Anny vs Sigrun
Anny and Sigruncompared 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 2024, Anny was ranked #449 and Sigrun #404 among girls in Norway.
Anny and Sigrun over time
Anny and Sigrun appear together in 1 published list, across 48 years of shared records. Sigrun held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Anny in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Sigrun reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Anny 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
Anny and Sigrun changed places 6 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 2024, ending at #449 and #404.
- Longest-running competitions
Anny and Sigrun were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 48 years, from 1945 to 2024, ending at #449 and #404.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Girls within 2 years — Anny #79 in 1947, Sigrun #72 in 1945.
List by list
Norway · Girls48 shared years, 1945–2024
Anny held the stronger position in 9 of those years, Sigrun in 39.
Highest recorded here: Anny #79 in 1947, Sigrun #72 in 1945.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2024: Anny #449, Sigrun #404.
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 | Anny | Sigrun |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #449 (2024) | Norway · Girls #419 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 60/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Anny and Sigrun both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Anny
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #99 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2024
Highest recorded position: #79 among girls in Norway, in 1947 (recorded 1945–2024).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #449 among girls in Norway, in 2024.
Norway · Girls
Sigrun
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #72 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: #72 among girls in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #419 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls