Agnethe vs Thanh
Agnethe and Thanhcompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.
Head to head
Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.
Norway · Girls
In 2003, Agnethe was ranked #576 and Thanh #616 among girls in Norway.
Agnethe and Thanh over time
Agnethe and Thanh appear together in 1 published list, across 27 years of shared records. Agnethe held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Thanh in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Thanh reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Agnethe in none. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.
Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.
How this pair is related
The relationship kinds these two qualify for, each under its own stated rule. Every one is drawn from a list they both appear in.
- Repeatedly exchanged positions
Agnethe and Thanh changed places 8 times in Norway · Girls between 1962 and 2003, ending at #576 and #616.
List by list
Norway · Girls27 shared years, 1962–2003
Agnethe held the stronger position in 21 of those years, Thanh in 6.
Highest recorded here: Agnethe #291 in 1982, Thanh #329 in 1979.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2003: Agnethe #576, Thanh #616.
Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.
Side by side
| Field | Agnethe | Thanh |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Official statistical record (evidence-only) | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | female | Used for both boys and girls |
| Meaning | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Origin | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Pronunciation | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Syllables | 3 | 1 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | GB-ENW, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #471 (2020) | England and Wales · Girls #5691 (2014) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 82/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 60/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Agnethe has 3 syllables, compared with 1 for Thanh.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Agnethe
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #319 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2020
Highest recorded position: #273 among girls in Norway, in 1981 (recorded 1945–2020).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2020
Most recently recorded at #471 among girls in Norway, in 2020.
Norway · Girls
Thanh
Popularity journey
First recorded1954
First recorded at #433 among girls in Norway in 1954 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1954–2003
Highest recorded position: #329 among girls in Norway, in 1979 (recorded 1954–2003).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2014
Most recently recorded at #5691 among girls in England and Wales, in 2014.
England and Wales · Girls