Anbjørg vs Hedvig

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 1963, Anbjørg was ranked #355 and Hedvig #390 among girls in Norway.

Anbjørg and Hedvig over time

Anbjørg and Hedvig appear together in 1 published list, across 16 years of shared records. Anbjørg held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Hedvig 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.

Hedvig reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Anbjørg 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 · Girls16 shared years, 1945–1963

  Anbjørg held the stronger position in 13 of those years, Hedvig in 3.

  Highest recorded here: Anbjørg #224 in 1953, Hedvig #225 in 1946.

  The order changed in 1955: Anbjørg moved ahead. In 1954 they stood at #358 and #346; by 1955 that had become #324 and #397.

  Most recent shared year, 1963: Anbjørg #355, Hedvig #390.

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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