Aud vs Turid
Aud and Turidcompared 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 2021, Aud was ranked #408 and Turid #456 among girls in Norway.
Aud and Turid over time
Aud and Turid appear together in 1 published list, across 53 years of shared records. Turid held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Aud in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Turid 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 Turid changed places 12 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 2021, ending at #408 and #456.
- Closest over the longest run
Across 53 shared years in Norway · Girls, Aud and Turid averaged 38.3 places apart, ending at #408 and #456.
- Longest-running competitions
Aud and Turid were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 53 years, from 1945 to 2021, ending at #408 and #456.
List by list
Norway · Girls53 shared years, 1945–2021
Aud held the stronger position in 21 of those years, Turid in 32.
Highest recorded here: Aud #10 in 1951, Turid #11 in 1946.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2021: Aud #408, Turid #456.
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 | Turid |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #427 (2025) | Norway · Girls #456 (2021) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Aud has 1 syllable, compared with 2 for Turid.
- 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
Turid
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #16 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2021
Highest recorded position: #11 among girls in Norway, in 1946 (recorded 1945–2021).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #456 among girls in Norway, in 2021.
Norway · Girls