Alma vs Jenny

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, Alma was ranked #8 and Jenny #29 among girls in Norway.

• England and Wales · Girls

  In 2025, Alma was ranked #211 and Jenny #2006 among girls in England and Wales.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls

  In 2025, Alma was ranked #226 and Jenny #885 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Alma and Jenny over time

Alma and Jenny appear together in 3 published lists, across 140 years of shared records. Neither was ahead in more lists than the other.

The order between them changed and held in 2 of those lists — a change in that published list, never a claim that one name displaced the other.

Jenny reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 2 of those lists, Alma in 1. 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 · Girls68 shared years, 1945–2025

  Alma held the stronger position in 8 of those years, Jenny in 60.

  Highest recorded here: Alma #5 in 2023, Jenny #13 in 2015.

  The order changed in 2019: Alma moved ahead. In 2018 they stood at #17 and #13; by 2019 that had become #11 and #26.

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Alma #8, Jenny #29.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls42 shared years, 1972–2025

  Alma held the stronger position in 22 of those years, Jenny in 17.

  Highest recorded here: Alma #204 in 1978, Jenny #185 in 1999.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Alma #226, Jenny #885.

• England and Wales · Girls30 shared years, 1996–2025

  Alma held the stronger position in 15 of those years, Jenny in 15.

  Highest recorded here: Alma #211 in 2025, Jenny #256 in 1996.

  The order changed in 2011: Alma moved ahead. In 2010 they stood at #1040 and #709; by 2011 that had become #702 and #789.

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Alma #211, Jenny #2006.

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.

Side by side

How each name got here