Else vs Ragnhild
Else and Ragnhildcompared 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, Else was ranked #191 and Ragnhild #236 among girls in Norway.
Else and Ragnhild over time
Else and Ragnhild appear together in 1 published list, across 80 years of shared records. Ragnhild held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Else in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
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 and Ragnhild changed places 6 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 2025, ending at #191 and #236.
- Longest-running competitions
Else and Ragnhild were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 80 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #191 and #236.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Girls within 2 years — Else #15 in 1945, Ragnhild #18 in 1945.
List by list
Norway · Girls80 shared years, 1945–2025
Else held the stronger position in 16 of those years, Ragnhild in 64.
Highest recorded here: Else #15 in 1945, Ragnhild #18 in 1945.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Else #191, Ragnhild #236.
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 | Ragnhild |
|---|---|---|
| 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, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #191 (2025) | Norway · Girls #236 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 76/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 60/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Else and Ragnhild both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Else
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #15 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: #15 among girls in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #191 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls
Ragnhild
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #18 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: #18 among girls in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #236 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls