Bodil vs Mary
Bodil and Marycompared 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 1999, Bodil was ranked #545 and Mary #283 among girls in Norway.
Bodil and Mary over time
Bodil and Mary appear together in 1 published list, across 53 years of shared records. Bodil held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Mary 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.
Bodil reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Mary 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
Bodil and Mary were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 53 years, from 1945 to 1999, ending at #545 and #283.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Girls within 2 years — Bodil #36 in 1945, Mary #59 in 1947.
List by list
Norway · Girls53 shared years, 1945–1999
Bodil held the stronger position in 37 of those years, Mary in 16.
Highest recorded here: Bodil #36 in 1945, Mary #59 in 1947.
The order changed in 1999: Mary moved ahead. In 1998 they stood at #493 and #573; by 1999 that had become #545 and #283.
Most recent shared year, 1999: Bodil #545, Mary #283.
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 | Bodil | Mary |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | AU-NSW, GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO, NZ |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #545 (1999) | Republic of Ireland · Girls #112 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 95/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Bodil and Mary both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Bodil
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #36 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–1999
Highest recorded position: #36 among girls in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–1999).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1999
Most recently recorded at #545 among girls in Norway, in 1999.
Norway · Girls
Mary
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #67 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2025
Highest recorded position: #1 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1964 (recorded 1964–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #518 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls