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Alma vs Hege

Alma and Hegecompared 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 2012, Alma was ranked #38 and Hege #580 among girls in Norway.

Alma and Hege over time

Alma and Hege appear together in 1 published list, across 52 years of shared records. Hege held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Alma in 0.

In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.

Hege reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Alma 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.

  • Mirrored each other

    Over 52 shared years in Norway · Girls, Alma rose about as far as Hege fell — from #293 and #304 in 1945 to #38 and #580 in 2012.

  • Longest-running competitions

    Alma and Hege were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 52 years, from 1945 to 2012, ending at #38 and #580.

List by list

  • Norway · Girls52 shared years, 1945–2012

    Alma held the stronger position in 8 of those years, Hege in 44.

    Highest recorded here: Alma #38 in 2012, Hege #2 in 1970.

    The order between them never changed and held in this list.

    Most recent shared year, 2012: Alma #38, Hege #580.

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.

Where to go next

Comparisons that share a name, a rule or a published list with this one. Each is an existing comparison page with its own evidence — nothing here says these pairs are alike.

Other comparisons involving Alma

Pairs where Alma shares a published list with another name, each measured inside one registrar's own list.

Other comparisons involving Hege

Pairs where Hege shares a published list with another name, each measured inside one registrar's own list.

Other pairs with the same kind of relationship

Pairs that qualify under the same rule as this one — mirrored each other.

All mirrored each other→

Other pairs from Norway lists

Pairs measured inside Norway's own published lists, where this pair's strongest relationship is also recorded. Positions in these lists are not comparable with another registrar's.

Norway overview→

Other pairs ranked together in the 2010s

Pairs both ranked in the same published list at some point between 2010 and 2019.

The 2010s across all registrars→

Side by side

Side-by-side comparison of Alma, Hege
FieldAlmaHege
Record typeOfficial statistical record (evidence-only)Official statistical record (evidence-only)
Gender usagefemalefemale
MeaningNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
OriginNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
PronunciationNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Syllables22
Common variants / nicknamesNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Recorded regional usageGB-ENW, GB-SCT, IE, NONO
Most recent popularity observationNorway · Girls #8 (2025)Norway · Girls #580 (2012)
Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score)Not yet recordedNot yet recorded
Spelling simplicity (demonstration score)95/10095/100
International familiarity (demonstration score)100/10040/100
Data Confidencemediummedium

What the data shows

  • Alma and Hege both have 2 syllables.
  • Both names have recorded usage in NO.

How each name got here

Alma

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1945

    First recorded at #293 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Norway · Girls

  2. Highest recorded1945–2025

    Highest recorded position: #5 among girls in Norway, in 2023 (recorded 1945–2025).

    Norway · Girls

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #8 among girls in Norway, in 2025.

    Norway · Girls

Hege

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1945

    First recorded at #304 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Norway · Girls

  2. Highest recorded1945–2012

    Highest recorded position: #2 among girls in Norway, in 1970 (recorded 1945–2012).

    Norway · Girls

  3. Most recent2012

    Most recently recorded at #580 among girls in Norway, in 2012.

    Norway · Girls