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Berit vs Jorunn

Berit and Jorunncompared 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 2015, Berit was ranked #545 and Jorunn #461 among girls in Norway.

Berit and Jorunn over time

Berit and Jorunn appear together in 1 published list, across 68 years of shared records. Berit held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Jorunn 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.

Jorunn reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Berit 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

    Berit and Jorunn changed places 13 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 2015, ending at #545 and #461.

  • Closest over the longest run

    Across 68 shared years in Norway · Girls, Berit and Jorunn averaged 46.5 places apart, ending at #545 and #461.

  • Longest-running competitions

    Berit and Jorunn were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 68 years, from 1945 to 2015, ending at #545 and #461.

  • Peaked in the same years

    Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Girls within 2 years — Berit #6 in 1948, Jorunn #18 in 1946.

List by list

  • Norway · Girls68 shared years, 1945–2015

    Berit held the stronger position in 61 of those years, Jorunn in 7.

    Highest recorded here: Berit #6 in 1948, Jorunn #18 in 1946.

    The order changed in 2015: Jorunn moved ahead. In 2014 they stood at #509 and #523; by 2015 that had become #545 and #461.

    Most recent shared year, 2015: Berit #545, Jorunn #461.

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.

Where to go next

Comparisons that share a name, a rule or a published list with this one. Each is an existing comparison page with its own evidence — nothing here says these pairs are alike.

Other comparisons involving Berit

Pairs where Berit shares a published list with another name, each measured inside one registrar's own list.

Other comparisons involving Jorunn

Pairs where Jorunn shares a published list with another name, each measured inside one registrar's own list.

Other pairs with the same kind of relationship

Pairs that qualify under the same rule as this one — repeatedly exchanged positions.

All repeatedly exchanged positions→

Other pairs from Norway lists

Pairs measured inside Norway's own published lists, where this pair's strongest relationship is also recorded. Positions in these lists are not comparable with another registrar's.

Norway overview→

Other pairs ranked together in the 2010s

Pairs both ranked in the same published list at some point between 2010 and 2019.

The 2010s across all registrars→

Side by side

Side-by-side comparison of Berit, Jorunn
FieldBeritJorunn
Record typeOfficial statistical record (evidence-only)Official statistical record (evidence-only)
Gender usagefemalefemale
MeaningNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
OriginNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Pronunciation
Syllables22
Common variants / nicknamesNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Recorded regional usageNONO
Most recent popularity observationNorway · Girls #494 (2023)Norway · Girls #449 (2020)
Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score)Not yet recordedNot yet recorded
Spelling simplicity (demonstration score)94/10088/100
International familiarity (demonstration score)40/10040/100
Data Confidencemediummedium

What the data shows

  • Berit and Jorunn both have 2 syllables.
  • Both names have recorded usage in NO.

How each name got here

Berit

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1945

    First recorded at #7 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Norway · Girls

  2. Highest recorded1945–2023

    Highest recorded position: #6 among girls in Norway, in 1948 (recorded 1945–2023).

    Norway · Girls

  3. Most recent2023

    Most recently recorded at #494 among girls in Norway, in 2023.

    Norway · Girls

Jorunn

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1945

    First recorded at #23 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Norway · Girls

  2. Highest recorded1945–2020

    Highest recorded position: #18 among girls in Norway, in 1946 (recorded 1945–2020).

    Norway · Girls

  3. Most recent2020

    Most recently recorded at #449 among girls in Norway, in 2020.

    Norway · Girls