Emer vs Ida

Emer and Idacompared 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.

Northern Ireland · Girls
In 2024, Emer was ranked #253 and Ida #337 among girls in Northern Ireland.
England and Wales · Girls
In 2022, Emer was ranked #5669 and Ida #284 among girls in England and Wales.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
In 2025, Emer was ranked #608 and Ida #885 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Emer and Ida over time

Emer and Ida appear together in 3 published lists, across 50 years of shared records. Ida held the stronger position in more years in 2 of them, Emer in 1.

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.

Emer reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 2 of those lists, Ida in 1. 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

Republic of Ireland · Girls21 shared years, 1964–2025
Emer held the stronger position in 20 of those years, Ida in 0.
Highest recorded here: Emer #59 in 1973, Ida #325 in 1965.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Emer #608, Ida #885.
England and Wales · Girls20 shared years, 1996–2022
Emer held the stronger position in 7 of those years, Ida in 13.
Highest recorded here: Emer #952 in 1999, Ida #257 in 2021.
The order changed in 2003: Ida moved ahead. In 2002 they stood at #1245 and #1442; by 2003 that had become #1722 and #1472.
Most recent shared year, 2022: Emer #5669, Ida #284.
Northern Ireland · Girls9 shared years, 2014–2024
Emer held the stronger position in 3 of those years, Ida in 4.
Highest recorded here: Emer #212 in 2020, Ida #178 in 2023.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2024: Emer #253, Ida #337.

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.

Where to go next

Comparisons that share a name, a rule or a published list with this one. Each is an existing comparison page with its own evidence — nothing here says these pairs are alike.

Other comparisons involving Ida

Pairs where Ida shares a published list with another name, each measured inside one registrar's own list.

Ida vs Anna
Ida and Anna were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #37 and #23.
Ida · Anna · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Ida vs Astrid
Ida and Astrid were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #37 and #9.
Ida · Astrid · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Ida vs Elin
Ida and Elin were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #37 and #263.
Ida · Elin · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Ida vs Elisabeth
Ida and Elisabeth were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #37 and #171.
Ida · Elisabeth · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Side by side

Side-by-side comparison of Emer, Ida
Field	Emer	Ida
Record type	Official statistical record (evidence-only)	Editorially researched profile
Gender usage	female	female
Meaning	Not yet recorded	Commonly traced to a Germanic element possibly meaning 'work' or 'labour'.
Origin	Not yet recorded	Germanic, used across Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and German tradition
Pronunciation	Not yet recorded	/ˈiːdɑ/
Syllables	2	2
Common variants / nicknames	Not yet recorded	Not yet recorded
Recorded regional usage	GB-ENW, GB-NIR, IE	GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO
Most recent popularity observation	Republic of Ireland · Girls #608 (2025)	Norway · Girls #37 (2025)
Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score)	Not yet recorded	90/100
Spelling simplicity (demonstration score)	95/100	95/100
International familiarity (demonstration score)	100/100	100/100
Data Confidence	medium	medium

What the data shows

Ida has a recorded origin (Germanic, used across Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and German tradition); Emer does not have one recorded yet.
Emer and Ida both have 2 syllables.
A meaning is recorded for Ida; Emer doesn't have one written yet.
Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW, GB-NIR, IE.

How each name got here

Emer

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #108 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2025
Highest recorded position: #43 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1983 (recorded 1964–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #608 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Ida

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #204 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: #1 among girls in Norway, in 1988 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #37 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls