Siv

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Siv: Recorded since 1945, it reached #20 in 1972, and it stood at #530 in 2023.

1registrar recorded it
68times a registrar ranked it
79years from first to last
#20highest recorded position
19groupings it qualifies for
26names it appears alongside

What stands out in Siv's record

Held a top-100 place for 35 years running. Names by top-100 run
Shares a published list with another name across 68 years. Longest shared records

Norway · Girls

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1945–2023

View as table

Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#280
1946	#339
1947	#343
1948	#383
1949	#278
1950	#206
1951	#243
1952	#183
1953	#103
1954	#89
1955	#89
1956	#83
1957	#82
1958	#84
1959	#67
1960	#58
1961	#52
1962	#45
1963	#44
1964	#37
1965	#31
1966	#26
1967	#23
1968	#22
1969	#22
1970	#22
1971	#22
1972	#20
1973	#20
1974	#22
1975	#26
1976	#37
1977	#31
1978	#39
1979	#44
1980	#42
1981	#50
1982	#52
1983	#57
1984	#66
1985	#61
1986	#70
1987	#86
1988	#97
1989	#102
1990	#168
1991	#146
1992	#152
1993	#139
1994	#158
1995	#179
1996	#174
1997	#252
1998	#296
1999	#416
2000	#407
2001	#270
2002	#274
2003	#287
2004	#349
2005	#567
2007	#538
2008	#484
2009	#579
2011	#523
2014	#502
2015	#505
2023	#530

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 68 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 #280 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: #20 among girls in Norway, in 1972 (recorded 1945–2023).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #530 among girls in Norway, in 2023.
Norway · Girls

Siv 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 Siv in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	38	5 of 10	8
1950s	567	10 of 10	57
1960sbusiest	2,628	10 of 10	263
1970s	2,525	10 of 10	253
1980s	1,134	10 of 10	113
1990s	344	10 of 10	34
2000s	91	9 of 10	10
2010s	18	3 of 10	6
2020s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Norway · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade, averaging 263 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1974 and 1975, when recorded births fell by 73, from 305 to 232.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Siv 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: #20 in Norway in 1973.

Siv'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	#530	4	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#505	6	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#502	6	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#523	6	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#579	5	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#484	7	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#538	6	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#567	5	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#349	12	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#287	15	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#274	16	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#270	16	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#407	9	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#416	9	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#296	14	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#252	18	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#174	34	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#179	35	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#158	42	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#139	50	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#152	48	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#146	52	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#168	42	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#102	76	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#97	78	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#86	89	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#70	104	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#61	118	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#66	109	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#57	123	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#52	135	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#50	141	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#42	161	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#44	158	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#39	171	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#31	185	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#37	185	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#26	232	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#22	305	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#20	306	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#20	334	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#22	331	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#22	318	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#22	357	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#22	360	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#23	367	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#26	309	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#31	269	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#37	228	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#44	204	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#45	198	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#52	181	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#58	155	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#67	124	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#84	71	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#82	74	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#83	67	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#89	63	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#89	62	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#103	51	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#183	23	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#243	13	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#206	19	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#278	10	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#383	4	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#343	7	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#339	7	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#280	10	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 68 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #20, first reached in 1972.

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

Its largest count from any one registrar is 367 births, registered in Norway in 1967.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 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.

Sitara · #2253, 17y
Siun · #132, 28y
Sive · #373, 32y
Sivert · #51, 73y

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.

