Svanhild

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Svanhild: Recorded since 1945, its highest recorded position is #77, and it was last ranked in 2016.

1registrar recorded it
58times a registrar ranked it
72years from first to last
#77highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Girls

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1945–2016

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Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#77
1946	#85
1947	#100
1948	#105
1949	#89
1950	#106
1951	#111
1952	#104
1953	#97
1954	#111
1955	#110
1956	#147
1957	#100
1958	#170
1959	#120
1960	#137
1961	#127
1962	#131
1963	#149
1964	#169
1965	#140
1966	#183
1967	#200
1968	#252
1969	#234
1970	#274
1971	#237
1972	#265
1973	#252
1974	#330
1975	#314
1976	#236
1977	#324
1978	#290
1979	#269
1980	#356
1981	#417
1982	#407
1983	#375
1984	#529
1985	#381
1986	#576
1987	#411
1988	#464
1989	#642
1990	#685
1991	#529
1992	#524
1993	#549
1994	#458
1995	#600
1997	#638
1998	#582
2002	#584
2008	#618
2011	#600
2013	#593
2016	#538

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 58 of the 72 years from 1945 to 2016.

Official data for Norway, 1945–2016 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #77 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2016
Highest recorded position: #77 among girls in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2016).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2016
Most recently recorded at #538 among girls in Norway, in 2016.
Norway · Girls

Svanhild 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 Svanhild in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	331	5 of 10	66
1950s	454	10 of 10	45
1960s	282	10 of 10	28
1970s	162	10 of 10	16
1980s	92	10 of 10	9
1990s	46	8 of 10	6
2000s	9	2 of 10	5
2010s	13	3 of 10	4

Across Norway · Girls, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 66 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1957 and 1958, when recorded births fell by 28, from 53 to 25.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Svanhild 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 2016. Highest recorded position: #77 in Norway in 1945.

Svanhild'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
2016	Norway	female	#538	5	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#593	4	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#600	4	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#618	4	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#584	5	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#582	5	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#638	4	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#600	5	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#458	8	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#549	6	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#524	7	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#529	7	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#685	4	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#642	5	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#464	9	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#411	11	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#576	6	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#381	12	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#529	7	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#375	11	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#407	10	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#417	9	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#356	12	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#269	17	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#290	16	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#324	13	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#236	20	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#314	13	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#330	13	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#252	18	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#265	17	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#237	20	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#274	15	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#234	19	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#252	17	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#200	23	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#183	24	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#140	37	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#169	26	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#149	30	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#131	37	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#127	37	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#137	32	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#120	39	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#170	25	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#100	53	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#147	33	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#110	46	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#111	50	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#97	56	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#104	50	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#111	47	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#106	55	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#89	68	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#105	55	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#100	60	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#85	71	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#77	77	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 2016, ranked in 58 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #77, first reached in 1945.

It held a top-100 place in 6 years, 3 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 77 births, registered in Norway in 1945.

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

Suzie · #536, 29y
Suzy · #1755, 27y
Svein · #4, 77y
Svein-Erik · #225, 33y

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.

Thale · #77, 56y
Ine · #76, 63y
Oddbjørn · #79, 62y
Ulf · #79, 53y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Anton · #77, 81y
Elida · #77, 36y
Ibrahim · #77, 76y
Peder · #77, 81y

Svanhild was ranked #77 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.

Svanhild 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 Svanhild without appearing here.

Svanhild moved ahead of

Gerd Compare
In 1993 they stood at #549 and #420 in Norway · Girls; by 1994 that had become #458 and #517.
Turid Compare
In 2015 they stood at #618 and #490 in Norway · Girls; by 2016 that had become #538 and #572.

Moved ahead of Svanhild

Sophie Compare
In 1988 they stood at #464 and #542 in Norway · Girls; by 1989 that had become #642 and #297.
Zara Compare
In 2007 they stood at #582 and #591 in Norway · Girls; by 2008 that had become #618 and #286.
Josefine Compare
In 1988 they stood at #464 and #528 in Norway · Girls; by 1989 that had become #642 and #317.
Amanda Compare
In 1985 they stood at #381 and #433 in Norway · Girls; by 1986 that had become #576 and #253.

Moved the opposite way to Svanhild

Ada Compare
Between 1945 and 2016 in Norway · Girls, Svanhild went from #77 to #538 while Ada went from #229 to #40.
Alice Compare
Between 1945 and 2016 in Norway · Girls, Svanhild went from #77 to #538 while Alice went from #292 to #138.
Alma Compare
Between 1945 and 2016 in Norway · Girls, Svanhild went from #77 to #538 while Alma went from #293 to #22.
Anna Compare
Between 1945 and 2016 in Norway · Girls, Svanhild went from #77 to #538 while Anna went from #38 to #8.

Moved the same way as Svanhild

Anita Compare
Between 1945 and 2016 in Norway · Girls, Svanhild went from #77 to #538 and Anita from #162 to #447.
Ann Compare
Between 1945 and 2016 in Norway · Girls, Svanhild went from #77 to #538 and Ann from #82 to #448.
Anne Compare
Between 1945 and 2016 in Norway · Girls, Svanhild went from #77 to #538 and Anne from #1 to #118.
Annie Compare
Between 1945 and 2016 in Norway · Girls, Svanhild went from #77 to #538 and Annie from #180 to #275.

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Recorded in official data for Norway from 1945 to 2016. Highest recorded position: #77 in Norway in 1945. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Svanhild

Svanhild at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Svanhild by decade in Norway · Girls

Svanhild appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Svanhild

Svanhild and the names beside it

Svanhild moved ahead of

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Svanhild at a glance

Svanhild by decade in Norway · Girls

Svanhild appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Svanhild

Svanhild and the names beside it

Svanhild moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Svanhild

Moved the opposite way to Svanhild

Moved the same way as Svanhild