Sivert

Boys' name

Variant of Sigvard

Sivert has been given to 11 babies in the U.S. since 1925. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1927, with 6 recorded.

Babies named Sivert, 1927

1 in 387,000

Sivert over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Sivert: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Sigvard

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Sivert means

Sivert is a variant of Sigvard.

Origin, language, and formation

Sivert is used in Norwegian and Swedish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Sigvard and Sigurd.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 11 boys were recorded with the name Sivert between 1925 and 1927. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1927; its best national rank was #4,148 in 1927.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Sivert?

Sivert had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1927, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1927: 1 in 387,000; 6 of 2,319,281 births
Among boys only: 1 in 188,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1927: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 267,935 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Sivert sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1927 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 267,935 children born in 1927 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Sivert. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Siverts were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Sivert was born before 1927 — so the typical Sivert is around 98 today.

Median birth year: 1927; About 98 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (11).

Is Sivert rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1927 (6)
Years since peak: 98; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #4,148; 1927

Spellings of Sivert

Sivert is not the most common spelling — River is, with 79.5% against Sivert's 0.02%.

River79.5%39,676
Evert6.6%3,316
Rivers3.8%1,888
Iver3.4%1,687
Severo2.8%1,400
Ivery1.6%797
Levert1.2%588
Silver1.1%528

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Sivert around the world

Where Sivert ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

Norway
1880–2025
#116
in 2025

Popularity data from Statistics Norway. SSB data under CC BY 4.0.

Sivert by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,148; 1927
Peak year: 1927; 6 that year
First recorded: 1925
Last recorded: 1927
All-time count: 11
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Sivert

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Sivad Covert Osbert Eubert Lubert Cobert Umbert Sivansh Habert Rpbert Tagert Algert Odbert Rebert Luvert Alvert Rabert Cubert Gibert Lilbert Selbert Eilert Embert Edbert

Sibling names for Sivert

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Darline Leatrice Pearline Ima Belva Edward George Paul

For a brother

Frances Jewel Napoleon Raymon Merlin Domenick Jules Bud

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