norway · Boys; by 2006 that had become #542 and #563.
Raymond Compare
In 2005 they stood at #508 and #342 in Norway · Boys; by 2006 that had become #542 and #560.

Moved ahead of Gisle

Luca Compare
In 2005 they stood at #515 and #528 in Norway · Boys; by 2006 that had become #542 and #273.
Philip Compare
In 1986 they stood at #274 and #300 in Norway · Boys; by 1987 that had become #434 and #171.
Matthew Compare
In 1997 they stood at #469 and #582 in Norway · Boys; by 1998 that had become #556 and #330.
Steven Compare
In 1997 they stood at #515 and #545 in Norway · Boys; by 1998 that had become #556 and #335.

Moved the opposite way to Gisle

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 2006 in Norway · Boys, Gisle went from #281 to #542 while Aksel went from #174 to #65.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 2006 in Norway · Boys, Gisle went from #281 to #542 while Andreas went from #140 to #4.
Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 2006 in Norway · Boys, Gisle went from #281 to #542 while Christian went from #161 to #45.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 2006 in Norway · Boys, Gisle went from #281 to #542 while Daniel went from #280 to #7.

Moved the same way as Gisle

Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 2006 in Norway · Boys, Gisle went from #281 to #542 and Arild from #32 to #367.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2006 in Norway · Boys, Gisle went from #281 to #542 and Arne from #6 to #179.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 2006 in Norway · Boys, Gisle went from #281 to #542 and Arthur from #153 to #263.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1945 and 2006 in Norway · Boys, Gisle went from #281 to #542 and Bjørn from #3 to #130.

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Recorded in official data for Norway from 1945 to 2006. Highest recorded position: #142 in Norway in 1973. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Gisle

Gisle at a glance

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Gisle by decade in Norway · Boys

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Gisle by decade in Norway · Boys

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