Elfrid vs Ragna
Elfrid and Ragnacompared 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 1963, Elfrid was ranked #457 and Ragna #403 among girls in Norway.
Elfrid and Ragna over time
Elfrid and Ragna appear together in 1 published list, across 18 years of shared records. Ragna held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Elfrid in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Elfrid reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Ragna 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 · Girls18 shared years, 1945–1963
Elfrid held the stronger position in 1 of those years, Ragna in 17.
Highest recorded here: Elfrid #193 in 1948, Ragna #146 in 1951.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1963: Elfrid #457, Ragna #403.
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 | Elfrid | Ragna |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #457 (1963) | Norway · Girls #285 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 88/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Elfrid and Ragna both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Elfrid
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #237 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–1963
Highest recorded position: #193 among girls in Norway, in 1948 (recorded 1945–1963).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1963
Most recently recorded at #457 among girls in Norway, in 1963.
Norway · Girls
Ragna
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #199 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #146 among girls in Norway, in 1951 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #285 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls