Annlaug vs Hildur
Annlaug and Hildurcompared 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 1981, Annlaug was ranked #615 and Hildur #531 among girls in Norway.
Annlaug and Hildur over time
Annlaug and Hildur appear together in 1 published list, across 25 years of shared records. Hildur held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Annlaug in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Hildur reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Annlaug 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
Annlaug and Hildur changed places 8 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 1981, ending at #615 and #531.
- Closest over the longest run
Across 25 shared years in Norway · Girls, Annlaug and Hildur averaged 57.6 places apart, ending at #615 and #531.
List by list
Norway · Girls25 shared years, 1945–1981
Annlaug held the stronger position in 11 of those years, Hildur in 14.
Highest recorded here: Annlaug #165 in 1952, Hildur #121 in 1947.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1981: Annlaug #615, Hildur #531.
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 | Annlaug | Hildur |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #625 (1983) | Norway · Girls #638 (1996) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 82/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Annlaug and Hildur both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Annlaug
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #185 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–1983
Highest recorded position: #165 among girls in Norway, in 1952 (recorded 1945–1983).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1983
Most recently recorded at #625 among girls in Norway, in 1983.
Norway · Girls
Hildur
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #138 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: #121 among girls in Norway, in 1947 (recorded 1945–1996).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1996
Most recently recorded at #638 among girls in Norway, in 1996.
Norway · Girls