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Cecilie vs Maja

Cecilie and Majacompared 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 2024, Cecilie was ranked #452 and Maja #22 among girls in Norway.

  • England and Wales · Girls

    In 2025, Cecilie was ranked #3705 and Maja #468 among girls in England and Wales.

Cecilie and Maja over time

Cecilie and Maja appear together in 2 published lists, across 75 years of shared records. Neither was ahead in more lists than the other.

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.

Each reached its own highest recorded position first in 1 of the lists they share.

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.

  • One moved ahead of the other

    In 1999, Maja moved ahead of Cecilie in Norway · Girls — #55 and #65 the year before became #63 and #61.

  • Mirrored each other

    Over 60 shared years in Norway · Girls, Maja rose about as far as Cecilie fell — from #207 and #444 in 1960 to #452 and #22 in 2024.

  • Longest-running competitions

    Cecilie and Maja were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 60 years, from 1960 to 2024, ending at #452 and #22.

List by list

  • Norway · Girls60 shared years, 1960–2024

    Cecilie held the stronger position in 34 of those years, Maja in 26.

    Highest recorded here: Cecilie #17 in 1975, Maja #16 in 2009.

    The order changed in 1999: Maja moved ahead. In 1998 they stood at #55 and #65; by 1999 that had become #63 and #61.

    Most recent shared year, 2024: Cecilie #452, Maja #22.

  • England and Wales · Girls15 shared years, 1997–2025

    Cecilie held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Maja in 15.

    Highest recorded here: Cecilie #2504 in 2023, Maja #128 in 2011.

    The order between them never changed and held in this list.

    Most recent shared year, 2025: Cecilie #3705, Maja #468.

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 Cecilie

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

Other comparisons involving Maja

Pairs where Maja 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 — mirrored each other.

All mirrored each other→

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 2020s

Pairs both ranked in the same published list at some point between 2020 and 2029.

The 2020s across all registrars→

Side by side

Side-by-side comparison of Cecilie, Maja
FieldCecilieMaja
Record typeOfficial statistical record (evidence-only)Official statistical record (evidence-only)
Gender usagefemalefemale
MeaningNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
OriginNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Pronunciation
Syllables32
Common variants / nicknamesNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Recorded regional usageGB-ENW, NOGB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO
Most recent popularity observationEngland and Wales · Girls #3705 (2025)Norway · Girls #27 (2025)
Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score)Not yet recordedNot yet recorded
Spelling simplicity (demonstration score)82/10095/100
International familiarity (demonstration score)60/100100/100
Data Confidencemediummedium

What the data shows

  • Cecilie has 3 syllables, compared with 2 for Maja.
  • Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW, NO.

How each name got here

Cecilie

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1945

    First recorded at #359 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 recorded1945–2024

    Highest recorded position: #17 among girls in Norway, in 1975 (recorded 1945–2024).

    Norway · Girls

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #3705 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.

    England and Wales · Girls

Maja

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1960

    First recorded at #444 among girls in Norway in 1960 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Norway · Girls

  2. Highest recorded1960–2025

    Highest recorded position: #16 among girls in Norway, in 2009 (recorded 1960–2025).

    Norway · Girls

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #468 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.

    England and Wales · Girls