Edel vs Oddny
Edel and Oddnycompared 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 1984, Edel was ranked #429 and Oddny #666 among girls in Norway.
Edel and Oddny over time
Edel and Oddny appear together in 1 published list, across 38 years of shared records. Edel held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Oddny in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Edel reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Oddny 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
Edel and Oddny changed places 12 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 1984, ending at #429 and #666.
- Closest over the longest run
Across 38 shared years in Norway · Girls, Edel and Oddny averaged 41.2 places apart, ending at #429 and #666.
- Longest-running competitions
Edel and Oddny were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 38 years, from 1945 to 1984, ending at #429 and #666.
- Started together, ended far apart
In 1945 they stood at #86 and #91 in Norway · Girls, 5 places apart; by 1984 they were #429 and #666.
List by list
Norway · Girls38 shared years, 1945–1984
Edel held the stronger position in 28 of those years, Oddny in 10.
Highest recorded here: Edel #81 in 1949, Oddny #87 in 1953.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1984: Edel #429, Oddny #666.
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 | Edel | Oddny |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, GB-NIR, IE, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #262 (2025) | Norway · Girls #666 (1984) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Edel and Oddny both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Edel
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #86 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2017
Highest recorded position: #31 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1986 (recorded 1964–2017).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #262 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls
Oddny
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #91 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–1984
Highest recorded position: #87 among girls in Norway, in 1953 (recorded 1945–1984).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1984
Most recently recorded at #666 among girls in Norway, in 1984.
Norway · Girls