Edna vs Solvor
Edna and Solvorcompared 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 1970, Edna was ranked #527 and Solvor #463 among girls in Norway.
Edna and Solvor over time
Edna and Solvor appear together in 1 published list, across 18 years of shared records. Solvor 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.
Solvor reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Edna 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 Solvor changed places 4 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 1970, ending at #527 and #463.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Girls within 2 years — Edna #224 in 1946, Solvor #201 in 1945.
List by list
Norway · Girls18 shared years, 1945–1970
Edna held the stronger position in 2 of those years, Solvor in 16.
Highest recorded here: Edna #224 in 1946, Solvor #201 in 1945.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1970: Edna #527, Solvor #463.
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 | Solvor |
|---|---|---|
| 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 #3015 (2024) | Norway · Girls #596 (2004) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Edna and Solvor 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 recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3015 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls
Solvor
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #201 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2004
Highest recorded position: #201 among girls in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2004).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2004
Most recently recorded at #596 among girls in Norway, in 2004.
Norway · Girls