Deborah vs Tine
Deborah and Tinecompared 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 2016, Deborah was ranked #550 and Tine #541 among girls in Norway.
Deborah and Tine over time
Deborah and Tine appear together in 1 published list, across 23 years of shared records. Tine held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Deborah in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Deborah reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Tine 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.
List by list
Norway · Girls23 shared years, 1957–2016
Deborah held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Tine in 23.
Highest recorded here: Deborah #368 in 1957, Tine #53 in 1986.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2016: Deborah #550, Tine #541.
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 | Deborah | Tine |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Editorially researched profile | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | female | female |
| Meaning | From Hebrew, meaning 'bee'. In the biblical Book of Judges, Deborah was a prophetess who led the Israelites against Canaanite forces. | Not yet recorded |
| Origin | Biblical Hebrew | Not yet recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdɛb.ə.ɹə/ | Not yet recorded |
| Syllables | 3 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | AU-NSW, GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO, NZ | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #429 (2025) | Norway · Girls #541 (2016) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | 90/100 | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 82/100 | 95/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Deborah has a recorded origin (Biblical Hebrew); Tine does not have one recorded yet.
- Deborah has 3 syllables, compared with 2 for Tine.
- A meaning is recorded for Deborah; Tine doesn't have one written yet.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Deborah
Popularity journey
First recorded1952
First recorded at #51 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Highest recorded1952–1980
Highest recorded position: #3 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 1957 (recorded 1952–1980).
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #429 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls
Tine
Popularity journey
First recorded1952
First recorded at #433 among girls in Norway in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1952–2016
Highest recorded position: #53 among girls in Norway, in 1986 (recorded 1952–2016).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2016
Most recently recorded at #541 among girls in Norway, in 2016.
Norway · Girls