Grete · #18, 64y
Janne · #22, 72y
Jorunn · #18, 72y
Marthe · #18, 71y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Åse · #20, 81y
Herman · #20, 76y
Kai · #20, 81y
Kirsten · #20, 80y

Comparisons involving Siv

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

Siv vs Elise
Over 68 shared years in Norway · Girls, Elise rose about as far as Siv fell — from #280 and #223 in 1945 to #530 and #61 in 2023.
Siv · Elise · 68 shared years, 1945–2023 · Mirrored each other
See the 2023 Norway ranking
Ellinor vs Siv
Over 68 shared years in Norway · Girls, Ellinor rose about as far as Siv fell — from #102 and #280 in 1945 to #16 and #530 in 2023.
Ellinor · Siv · 68 shared years, 1945–2023 · Mirrored each other
See the 2023 Norway ranking
Siv vs Hanna
Over 68 shared years in Norway · Girls, Hanna rose about as far as Siv fell — from #280 and #164 in 1945 to #530 and #45 in 2023.
Siv · Hanna · 68 shared years, 1945–2023 · Mirrored each other
See the 2023 Norway ranking

Compared inside Norway lists

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

Ida vs Siv
Over 68 shared years in Norway · Girls, Ida rose about as far as Siv fell — from #204 and #280 in 1945 to #31 and #530 in 2023.
Ida · Siv · 68 shared years, 1945–2023 · Mirrored each other
See the 2023 Norway ranking
Jenny vs Siv
Over 68 shared years in Norway · Girls, Jenny rose about as far as Siv fell — from #190 and #280 in 1945 to #29 and #530 in 2023.
Jenny · Siv · 68 shared years, 1945–2023 · Mirrored each other
See the 2023 Norway ranking
Mari vs Siv
Over 68 shared years in Norway · Girls, Mari rose about as far as Siv fell — from #157 and #280 in 1945 to #67 and #530 in 2023.
Mari · Siv · 68 shared years, 1945–2023 · Mirrored each other
See the 2023 Norway ranking

Norway overview→

Siv was ranked #20 in Norway · Girls in 1972. 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.

Siv 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 Siv without appearing here.

Siv moved ahead of

Grethe Compare
In 2000 they stood at #407 and #394 in Norway · Girls; by 2001 that had become #270 and #492.
Janet Compare
In 1949 they stood at #383 and #365 in Norway · Girls; by 1950 that had become #206 and #394.
Bente Compare
In 2000 they stood at #416 and #338 in Norway · Girls; by 2001 that had become #270 and #410.
Susan Compare
In 1950 they stood at #343 and #282 in Norway · Girls; by 1951 that had become #243 and #313.

Moved ahead of Siv

Sienna Compare
In 2006 they stood at #567 and #616 in Norway · Girls; by 2007 that had become #538 and #256.
Hennie Compare
In 2004 they stood at #349 and #360 in Norway · Girls; by 2005 that had become #567 and #312.
Zara Compare
In 2004 they stood at #349 and #554 in Norway · Girls; by 2005 that had become #567 and #323.
Pauline Compare
In 2004 they stood at #349 and #436 in Norway · Girls; by 2005 that had become #567 and #335.

Moved the opposite way to Siv

Ada Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Girls, Siv went from #280 to #530 while Ada went from #229 to #6.
Alice Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Girls, Siv went from #280 to #530 while Alice went from #292 to #153.
Alma Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Girls, Siv went from #280 to #530 while Alma went from #293 to #5.
Anna Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Girls, Siv went from #280 to #530 while Anna went from #38 to #20.

Moved the same way as Siv

Anita Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Girls, Siv went from #280 to #530 and Anita from #162 to #379.
Ann Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Girls, Siv went from #280 to #530 and Ann from #82 to #404.
Anne Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Girls, Siv went from #280 to #530 and Anne from #1 to #96.
Åse Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Girls, Siv went from #280 to #530 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: #20 in Norway in 1973. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Siv

Siv at a glance

What stands out in Siv's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Siv by decade in Norway · Girls

Siv 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 Siv

Longest shared records

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Siv

Siv and the names beside it

Siv moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Siv

Moved the opposite way to Siv

Moved the same way as Siv

Siv at a glance

What stands out in Siv's record

Siv by decade in Norway · Girls

Siv 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 Siv

Longest shared records

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Siv

Siv and the names beside it

Siv moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Siv

Moved the opposite way to Siv

Moved the same way as Siv