Elsa vs Ingebjørg
Elsa and Ingebjørgcompared 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, Elsa was ranked #134 and Ingebjørg #319 among girls in Norway.
Elsa and Ingebjørg over time
Elsa and Ingebjørg appear together in 1 published list, across 78 years of shared records. Ingebjørg held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Elsa in 0.
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.
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
Elsa and Ingebjørg changed places 9 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 2025, ending at #134 and #319.
- Longest-running competitions
Elsa and Ingebjørg were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 78 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #134 and #319.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Girls within 2 years — Elsa #55 in 1945, Ingebjørg #54 in 1945.
List by list
Norway · Girls78 shared years, 1945–2025
Elsa held the stronger position in 29 of those years, Ingebjørg in 49.
Highest recorded here: Elsa #55 in 1945, Ingebjørg #54 in 1945.
The order changed in 2005: Elsa moved ahead. In 2004 they stood at #380 and #313; by 2005 that had become #289 and #313.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Elsa #134, Ingebjørg #319.
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 | Elsa | Ingebjørg |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #134 (2025) | Norway · Girls #319 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 70/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Elsa and Ingebjørg both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Elsa
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #55 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: #55 among girls in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #134 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls
Ingebjørg
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #54 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: #54 among girls in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #319 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls