Reidun

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Reidun: Recorded since 1945, its highest recorded position is #17, and it stood at #425 in 2022.

1registrar recorded it
65times a registrar ranked it
78years from first to last
#17highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for
14names it appears alongside

What stands out in Reidun's record

Held a top-100 place for 25 years running. Names by top-100 run
Shares a published list with another name across 65 years. Longest shared records

Norway · Girls

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1945–2022

View as table

Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#17
1946	#17
1947	#17
1948	#19
1949	#18
1950	#20
1951	#24
1952	#21
1953	#19
1954	#20
1955	#26
1956	#45
1957	#49
1958	#43
1959	#55
1960	#55
1961	#61
1962	#66
1963	#73
1964	#65
1965	#68
1966	#86
1967	#87
1968	#85
1969	#95
1970	#102
1971	#123
1972	#106
1973	#108
1974	#154
1975	#168
1976	#142
1977	#141
1978	#217
1979	#171
1980	#241
1981	#152
1982	#184
1983	#200
1984	#220
1985	#334
1986	#328
1987	#380
1988	#340
1989	#466
1990	#398
1991	#329
1992	#419
1993	#403
1994	#541
1995	#427
1996	#359
1998	#412
1999	#528
2000	#568
2002	#637
2004	#545
2006	#577
2007	#621
2011	#596
2012	#600
2014	#538
2015	#567
2018	#523
2022	#425

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 65 of the 78 years from 1945 to 2022.

Official data for Norway, 1945–2022 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #17 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2022
Highest recorded position: #17 among girls in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2022).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #425 among girls in Norway, in 2022.
Norway · Girls

Reidun 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 Reidun in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	1,942	5 of 10	388
1950s	2,673	10 of 10	267
1960s	1,154	10 of 10	115
1970s	476	10 of 10	48
1980s	208	10 of 10	21
1990s	86	9 of 10	10
2000s	23	5 of 10	5
2010s	21	5 of 10	4
2020s	6	1 of 10	6

Across Norway · Girls, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 388 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1958 and 1959, when recorded births fell by 59, from 217 to 158.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Reidun 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 2022. Highest recorded position: #17 in Norway in 1947.

Reidun'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
2022	Norway	female	#425	6	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#523	4	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#567	4	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#538	5	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#600	4	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#596	4	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#621	4	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#577	5	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#545	5	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#637	4	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#568	5	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#528	6	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#412	9	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#359	11	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#427	9	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#541	6	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#403	10	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#419	10	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#329	14	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#398	11	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#466	9	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#340	14	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#380	12	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#328	15	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#334	14	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#220	23	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#200	27	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#184	31	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#152	42	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#241	21	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#171	33	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#217	23	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#141	42	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#142	44	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#168	34	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#154	42	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#108	64	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#106	68	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#123	54	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#102	72	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#95	77	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#85	93	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#87	87	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#86	91	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#68	128	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#65	125	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#73	107	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#66	129	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#61	152	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#55	165	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#55	158	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#43	217	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#49	207	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#45	238	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#26	279	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#20	316	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#19	321	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#21	301	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#24	293	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#20	343	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#18	365	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#19	366	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#17	395	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#17	429	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#17	387	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 2022, ranked in 65 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #17, first reached in 1945.

It held a top-100 place in 25 years, 25 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 429 births, registered in Norway in 1946.

Its record falls into 9 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.

Reid · #339, 30y
Reidar · #32, 72y
Reidunn · #164, 28y
Reign · #294, 14y

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.

Trine · #17, 70y
Grete · #18, 64y
Gunn · #15, 60y
Tonje · #15, 69y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Alice · #17, 81y
Cecilie · #17, 79y
Eileen · #17, 79y
Jørgen · #17, 81y

Comparisons involving Reidun

Existing comparison pages where Reidun and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Reidun in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Ingrid vs Reidun
In 1945 they stood at #27 and #17 in Norway · Girls, 10 places apart; by 2022 they were #8 and #425.
Ingrid · Reidun · 65 shared years, 1945–2022 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2022 Norway ranking
Astrid vs Reidun
In 1945 they stood at #12 and #17 in Norway · Girls, 5 places apart; by 2022 they were #14 and #425.
Astrid · Reidun · 65 shared years, 1945–2022 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2022 Norway ranking
Eva vs Reidun
In 1945 they stood at #8 and #17 in Norway · Girls, 9 places apart; by 2022 they were #24 and #425.
Eva · Reidun · 65 shared years, 1945–2022 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2022 Norway ranking

Compared inside Norway lists

Pairs involving Reidun measured in Norway's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Reidun at its highest position.

Solveig vs Reidun
In 1945 they stood at #14 and #17 in Norway · Girls, 3 places apart; by 2022 they were #40 and #425.
Solveig · Reidun · 65 shared years, 1945–2022 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2022 Norway ranking
Reidun vs Åse
In 1945 they stood at #17 and #25 in Norway · Girls, 8 places apart; by 2022 they were #425 and #112.
Reidun · Åse · 65 shared years, 1945–2022 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2022 Norway ranking
Else vs Reidun
Else and Reidun changed places 18 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 2022, ending at #194 and #425.
Else · Reidun · 65 shared years, 1945–2022 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2022 Norway ranking

Norway overview→

Reidun was ranked #17 in Norway · Girls in 1945. 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.

Reidun 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 Reidun without appearing here.

Reidun moved ahead of

Bjørg Compare
In 2021 they stood at #523 and #448 in Norway · Girls; by 2022 that had become #425 and #474.
Aud Compare
In 2021 they stood at #523 and #446 in Norway · Girls; by 2022 that had become #425 and #472.
Gerd Compare
In 1999 they stood at #541 and #517 in Norway · Girls; by 2000 that had become #568 and #593.

Moved ahead of Reidun

Mila Compare
In 2010 they stood at #545 and #587 in Norway · Girls; by 2011 that had become #596 and #247.
Amalie Compare
In 1988 they stood at #340 and #364 in Norway · Girls; by 1989 that had become #466 and #213.
Aurora Compare
In 1988 they stood at #340 and #348 in Norway · Girls; by 1989 that had become #466 and #233.
Hennie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #568 and #600 in Norway · Girls; by 2002 that had become #637 and #412.

Moved the opposite way to Reidun

Ada Compare
Between 1945 and 2022 in Norway · Girls, Reidun went from #17 to #425 while Ada went from #229 to #12.
Alice Compare
Between 1945 and 2022 in Norway · Girls, Reidun went from #17 to #425 while Alice went from #292 to #170.
Alma Compare
Between 1945 and 2022 in Norway · Girls, Reidun went from #17 to #425 while Alma went from #293 to #9.
Anna Compare
Between 1945 and 2022 in Norway · Girls, Reidun went from #17 to #425 while Anna went from #38 to #15.

Moved the same way as Reidun

Ann Compare
Between 1945 and 2022 in Norway · Girls, Reidun went from #17 to #425 and Ann from #82 to #404.
Anne Compare
Between 1945 and 2022 in Norway · Girls, Reidun went from #17 to #425 and Anne from #1 to #121.
Annie Compare
Between 1945 and 2022 in Norway · Girls, Reidun went from #17 to #425 and Annie from #180 to #332.
Åse Compare
Between 1945 and 2022 in Norway · Girls, Reidun went from #17 to #425 and Åse from #25 to #112.

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 1945 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #17 in Norway in 1947. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Reidun

Reidun at a glance

What stands out in Reidun's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Reidun by decade in Norway · Girls

Reidun appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Reidun

Longest shared records

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Reidun

Reidun and the names beside it

Reidun moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Reidun

Moved the opposite way to Reidun

Moved the same way as Reidun

Reidun at a glance

What stands out in Reidun's record

Reidun by decade in Norway · Girls

Reidun appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Reidun

Longest shared records

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Reidun

Reidun and the names beside it

Reidun moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Reidun

Moved the opposite way to Reidun

Moved the same way as Reidun