Bodil vs Sølvi
Bodil and Sølvicompared 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 Sølvi #636 among girls in Norway.
Bodil and Sølvi over time
Bodil and Sølvi appear together in 1 published list, across 52 years of shared records. Bodil held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Sølvi in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Bodil reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Sølvi 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
Bodil and Sølvi changed places 24 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 1999, ending at #545 and #636.
- Closest over the longest run
Across 52 shared years in Norway · Girls, Bodil and Sølvi averaged 42.1 places apart, ending at #545 and #636.
- Longest-running competitions
Bodil and Sølvi were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 52 years, from 1945 to 1999, ending at #545 and #636.
List by list
Norway · Girls52 shared years, 1945–1999
Bodil held the stronger position in 32 of those years, Sølvi in 20.
Highest recorded here: Bodil #36 in 1945, Sølvi #58 in 1958.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1999: Bodil #545, Sølvi #636.
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 | Sølvi |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #545 (1999) | Norway · Girls #533 (2023) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Bodil has 2 syllables, compared with 1 for Sølvi.
- 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
Sølvi
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #106 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2023
Highest recorded position: #58 among girls in Norway, in 1958 (recorded 1945–2023).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #533 among girls in Norway, in 2023.
Norway · Girls