Eilen vs Ylva
Eilen and Ylvacompared 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 2004, Eilen was ranked #517 and Ylva #162 among girls in Norway.
Eilen and Ylva over time
Eilen and Ylva appear together in 1 published list, across 26 years of shared records. Ylva held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Eilen in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Eilen reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Ylva 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 · Girls26 shared years, 1971–2004
Eilen held the stronger position in 4 of those years, Ylva in 22.
Highest recorded here: Eilen #396 in 1974, Ylva #124 in 2001.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2004: Eilen #517, Ylva #162.
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 | Eilen | Ylva |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | NO | GB-ENW, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #517 (2004) | Norway · Girls #46 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 95/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 60/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Eilen and Ylva both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Eilen
Popularity journey
First recorded1971
First recorded at #515 among girls in Norway in 1971 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1971–2004
Highest recorded position: #396 among girls in Norway, in 1974 (recorded 1971–2004).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2004
Most recently recorded at #517 among girls in Norway, in 2004.
Norway · Girls
Ylva
Popularity journey
First recorded1956
First recorded at #426 among girls in Norway in 1956 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1956–2025
Highest recorded position: #43 among girls in Norway, in 2017 (recorded 1956–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #46 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls