Elen vs Ingvil
Elen and Ingvilcompared 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 2009, Elen was ranked #480 and Ingvil #517 among girls in Norway.
Elen and Ingvil over time
Elen and Ingvil appear together in 1 published list, across 26 years of shared records. Elen held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Ingvil in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
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
Elen and Ingvil changed places 12 times in Norway · Girls between 1956 and 2009, ending at #480 and #517.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Girls within 2 years — Elen #322 in 1956, Ingvil #325 in 1956.
List by list
Norway · Girls26 shared years, 1956–2009
Elen held the stronger position in 18 of those years, Ingvil in 8.
Highest recorded here: Elen #322 in 1956, Ingvil #325 in 1956.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2009: Elen #480, Ingvil #517.
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 | Elen | Ingvil |
|---|---|---|
| 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 #4192 (2024) | Norway · Girls #517 (2009) |
| 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
- Elen and Ingvil both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Elen
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #300 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2023
Highest recorded position: #287 among girls in Norway, in 1948 (recorded 1945–2023).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls
Ingvil
Popularity journey
First recorded1956
First recorded at #325 among girls in Norway in 1956 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1956–2009
Highest recorded position: #325 among girls in Norway, in 1956 (recorded 1956–2009).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2009
Most recently recorded at #517 among girls in Norway, in 2009.
Norway · Girls