Else-Marie vs Inghild
Else-Marie and Inghildcompared 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 1983, Else-Marie was ranked #635 and Inghild #640 among girls in Norway.
Else-Marie and Inghild over time
Else-Marie and Inghild appear together in 1 published list, across 13 years of shared records. Else-Marie held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Inghild in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Else-Marie reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Inghild 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 · Girls13 shared years, 1946–1983
Else-Marie held the stronger position in 11 of those years, Inghild in 2.
Highest recorded here: Else-Marie #217 in 1947, Inghild #273 in 1952.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1983: Else-Marie #635, Inghild #640.
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 | Inghild |
|---|---|---|
| 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 #596 (2003) |
| 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 Inghild.
- 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
Inghild
Popularity journey
First recorded1946
First recorded at #350 among girls in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1946–2003
Highest recorded position: #273 among girls in Norway, in 1952 (recorded 1946–2003).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2003
Most recently recorded at #596 among girls in Norway, in 2003.
Norway · Girls