Anne-Berit vs Irena
Anne-Berit and Irenacompared 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 1979, Anne-Berit was ranked #502 and Irena #635 among girls in Norway.
Anne-Berit and Irena over time
Anne-Berit and Irena appear together in 1 published list, across 25 years of shared records. Anne-Berit held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Irena in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Irena reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Anne-Berit 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
Anne-Berit and Irena changed places 8 times in Norway · Girls between 1947 and 1979, ending at #502 and #635.
List by list
Norway · Girls25 shared years, 1947–1979
Anne-Berit held the stronger position in 17 of those years, Irena in 8.
Highest recorded here: Anne-Berit #193 in 1955, Irena #256 in 1952.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1979: Anne-Berit #502, Irena #635.
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 | Anne-Berit | Irena |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 4 | 3 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | GB-ENW, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #610 (1995) | England and Wales · Girls #2689 (2023) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 64/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 60/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Anne-Berit has 4 syllables, compared with 3 for Irena.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Anne-Berit
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #309 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–1995
Highest recorded position: #191 among girls in Norway, in 1954 (recorded 1945–1995).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1995
Most recently recorded at #610 among girls in Norway, in 1995.
Norway · Girls
Irena
Popularity journey
First recorded1947
First recorded at #352 among girls in Norway in 1947 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1947–1990
Highest recorded position: #256 among girls in Norway, in 1952 (recorded 1947–1990).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #2689 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Girls