Annelise vs Margit
Annelise and Margitcompared 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 1996, Annelise was ranked #558 and Margit #312 among girls in Norway.
Annelise and Margit over time
Annelise and Margit appear together in 1 published list, across 35 years of shared records. Margit held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Annelise in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Margit reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Annelise 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
Annelise and Margit changed places 4 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 1996, ending at #558 and #312.
- Longest-running competitions
Annelise and Margit were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 35 years, from 1945 to 1996, ending at #558 and #312.
List by list
Norway · Girls35 shared years, 1945–1996
Annelise held the stronger position in 2 of those years, Margit in 33.
Highest recorded here: Annelise #187 in 1959, Margit #95 in 1945.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1996: Annelise #558, Margit #312.
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 | Annelise | Margit |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 4 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | England and Wales · Girls #3015 (2024) | Norway · Girls #359 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 76/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 60/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Annelise has 4 syllables, compared with 2 for Margit.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Annelise
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #242 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–1996
Highest recorded position: #187 among girls in Norway, in 1959 (recorded 1945–1996).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3015 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls
Margit
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #95 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #95 among girls in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #359 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls