Aud vs Nicoline
Aud and Nicolinecompared 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 2025, Aud was ranked #427 and Nicoline #255 among girls in Norway.
Aud and Nicoline over time
Aud and Nicoline appear together in 1 published list, across 18 years of shared records. Nicoline held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Aud 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.
Aud reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Nicoline 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 Nicoline changed places 5 times in Norway · Girls between 1986 and 2025, ending at #427 and #255.
List by list
Norway · Girls18 shared years, 1986–2025
Aud held the stronger position in 4 of those years, Nicoline in 14.
Highest recorded here: Aud #244 in 1986, Nicoline #149 in 2015.
The order changed in 2007: Nicoline moved ahead. In 2006 they stood at #528 and #563; by 2007 that had become #504 and #433.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Aud #427, Nicoline #255.
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 | Nicoline |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1 | 4 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #427 (2025) | Norway · Girls #255 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 76/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Aud has 1 syllable, compared with 4 for Nicoline.
- 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
Nicoline
Popularity journey
First recorded1986
First recorded at #527 among girls in Norway in 1986 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1986–2025
Highest recorded position: #100 among girls in Norway, in 2009 (recorded 1986–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #255 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls