Else-Marie vs Herborg
Else-Marie and Herborgcompared 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 1964, Else-Marie was ranked #511 and Herborg #466 among girls in Norway.
Else-Marie and Herborg over time
Else-Marie and Herborg appear together in 1 published list, across 10 years of shared records. Herborg held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Else-Marie 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
Else-Marie and Herborg changed places 7 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 1964, ending at #511 and #466.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Girls within 2 years — Else-Marie #236 in 1946, Herborg #232 in 1946.
List by list
Norway · Girls10 shared years, 1945–1964
Else-Marie held the stronger position in 4 of those years, Herborg in 6.
Highest recorded here: Else-Marie #236 in 1946, Herborg #232 in 1946.
The order changed in 1957: Herborg moved ahead. In 1956 they stood at #270 and #346; by 1957 that had become #451 and #283.
Most recent shared year, 1964: Else-Marie #511, Herborg #466.
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 | Else-Marie | Herborg |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 4 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #635 (1983) | Norway · Girls #505 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 64/100 | 82/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Else-Marie has 4 syllables, compared with 2 for Herborg.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Else-Marie
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #238 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–1983
Highest recorded position: #217 among girls in Norway, in 1947 (recorded 1945–1983).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1983
Most recently recorded at #635 among girls in Norway, in 1983.
Norway · Girls
Herborg
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #273 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: #232 among girls in Norway, in 1946 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #505 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls