Ebba vs Malak
Ebba and Malakcompared 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 2025, Ebba was ranked #67 and Malak #347 among girls in Norway.
England and Wales · Girls
In 2024, Ebba was ranked #3015 and Malak #869 among girls in England and Wales.
Ebba and Malak over time
Ebba and Malak appear together in 2 published lists, across 48 years of shared records. Neither was ahead in more lists than the other.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Malak reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 2 of those lists, and Ebba 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.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in England and Wales · Girls within 2 years — Ebba #1903 in 2011, Malak #559 in 2010.
List by list
England and Wales · Girls25 shared years, 1996–2024
Ebba held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Malak in 25.
Highest recorded here: Ebba #1903 in 2011, Malak #559 in 2010.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2024: Ebba #3015, Malak #869.
Norway · Girls23 shared years, 1995–2025
Ebba held the stronger position in 23 of those years, Malak in 0.
Highest recorded here: Ebba #67 in 2025, Malak #265 in 2009.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Ebba #67, Malak #347.
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 | Ebba | Malak |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, NO | GB-ENW, IE, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #67 (2025) | Norway · Girls #347 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 60/100 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Ebba and Malak both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW, NO.
How each name got here
Ebba
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #297 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #67 among girls in Norway, in 2025 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #67 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls
Malak
Popularity journey
First recorded1995
First recorded at #643 among girls in Norway in 1995 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1995–2025
Highest recorded position: #265 among girls in Norway, in 2009 (recorded 1995–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #347 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls