Alma vs Iren

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.

• England and Wales · Girls

  In 2024, Alma was ranked #234 and Iren #4843 among girls in England and Wales.

• Norway · Girls

  In 1994, Alma was ranked #507 and Iren #579 among girls in Norway.

Alma and Iren over time

Alma and Iren appear together in 1 published list, across 29 years of shared records. Iren held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Alma 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.

Iren 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.

List by list

• Norway · Girls29 shared years, 1951–1994

  Alma held the stronger position in 5 of those years, Iren in 24.

  Highest recorded here: Alma #257 in 1980, Iren #104 in 1968.

  The order changed in 1994: Alma moved ahead. In 1993 they stood at #423 and #405; by 1994 that had become #507 and #579.

  Most recent shared year, 1994: Alma #507, Iren #579.

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.

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