Elma vs Lilja
Elma and Liljacompared 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 2025, Elma was ranked #288 and Lilja #148 among girls in Norway.
England and Wales · Girls
In 2025, Elma was ranked #1079 and Lilja #4201 among girls in England and Wales.
Elma and Lilja over time
Elma and Lilja appear together in 2 published lists, across 34 years of shared records. Neither was ahead in more lists than the other.
The order between them changed and held in one of those lists — a change in that published list, never a claim that one name displaced the other.
Lilja reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 2 of those lists, and Elma 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
Elma and Lilja changed places 4 times in England and Wales · Girls between 2008 and 2025, ending at #1079 and #4201.
List by list
Norway · Girls21 shared years, 1999–2025
Elma held the stronger position in 2 of those years, Lilja in 19.
Highest recorded here: Elma #224 in 2022, Lilja #104 in 2013.
The order changed in 2023: Lilja moved ahead. In 2022 they stood at #224 and #226; by 2023 that had become #294 and #222.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Elma #288, Lilja #148.
England and Wales · Girls13 shared years, 2008–2025
Elma held the stronger position in 9 of those years, Lilja in 2.
Highest recorded here: Elma #1079 in 2025, Lilja #2717 in 2012.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Elma #1079, Lilja #4201.
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 | Elma | Lilja |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | GB-ENW, IE, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #288 (2025) | Norway · Girls #148 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Elma and Lilja both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW, IE, NO.
How each name got here
Elma
Popularity journey
First recorded1971
First recorded at #417 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1971 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1981–2025
Highest recorded position: #224 among girls in Norway, in 2022 (recorded 1981–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #1079 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls
Lilja
Popularity journey
First recorded1977
First recorded at #611 among girls in Norway in 1977 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1977–2025
Highest recorded position: #104 among girls in Norway, in 2013 (recorded 1977–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #4201 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls