Aud vs Gerd
Aud and Gerdcompared 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 2000, Aud was ranked #493 and Gerd #593 among girls in Norway.
Aud and Gerd over time
Aud and Gerd appear together in 1 published list, across 49 years of shared records. Aud held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Gerd 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.
Gerd reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Aud 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
Aud and Gerd changed places 9 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 2000, ending at #493 and #593.
- Closest over the longest run
Across 49 shared years in Norway · Girls, Aud and Gerd averaged 39.7 places apart, ending at #493 and #593.
- Longest-running competitions
Aud and Gerd were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 49 years, from 1945 to 2000, ending at #493 and #593.
List by list
Norway · Girls49 shared years, 1945–2000
Aud held the stronger position in 37 of those years, Gerd in 12.
Highest recorded here: Aud #10 in 1951, Gerd #8 in 1947.
The order changed in 1992: Aud moved ahead. In 1991 they stood at #451 and #402; by 1992 that had become #536 and #593.
Most recent shared year, 2000: Aud #493, Gerd #593.
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 | Aud | Gerd |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1 | 1 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #427 (2025) | Norway · Girls #545 (2003) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 95/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Aud and Gerd both have 1 syllable.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Aud
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #13 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: #10 among girls in Norway, in 1951 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #427 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls
Gerd
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #9 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2003
Highest recorded position: #8 among girls in Norway, in 1947 (recorded 1945–2003).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2003
Most recently recorded at #545 among girls in Norway, in 2003.
Norway · Girls