Alice vs Mie
Alice and Miecompared 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 2025, Alice was ranked #182 and Mie #48 among girls in Norway.
Alice and Mie over time
Alice and Mie appear together in 1 published list, across 45 years of shared records. Mie held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Alice in 0.
The order between them changed and held in one of those lists — a change in that published list, never a claim that one name displaced the other.
Mie reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Alice 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.
- Longest-running competitions
Alice and Mie were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 45 years, from 1978 to 2025, ending at #182 and #48.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Girls within 2 years — Alice #123 in 2015, Mie #29 in 2014.
List by list
Norway · Girls45 shared years, 1978–2025
Alice held the stronger position in 22 of those years, Mie in 23.
Highest recorded here: Alice #123 in 2015, Mie #29 in 2014.
The order changed in 2004: Mie moved ahead. In 2003 they stood at #200 and #261; by 2004 that had become #246 and #210.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Alice #182, Mie #48.
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 | Alice | Mie |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Official statistical record (evidence-only) | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | female | female |
| Meaning | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Origin | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Pronunciation | Not yet recorded | |
| Syllables | 3 | 1 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | AU-NSW, GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO, NZ | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Republic of Ireland · Girls #41 (2025) | Norway · Girls #48 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 95/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Alice has 3 syllables, compared with 1 for Mie.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Alice
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #292 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #17 among girls in England and Wales, in 2016 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #76 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 2025.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Mie
Popularity journey
First recorded1978
First recorded at #520 among girls in Norway in 1978 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1978–2025
Highest recorded position: #29 among girls in Norway, in 2014 (recorded 1978–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #48 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls