Ann vs Trine
Ann and Trinecompared 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, Ann was ranked #452 and Trine #569 among girls in Norway.
Ann and Trine over time
Ann and Trine appear together in 1 published list, across 70 years of shared records. Ann held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Trine in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Ann reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Trine 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
Ann and Trine changed places 8 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 2015, ending at #452 and #569.
- Closest over the longest run
Across 70 shared years in Norway · Girls, Ann and Trine averaged 46.5 places apart, ending at #452 and #569.
- Longest-running competitions
Ann and Trine were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 70 years, from 1945 to 2015, ending at #452 and #569.
List by list
Norway · Girls70 shared years, 1945–2015
Ann held the stronger position in 48 of those years, Trine in 22.
Highest recorded here: Ann #10 in 1967, Trine #17 in 1970.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2015: Ann #452, Trine #569.
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 | Ann | Trine |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1 | 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 #443 (2025) | Norway · Girls #569 (2015) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Ann has 1 syllable, compared with 2 for Trine.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Ann
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #82 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2025
Highest recorded position: #4 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1964 (recorded 1964–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #443 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Trine
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #195 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2015
Highest recorded position: #17 among girls in Norway, in 1970 (recorded 1945–2015).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2015
Most recently recorded at #569 among girls in Norway, in 2015.
Norway · Girls