Cesilie vs Hedda
Cesilie and Heddacompared 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, Cesilie was ranked #607 and Hedda #31 among girls in Norway.
Cesilie and Hedda over time
Cesilie and Hedda appear together in 1 published list, across 24 years of shared records. Hedda held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Cesilie in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Cesilie reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Hedda 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.
- Mirrored each other
Over 24 shared years in Norway · Girls, Hedda rose about as far as Cesilie fell — from #379 and #356 in 1969 to #607 and #31 in 1999.
List by list
Norway · Girls24 shared years, 1969–1999
Cesilie held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Hedda in 24.
Highest recorded here: Cesilie #354 in 1979, Hedda #31 in 1999.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1999: Cesilie #607, Hedda #31.
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 | Cesilie | Hedda |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 3 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #607 (1999) | Norway · Girls #10 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 82/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Cesilie has 3 syllables, compared with 2 for Hedda.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Cesilie
Popularity journey
First recorded1968
First recorded at #531 among girls in Norway in 1968 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1968–1999
Highest recorded position: #354 among girls in Norway, in 1979 (recorded 1968–1999).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1999
Most recently recorded at #607 among girls in Norway, in 1999.
Norway · Girls
Hedda
Popularity journey
First recorded1963
First recorded at #460 among girls in Norway in 1963 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1963–2025
Highest recorded position: #7 among girls in Norway, in 2024 (recorded 1963–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #10 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls