Edna vs Ingfrid
Edna and Ingfridcompared 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 1974, Edna was ranked #597 and Ingfrid #454 among girls in Norway.
Edna and Ingfrid over time
Edna and Ingfrid appear together in 1 published list, across 17 years of shared records. Ingfrid held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Edna in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Edna reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Ingfrid 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
Edna and Ingfrid changed places 4 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 1974, ending at #597 and #454.
List by list
Norway · Girls17 shared years, 1945–1974
Edna held the stronger position in 2 of those years, Ingfrid in 15.
Highest recorded here: Edna #224 in 1946, Ingfrid #203 in 1950.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1974: Edna #597, Ingfrid #454.
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 | Edna | Ingfrid |
|---|---|---|
| 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, IE, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | England and Wales · Girls #4867 (2025) | Norway · Girls #533 (1983) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 82/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Edna and Ingfrid both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Edna
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #298 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2002
Highest recorded position: #224 among girls in Norway, in 1946 (recorded 1945–2002).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #4867 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls
Ingfrid
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #232 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–1983
Highest recorded position: #200 among girls in Norway, in 1957 (recorded 1945–1983).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1983
Most recently recorded at #533 among girls in Norway, in 1983.
Norway · Girls