Iselin

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Iselin: Recorded since 1973, it reached #60 in 1991, and it stood at #375 in 2025.

1registrar recorded it
51times a registrar ranked it
53years from first to last
#60highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Girls

Rising

among girls in Norway · 1973–2025

View as table

Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1973	#538
1974	#500
1975	#552
1978	#250
1979	#238
1980	#219
1981	#165
1982	#127
1983	#106
1984	#106
1985	#102
1986	#85
1987	#72
1988	#61
1989	#65
1990	#64
1991	#60
1992	#87
1993	#76
1994	#81
1995	#86
1996	#72
1997	#67
1998	#98
1999	#101
2000	#78
2001	#96
2002	#94
2003	#73
2004	#107
2005	#76
2006	#67
2007	#68
2008	#91
2009	#81
2010	#101
2011	#143
2012	#146
2013	#203
2014	#202
2015	#258
2016	#289
2017	#232
2018	#292
2019	#394
2020	#380
2021	#264
2022	#378
2023	#362
2024	#399
2025	#375

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 51 of the 53 years from 1973 to 2025.

Official data for Norway, 1973–2025 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1973
First recorded at #538 among girls in Norway in 1973 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1973–2025
Highest recorded position: #60 among girls in Norway, in 1991 (recorded 1973–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #375 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Iselin 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 Iselin in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	55	5 of 10	11
1980s	744	10 of 10	74
1990sbusiest	1,074	10 of 10	107
2000s	807	10 of 10	81
2010s	302	10 of 10	30
2020s	54	6 of 10	9

Across Norway · Girls, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 107 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1991 and 1992, when recorded births fell by 49, from 147 to 98.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Iselin 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 1973 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #60 in Norway in 1991.

Iselin'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	#375	8	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#399	7	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#362	9	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#378	8	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#264	14	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#380	8	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#394	8	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#292	15	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#232	22	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#289	17	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#258	20	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#202	29	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#203	28	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#146	48	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#143	46	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#101	69	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#81	84	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#91	80	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#68	88	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#67	98	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#76	83	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#107	58	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#73	85	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#94	68	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#96	72	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#78	91	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#101	70	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#98	75	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#67	113	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#72	115	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#86	105	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#81	108	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#76	109	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#87	98	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#60	147	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#64	134	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#65	118	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#61	134	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#72	101	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#85	82	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#102	69	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#106	65	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#106	64	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#127	52	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#165	36	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#219	23	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#238	20	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#250	19	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#552	5	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#500	6	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#538	5	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 1973 and 2025, ranked in 51 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #60, first reached in 1991.

It held a top-100 place in 22 years, 13 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 147 births, registered in Norway in 1991.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 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.

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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.

Arnfinn · #58, 52y
Sølvi · #58, 56y
Aslaug · #63, 52y
Karianne · #64, 56y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Bevan · #59, 33y
Casey · #61, 47y
Casper · #61, 46y
Peta · #59, 27y

Iselin was ranked #60 in Norway · Girls in 1991. 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.

Iselin 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 Iselin without appearing here.

Iselin moved ahead of

Wendy Compare
In 1977 they stood at #552 and #533 in Norway · Girls; by 1978 that had become #250 and #540.
Amy Compare
In 1978 they stood at #552 and #491 in Norway · Girls; by 1979 that had become #238 and #501.
Melanie Compare
In 1977 they stood at #500 and #435 in Norway · Girls; by 1978 that had become #250 and #477.
Margaret Compare
In 1977 they stood at #552 and #471 in Norway · Girls; by 1978 that had become #250 and #438.

Moved ahead of Iselin

Vanessa Compare
In 2021 they stood at #264 and #272 in Norway · Girls; by 2022 that had become #378 and #181.
Lara Compare
In 2017 they stood at #232 and #303 in Norway · Girls; by 2018 that had become #292 and #156.
Abigail Compare
In 2021 they stood at #264 and #303 in Norway · Girls; by 2022 that had become #378 and #246.
Zoe Compare
In 2021 they stood at #264 and #321 in Norway · Girls; by 2022 that had become #378 and #289.

Moved the opposite way to Iselin

Lene Compare
Between 1973 and 2021 in Norway · Girls, Iselin went from #538 to #264 while Lene went from #17 to #482.
Tonje Compare
Between 1973 and 2021 in Norway · Girls, Iselin went from #538 to #264 while Tonje went from #60 to #455.
Turid Compare
Between 1973 and 2021 in Norway · Girls, Iselin went from #538 to #264 while Turid went from #103 to #456.
Amalie Compare
Between 1978 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Iselin went from #250 to #375 while Amalie went from #593 to #25.

Moved the same way as Iselin

Katherine Compare
Between 1974 and 2001 in Norway · Girls, Iselin went from #500 to #96 and Katherine from #558 to #334.

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 1973 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #60 in Norway in 1991. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Iselin

Iselin at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Iselin by decade in Norway · Girls

Iselin appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Iselin at a glance

Iselin by decade in Norway · Girls

Iselin appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Iselin

Iselin and the names beside it

Iselin moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Iselin

Moved the opposite way to Iselin

Moved the same way as Iselin