Bodil vs Vigdis
Bodil and Vigdiscompared 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 1997, Bodil was ranked #493 and Vigdis #592 among girls in Norway.
Bodil and Vigdis over time
Bodil and Vigdis appear together in 1 published list, across 50 years of shared records. Vigdis held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Bodil 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 Vigdis 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 Vigdis changed places 11 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 1997, ending at #493 and #592.
- Closest over the longest run
Across 50 shared years in Norway · Girls, Bodil and Vigdis averaged 42.1 places apart, ending at #493 and #592.
- Longest-running competitions
Bodil and Vigdis were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 50 years, from 1945 to 1997, ending at #493 and #592.
List by list
Norway · Girls50 shared years, 1945–1997
Bodil held the stronger position in 21 of those years, Vigdis in 29.
Highest recorded here: Bodil #36 in 1945, Vigdis #21 in 1954.
The order changed in 1993: Bodil moved ahead. In 1992 they stood at #494 and #454; by 1993 that had become #384 and #676.
Most recent shared year, 1997: Bodil #493, Vigdis #592.
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 | Vigdis |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #545 (1999) | Norway · Girls #583 (2006) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Bodil and Vigdis 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
Vigdis
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #32 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2006
Highest recorded position: #21 among girls in Norway, in 1954 (recorded 1945–2006).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2006
Most recently recorded at #583 among girls in Norway, in 2006.
Norway · Girls