Angela vs Berit
Angela and Beritcompared 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 2015, Angela was ranked #511 and Berit #545 among girls in Norway.
Angela and Berit over time
Angela and Berit appear together in 1 published list, across 57 years of shared records. Berit held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Angela 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.
Berit reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Angela 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
Angela and Berit changed places 7 times in Norway · Girls between 1947 and 2015, ending at #511 and #545.
- Longest-running competitions
Angela and Berit were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 57 years, from 1947 to 2015, ending at #511 and #545.
List by list
Norway · Girls57 shared years, 1947–2015
Angela held the stronger position in 10 of those years, Berit in 47.
Highest recorded here: Angela #229 in 1959, Berit #6 in 1950.
The order changed in 2013: Angela moved ahead. In 2012 they stood at #513 and #485; by 2013 that had become #356 and #466.
Most recent shared year, 2015: Angela #511, Berit #545.
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 | Angela | Berit |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Syllables | 3 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | AU-NSW, GB-ENW, GB-NIR, IE, NO, NZ | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Republic of Ireland · Girls #608 (2025) | Norway · Girls #494 (2023) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 88/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Angela has 3 syllables, compared with 2 for Berit.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Angela
Popularity journey
First recorded1947
First recorded at #362 among girls in Norway in 1947 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1954–1998
Highest recorded position: #3 among girls in New Zealand, in 1975 (recorded 1954–1998).
New Zealand · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #608 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Berit
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #7 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2023
Highest recorded position: #6 among girls in Norway, in 1948 (recorded 1945–2023).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #494 among girls in Norway, in 2023.
Norway · Girls