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Cecilie vs Therese

Cecilie and Theresecompared 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 Therese #441 among girls in Norway.

  • England and Wales · Girls

    In 2023, Cecilie was ranked #2504 and Therese #4709 among girls in England and Wales.

Cecilie and Therese over time

Cecilie and Therese appear together in 2 published lists, across 80 years of shared records. Neither was ahead in more lists than the other.

The order between them changed and held in 2 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.

  • Repeatedly exchanged positions

    Cecilie and Therese changed places 7 times in England and Wales · Girls between 1997 and 2023, ending at #2504 and #4709.

  • Closest over the longest run

    Across 69 shared years in Norway · Girls, Cecilie and Therese averaged 48.8 places apart, ending at #452 and #441.

  • Longest-running competitions

    Cecilie and Therese were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 69 years, from 1946 to 2024, ending at #452 and #441.

List by list

  • Norway · Girls69 shared years, 1946–2024

    Cecilie held the stronger position in 62 of those years, Therese in 7.

    Highest recorded here: Cecilie #17 in 1975, Therese #21 in 1986.

    The order changed in 2024: Therese moved ahead. In 2023 they stood at #436 and #458; by 2024 that had become #452 and #441.

    Most recent shared year, 2024: Cecilie #452, Therese #441.

  • England and Wales · Girls11 shared years, 1997–2023

    Cecilie held the stronger position in 5 of those years, Therese in 6.

    Highest recorded here: Cecilie #2504 in 2023, Therese #2084 in 2005.

    The order changed in 2023: Cecilie moved ahead. In 2022 they stood at #5669 and #4645; by 2023 that had become #2504 and #4709.

    Most recent shared year, 2023: Cecilie #2504, Therese #4709.

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 Therese

Pairs where Therese 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 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, Therese
FieldCecilieTherese
Record typeOfficial statistical record (evidence-only)Official statistical record (evidence-only)
Gender usagefemalefemale
MeaningNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
OriginNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Pronunciation
Syllables33
Common variants / nicknamesNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Recorded regional usageGB-ENW, NOAU-NSW, GB-ENW, GB-NIR, IE, NO
Most recent popularity observationNorway · Girls #452 (2024)Norway · Girls #487 (2025)
Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score)Not yet recordedNot yet recorded
Spelling simplicity (demonstration score)82/10082/100
International familiarity (demonstration score)60/100100/100
Data Confidencemediummedium

What the data shows

  • Cecilie and Therese both have 3 syllables.
  • 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 recent2024

    Most recently recorded at #3695 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.

    England and Wales · Girls

Therese

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1946

    First recorded at #363 among girls in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Norway · Girls

  2. Highest recorded1946–2025

    Highest recorded position: #21 among girls in Norway, in 1986 (recorded 1946–2025).

    Norway · Girls

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #487 among girls in Norway, in 2025.

    Norway · Girls