Herdis

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Herdis: Recorded since 1945, with a gap of 16 years, it reached #144 in 1950, and it was last ranked in 2000.

1registrar recorded it
36times a registrar ranked it
56years from first to last
#144highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Herdis's record

Absent from every published list for 16 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Norway · Girls

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1945–2000

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Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#224
1946	#182
1947	#183
1948	#175
1949	#189
1950	#144
1951	#183
1952	#159
1953	#171
1954	#178
1955	#222
1956	#245
1957	#228
1958	#189
1959	#235
1960	#250
1962	#368
1964	#366
1965	#314
1966	#337
1967	#276
1968	#371
1969	#496
1970	#482
1971	#480
1972	#470
1973	#486
1974	#397
1975	#400
1976	#606
1978	#430
1979	#632
1980	#571
1981	#632
1983	#588
2000	#543

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 36 of the 56 years from 1945 to 2000.

Official data for Norway, 1945–2000 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #224 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2000
Highest recorded position: #144 among girls in Norway, in 1950 (recorded 1945–2000).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2000
Most recently recorded at #543 among girls in Norway, in 2000.
Norway · Girls

Herdis 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 Herdis in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	108	5 of 10	22
1950s	207	10 of 10	21
1960s	76	8 of 10	10
1970s	59	9 of 10	7
1980s	14	3 of 10	5
2000s	5	1 of 10	5

Across Norway · Girls, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 22 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Herdis 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 2000. Highest recorded position: #144 in Norway in 1950.

Herdis'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
2000	Norway	female	#543	5	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#588	5	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#632	4	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#571	5	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#632	4	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#430	8	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#606	4	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#400	9	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#397	9	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#486	6	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#470	7	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#480	6	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#482	6	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#496	5	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#371	9	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#276	13	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#337	10	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#314	11	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#366	8	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#368	7	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#250	13	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#235	15	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#189	20	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#228	14	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#245	13	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#222	16	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#178	22	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#171	25	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#159	28	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#183	22	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#144	32	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#189	21	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#175	23	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#183	24	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#182	24	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#224	16	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 2000, ranked in 36 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #144, first reached in 1950.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 32 births, registered in Norway in 1950.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 16 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.

Herbie · #339, 29y
Herborg · #232, 18y
Herkus · #365, 16y
Herman · #20, 76y

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.

Rønnaug · #146, 37y
Børre · #141, 40y
Syver · #147, 39y
Kari-Anne · #140, 40y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Hassan · #144, 79y
Paal · #144, 57y
Arnulf · #145, 27y
Asgeir · #145, 61y

Herdis was ranked #144 in Norway · Girls in 1950. 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.

Herdis 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 Herdis without appearing here.

Herdis moved ahead of

Unni Compare
In 1999 they stood at #588 and #296 in Norway · Girls; by 2000 that had become #543 and #638.
Turid Compare
In 1999 they stood at #588 and #246 in Norway · Girls; by 2000 that had become #543 and #636.
Sissel Compare
In 1999 they stood at #588 and #145 in Norway · Girls; by 2000 that had become #543 and #627.
Gro Compare
In 1999 they stood at #588 and #168 in Norway · Girls; by 2000 that had become #543 and #597.

Moved ahead of Herdis

Mathilde Compare
In 1999 they stood at #588 and #603 in Norway · Girls; by 2000 that had become #543 and #29.
Tiril Compare
In 1999 they stood at #588 and #674 in Norway · Girls; by 2000 that had become #543 and #64.
Rebecca Compare
In 1975 they stood at #400 and #411 in Norway · Girls; by 1976 that had become #606 and #235.
Isabella Compare
In 1999 they stood at #588 and #641 in Norway · Girls; by 2000 that had become #543 and #197.

Moved the opposite way to Herdis

Anna Compare
Between 1945 and 2000 in Norway · Girls, Herdis went from #224 to #543 while Anna went from #38 to #9.
Cecilie Compare
Between 1945 and 2000 in Norway · Girls, Herdis went from #224 to #543 while Cecilie went from #359 to #79.
Christine Compare
Between 1945 and 2000 in Norway · Girls, Herdis went from #224 to #543 while Christine went from #253 to #81.
Elise Compare
Between 1945 and 2000 in Norway · Girls, Herdis went from #224 to #543 while Elise went from #223 to #32.

Moved the same way as Herdis

Ann Compare
Between 1945 and 2000 in Norway · Girls, Herdis went from #224 to #543 and Ann from #82 to #159.
Anne Compare
Between 1945 and 2000 in Norway · Girls, Herdis went from #224 to #543 and Anne from #1 to #42.
Annie Compare
Between 1945 and 2000 in Norway · Girls, Herdis went from #224 to #543 and Annie from #180 to #263.
Åse Compare
Between 1945 and 2000 in Norway · Girls, Herdis went from #224 to #543 and Åse from #25 to #321.

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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 2000. Highest recorded position: #144 in Norway in 1950. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Herdis

Herdis at a glance

What stands out in Herdis's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Herdis by decade in Norway · Girls

Herdis appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1940s

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Herdis and the names beside it

Herdis moved ahead of

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Herdis at a glance

What stands out in Herdis's record

Herdis by decade in Norway · Girls

Herdis 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 Herdis

Herdis and the names beside it

Herdis moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Herdis

Moved the opposite way to Herdis

Moved the same way as Herdis