Siw

femaleStatistical record

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

No researched meaning or origin yet — what that means.

Pronunciation

Community-contributed pronunciation recording

A Swedish pronunciation, as its file is labelled. Licence: CC0. Source

VerifiedSource: Wikidata.Confidence: medium.

Siw: Recorded every year since 1956, it reached #61 in 1969, and it was last ranked in 1998.

1registrar recorded it
43times a registrar ranked it
43years from first to last
#61highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Siw's record

Ranked every year since 1956, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Moved 120 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Norway · Girls

Rising

among girls in Norway · 1956–1998

How to read this chart

A rank is a position in one registrar's list for one year.
Ranks from different countries are separate scales, so compare shapes, not numbers.
A rise in rank can be a small change in births, especially far down a list.

View as table

Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1956	#455
1957	#391
1958	#345
1959	#240
1960	#120
1961	#106
1962	#94
1963	#93
1964	#90
1965	#81
1966	#79
1967	#70
1968	#79
1969	#61
1970	#67
1971	#73
1972	#77
1973	#85
1974	#96
1975	#110
1976	#95
1977	#118
1978	#118
1979	#129
1980	#157
1981	#126
1982	#143
1983	#180
1984	#193
1985	#195
1986	#216
1987	#207
1988	#183
1989	#283
1990	#294
1991	#292
1992	#314
1993	#274
1994	#373
1995	#396
1996	#338
1997	#361
1998	#418

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 every year from 1956 to 1998.

Official data for Norway, 1956–1998 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Year-by-year storyFirst recorded, most recent, each country and each decade

Popularity journey

First recorded1956
First recorded at #455 among girls in Norway in 1956 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1956–1998
Highest recorded position: #61 among girls in Norway, in 1969 (recorded 1956–1998).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1998
Most recently recorded at #418 among girls in Norway, in 1998.
Norway · Girls

Siw 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 Siw in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	33	4 of 10	8
1960sbusiest	855	10 of 10	86
1970s	787	10 of 10	79
1980s	331	10 of 10	33
1990s	120	9 of 10	13

Across Norway · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade, averaging 86 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1968 and 1969, when recorded births rose by 40, from 106 to 146.

See the names Norway has recorded the most births with →

Siw appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1956 to 1998. Highest recorded position: #61 in Norway in 1969.

Siw'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
1998	Norway	female	#418	9	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#361	11	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#338	12	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#396	10	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#373	11	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#274	18	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#314	14	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#292	17	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#294	18	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#283	18	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#183	35	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#207	29	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#216	25	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#195	27	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#193	28	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#180	30	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#143	46	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#126	55	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#157	38	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#129	50	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#118	54	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#118	52	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#95	69	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#110	62	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#96	74	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#85	90	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#77	105	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#73	114	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#67	117	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#61	146	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#79	106	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#70	118	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#79	97	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#81	93	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#90	77	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#93	64	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#94	63	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#106	51	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#120	40	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#240	15	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#345	8	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#391	6	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#455	4	High	Verified

Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

Names measured beside itNeighbours, comparisons, related names and shared trajectories

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1956 and 1998, ranked in 43 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #61, first reached in 1969.

It held a top-100 place in 14 years, 13 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 146 births, registered in Norway in 1969.

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.

Sive · #373, 32y
Sivert · #51, 73y
Siya · #304, 26y
Siyam · #2199, 19y

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.

Erle · #64, 44y
Madelen · #58, 42y
Dagfinn · #67, 48y
Sidsel · #52, 38y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Carina · #60, 68y
Joy · #62, 68y
Norman · #62, 63y
Tanja · #60, 46y

Siw was ranked #61 in Norway · Girls in 1969. 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.

Grethe#57
Britt#58
Astrid#59
Cecilie#60
Maria#62
Torill#63
Unni#64
Karin#65

Siw 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 2,576 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Siw without appearing here.

Siw moved ahead of

Wenche
In 1995 they stood at #396 and #310 in Norway · Girls; by 1996 that had become #338 and #612.
Angela
In 1959 they stood at #240 and #229 in Norway · Girls; by 1960 that had become #120 and #340.
Turid
In 1994 they stood at #373 and #295 in Norway · Girls; by 1995 that had become #396 and #556.
Elizabeth
In 1995 they stood at #396 and #326 in Norway · Girls; by 1996 that had become #338 and #479.

Moved ahead of Siw

Jessica
In 1996 they stood at #338 and #378 in Norway · Girls; by 1997 that had become #361 and #232.
Tara
In 1996 they stood at #338 and #366 in Norway · Girls; by 1997 that had become #361 and #237.
Vanessa
In 1993 they stood at #274 and #285 in Norway · Girls; by 1994 that had become #373 and #251.
Olivia
In 1993 they stood at #274 and #281 in Norway · Girls; by 1994 that had become #373 and #265.

Moved the opposite way to Siw

Louise
Between 1959 and 1998 in Norway · Girls, Siw went from #240 to #418 while Louise went from #427 to #140.
Isabella
Between 1960 and 1998 in Norway · Girls, Siw went from #120 to #418 while Isabella went from #472 to #269.
Karoline
Between 1960 and 1998 in Norway · Girls, Siw went from #120 to #418 while Karoline went from #442 to #22.
Maja
Between 1960 and 1998 in Norway · Girls, Siw went from #120 to #418 while Maja went from #444 to #65.

What is known about Siw

How to read this

How often it is registered: Official record; 1 official registrar, 1956–1998.
Meaning: Not established; Not researched yet.
Origin: Not established; Not researched yet.
Pronunciation: Reported; A recorded pronunciation is available.

A claim marked not established does not mean the name lacks a meaning or is not widely used — only that Namewise has not 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 1956 to 1998. Highest recorded position: #61 in Norway in 1969. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Siw

Pronunciation

Siw at a glance

What stands out in Siw's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Siw by decade in Norway · Girls

Siw appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1950s

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Siw and the names beside it

Siw moved ahead of

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What is known about Siw

Siw at a glance

What stands out in Siw's record

Siw by decade in Norway · Girls

Siw appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Siw

Siw and the names beside it

Siw moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Siw

Moved the opposite way to Siw