Cicilie vs Olaug
Cicilie and Olaugcompared 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, Cicilie was ranked #608 and Olaug #577 among girls in Norway.
Cicilie and Olaug over time
Cicilie and Olaug appear together in 1 published list, across 22 years of shared records. Olaug held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Cicilie in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Olaug reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Cicilie 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
Cicilie and Olaug changed places 8 times in Norway · Girls between 1968 and 1999, ending at #608 and #577.
List by list
Norway · Girls22 shared years, 1968–1999
Cicilie held the stronger position in 9 of those years, Olaug in 13.
Highest recorded here: Cicilie #302 in 1975, Olaug #163 in 1970.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1999: Cicilie #608, Olaug #577.
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 | Cicilie | Olaug |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 #608 (1999) | Norway · Girls #609 (2008) |
| 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
- Cicilie has 3 syllables, compared with 2 for Olaug.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Cicilie
Popularity journey
First recorded1968
First recorded at #532 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: #302 among girls in Norway, in 1975 (recorded 1968–1999).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1999
Most recently recorded at #608 among girls in Norway, in 1999.
Norway · Girls
Olaug
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #68 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2008
Highest recorded position: #68 among girls in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2008).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2008
Most recently recorded at #609 among girls in Norway, in 2008.
Norway · Girls