Sissel

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Sissel: Recorded since 1945, it reached #11 in 1958, and it stood at #529 in 2023.

1registrar recorded it
62times a registrar ranked it
79years from first to last
#11highest recorded position
17groupings it qualifies for
9names it appears alongside

What stands out in Sissel's record

Held a top-100 place for 35 years running. Names by top-100 run
Shares a published list with another name across 62 years. Longest shared records

Norway · Girls

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1945–2023

View as table

Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#34
1946	#26
1947	#34
1948	#29
1949	#22
1950	#23
1951	#32
1952	#22
1953	#29
1954	#19
1955	#22
1956	#16
1957	#12
1958	#11
1959	#14
1960	#17
1961	#17
1962	#23
1963	#26
1964	#22
1965	#25
1966	#29
1967	#28
1968	#30
1969	#33
1970	#34
1971	#41
1972	#47
1973	#53
1974	#56
1975	#69
1976	#63
1977	#78
1978	#95
1979	#89
1980	#110
1981	#102
1982	#121
1983	#145
1984	#154
1985	#153
1986	#169
1987	#159
1988	#217
1989	#274
1990	#262
1991	#273
1992	#266
1993	#294
1994	#332
1995	#434
1996	#317
1997	#360
1998	#445
2000	#627
2002	#639
2005	#473
2009	#620
2011	#599
2013	#591
2014	#501
2023	#529

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 62 of the 79 years from 1945 to 2023.

Official data for Norway, 1945–2023 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #34 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2023
Highest recorded position: #11 among girls in Norway, in 1958 (recorded 1945–2023).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #529 among girls in Norway, in 2023.
Norway · Girls

Sissel 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 Sissel in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	1,419	5 of 10	284
1950sbusiest	3,325	10 of 10	333
1960s	3,211	10 of 10	321
1970s	1,439	10 of 10	144
1980s	447	10 of 10	45
1990s	129	9 of 10	14
2000s	19	4 of 10	5
2010s	14	3 of 10	5
2020s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Norway · Girls, the 1950s were its busiest decade, averaging 333 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1945 and 1946, when recorded births rose by 116, from 215 to 331.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Sissel 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 2023. Highest recorded position: #11 in Norway in 1958.

Sissel'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
2023	Norway	female	#529	4	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#501	6	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#591	4	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#599	4	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#620	4	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#473	7	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#639	4	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#627	4	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#445	8	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#360	11	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#317	13	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#434	9	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#332	13	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#294	16	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#266	19	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#273	19	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#262	21	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#274	19	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#217	28	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#159	44	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#169	39	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#153	43	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#154	42	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#145	44	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#121	56	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#102	69	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#110	63	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#89	81	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#95	79	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#78	100	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#63	116	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#69	116	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#56	148	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#53	161	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#47	183	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#41	207	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#34	248	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#33	273	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#30	298	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#28	300	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#29	301	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#25	307	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#22	345	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#26	311	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#23	339	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#17	351	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#17	386	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#14	397	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#11	431	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#12	395	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#16	356	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#22	297	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#19	321	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#29	276	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#22	300	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#32	244	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#23	308	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#22	331	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#29	291	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#34	251	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#26	331	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#34	215	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 2023, ranked in 62 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #11, first reached in 1958.

It held a top-100 place in 35 years, 35 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 431 births, registered in Norway in 1958.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 8 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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Sitara · #2253, 17y
Siun · #132, 28y

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.

Turid · #11, 62y
Aud · #10, 59y
Sondre · #10, 59y
Grethe · #13, 60y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Eirik · #11, 81y
Kristoffer · #11, 80y
Mari · #11, 81y
Mette · #11, 65y

Comparisons involving Sissel

Existing comparison pages where Sissel 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 Sissel in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Ingrid vs Sissel
In 1945 they stood at #27 and #34 in Norway · Girls, 7 places apart; by 2023 they were #13 and #529.
Ingrid · Sissel · 62 shared years, 1945–2023 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2023 Norway ranking
Anna vs Sissel
In 1945 they stood at #38 and #34 in Norway · Girls, 4 places apart; by 2023 they were #20 and #529.
Anna · Sissel · 62 shared years, 1945–2023 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2023 Norway ranking
Sissel vs Åse
In 1945 they stood at #34 and #25 in Norway · Girls, 9 places apart; by 2023 they were #529 and #123.
Sissel · Åse · 62 shared years, 1945–2023 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2023 Norway ranking

Compared inside Norway lists

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

Elin vs Sissel
In 1945 they stood at #41 and #34 in Norway · Girls, 7 places apart; by 2023 they were #198 and #529.
Elin · Sissel · 62 shared years, 1945–2023 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2023 Norway ranking
Berit vs Sissel
Berit and Sissel changed places 16 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 2023, ending at #494 and #529.
Berit · Sissel · 62 shared years, 1945–2023 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2023 Norway ranking
Sissel vs Gunn
Sissel and Gunn changed places 16 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 2005, ending at #473 and #546.
Sissel · Gunn · 57 shared years, 1945–2005 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2005 Norway ranking

Norway overview→

Sissel was ranked #11 in Norway · Girls in 1958. 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.

Sissel 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 Sissel without appearing here.

Sissel moved ahead of

Aud Compare
In 2004 they stood at #627 and #493 in Norway · Girls; by 2005 that had become #473 and #528.
Reidun Compare
In 2013 they stood at #599 and #596 in Norway · Girls; by 2014 that had become #501 and #538.
Jorunn Compare
In 2013 they stood at #591 and #577 in Norway · Girls; by 2014 that had become #501 and #523.
Vigdis Compare
In 1948 they stood at #29 and #24 in Norway · Girls; by 1949 that had become #22 and #31.

Moved ahead of Sissel

Lily Compare
In 2008 they stood at #473 and #555 in Norway · Girls; by 2009 that had become #620 and #180.
Sienna Compare
In 2008 they stood at #473 and #616 in Norway · Girls; by 2009 that had become #620 and #198.
Matilda Compare
In 2008 they stood at #473 and #513 in Norway · Girls; by 2009 that had become #620 and #255.
Lara Compare
In 1999 they stood at #445 and #615 in Norway · Girls; by 2000 that had become #627 and #311.

Moved the opposite way to Sissel

Ada Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Girls, Sissel went from #34 to #529 while Ada went from #229 to #6.
Alice Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Girls, Sissel went from #34 to #529 while Alice went from #292 to #153.
Alma Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Girls, Sissel went from #34 to #529 while Alma went from #293 to #5.
Anna Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Girls, Sissel went from #34 to #529 while Anna went from #38 to #20.

Moved the same way as Sissel

Anita Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Girls, Sissel went from #34 to #529 and Anita from #162 to #379.
Ann Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Girls, Sissel went from #34 to #529 and Ann from #82 to #404.
Anne Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Girls, Sissel went from #34 to #529 and Anne from #1 to #96.
Åse Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Girls, Sissel went from #34 to #529 and Åse from #25 to #123.

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 2023. Highest recorded position: #11 in Norway in 1958. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Sissel

Sissel at a glance

What stands out in Sissel's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sissel by decade in Norway · Girls

Sissel 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 Sissel

Longest shared records

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Sissel

Sissel and the names beside it

Sissel moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Sissel

Moved the opposite way to Sissel

Moved the same way as Sissel

Sissel at a glance

What stands out in Sissel's record

Sissel by decade in Norway · Girls

Sissel 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 Sissel

Longest shared records

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Sissel

Sissel and the names beside it

Sissel moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Sissel

Moved the opposite way to Sissel

Moved the same way as Sissel