Alma vs Mari

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 Mari #94 among girls in Norway.

• England and Wales · Girls

  In 2024, Alma was ranked #234 and Mari #952 among girls in England and Wales.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls

  In 2010, Alma was ranked #663 and Mari #758 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Alma and Mari over time

Alma and Mari appear together in 2 published lists, across 97 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.

Mari reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 2 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 · Girls68 shared years, 1945–2025

  Alma held the stronger position in 14 of those years, Mari in 54.

  Highest recorded here: Alma #5 in 2023, Mari #11 in 1989.

  The order changed in 2012: Alma moved ahead. In 2011 they stood at #38 and #34; by 2012 that had become #38 and #44.

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Alma #8, Mari #94.

• England and Wales · Girls29 shared years, 1996–2024

  Alma held the stronger position in 15 of those years, Mari in 14.

  Highest recorded here: Alma #228 in 2023, Mari #717 in 2006.

  The order changed in 2010: Alma moved ahead. In 2009 they stood at #1105 and #850; by 2010 that had become #1040 and #1093.

  Most recent shared year, 2024: Alma #234, Mari #952.

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