Anne-Lene vs Sharon
Anne-Lene and Sharoncompared 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 1999, Anne-Lene was ranked #599 and Sharon #633 among girls in Norway.
Anne-Lene and Sharon over time
Anne-Lene and Sharon appear together in 1 published list, across 15 years of shared records. Anne-Lene held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Sharon 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.
Anne-Lene reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Sharon 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-Lene and Sharon changed places 7 times in Norway · Girls between 1961 and 1999, ending at #599 and #633.
List by list
Norway · Girls15 shared years, 1961–1999
Anne-Lene held the stronger position in 10 of those years, Sharon in 5.
Highest recorded here: Anne-Lene #258 in 1970, Sharon #354 in 1980.
The order changed in 1999: Anne-Lene moved ahead. In 1998 they stood at #615 and #602; by 1999 that had become #599 and #633.
Most recent shared year, 1999: Anne-Lene #599, Sharon #633.
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-Lene | Sharon |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Official statistical record (evidence-only) | Editorially researched profile |
| Gender usage | female | female |
| Meaning | Not yet recorded | From a Hebrew place name — a fertile plain on the central west coast of Israel, also referenced in the biblical 'rose of Sharon' flowering plant. Used as a feminine given name in English since the 1920s. |
| Origin | Not yet recorded | Biblical Hebrew (place name origin) |
| Pronunciation | Not yet recorded | /ˈʃæɹ.ən/ |
| Syllables | 4 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | AU-NSW, GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO, NZ |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #599 (1999) | Scotland · Girls #638 (2024) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | 90/100 |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 70/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Sharon has a recorded origin (Biblical Hebrew (place name origin)); Anne-Lene does not have one recorded yet.
- Anne-Lene has 4 syllables, compared with 2 for Sharon.
- A meaning is recorded for Sharon; Anne-Lene doesn't have one written yet.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Anne-Lene
Popularity journey
First recorded1955
First recorded at #418 among girls in Norway in 1955 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1955–1999
Highest recorded position: #258 among girls in Norway, in 1970 (recorded 1955–1999).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1999
Most recently recorded at #599 among girls in Norway, in 1999.
Norway · Girls
Sharon
Popularity journey
First recorded1952
First recorded at #47 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Highest recorded1952–1982
Highest recorded position: #2 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 1965 (recorded 1952–1982).
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2000 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls