Benedicte vs Hilde
Benedicte and Hildecompared 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 2022, Benedicte was ranked #439 and Hilde #414 among girls in Norway.
Benedicte and Hilde over time
Benedicte and Hilde appear together in 1 published list, across 63 years of shared records. Hilde held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Benedicte in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Hilde reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Benedicte 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.
- Longest-running competitions
Benedicte and Hilde were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 63 years, from 1946 to 2022, ending at #439 and #414.
List by list
Norway · Girls63 shared years, 1946–2022
Benedicte held the stronger position in 22 of those years, Hilde in 41.
Highest recorded here: Benedicte #63 in 1990, Hilde #2 in 1963.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2022: Benedicte #439, Hilde #414.
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 | Benedicte | Hilde |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 4 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, NO | GB-ENW, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #439 (2022) | Norway · Girls #506 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 70/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 60/100 | 60/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Benedicte has 4 syllables, compared with 2 for Hilde.
- Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW, NO.
How each name got here
Benedicte
Popularity journey
First recorded1946
First recorded at #391 among girls in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1946–2022
Highest recorded position: #63 among girls in Norway, in 1990 (recorded 1946–2022).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #439 among girls in Norway, in 2022.
Norway · Girls
Hilde
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #89 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: #2 among girls in Norway, in 1963 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #506 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls