Alma vs Lone
Alma and Lonecompared 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, Alma was ranked #8 and Lone #224 among girls in Norway.
Alma and Lone over time
Alma and Lone appear together in 1 published list, across 65 years of shared records. Lone 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.
Lone 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.
- Repeatedly exchanged positions
Alma and Lone changed places 10 times in Norway · Girls between 1946 and 2025, ending at #8 and #224.
- Longest-running competitions
Alma and Lone were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 65 years, from 1946 to 2025, ending at #8 and #224.
List by list
Norway · Girls65 shared years, 1946–2025
Alma held the stronger position in 29 of those years, Lone in 36.
Highest recorded here: Alma #5 in 2023, Lone #149 in 2000.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Alma #8, Lone #224.
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 | Alma | Lone |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Not yet recorded |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, GB-SCT, IE, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #8 (2025) | Norway · Girls #224 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 95/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Alma and Lone both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Alma
Popularity journey
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
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #5 among girls in Norway, in 2023 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #8 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls
Lone
Popularity journey
First recorded1946
First recorded at #394 among girls in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1946–2025
Highest recorded position: #149 among girls in Norway, in 2000 (recorded 1946–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #224 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls