Emmeli vs Salma
Emmeli and Salmacompared 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, Emmeli was ranked #238 and Salma #416 among girls in Norway.
Emmeli and Salma over time
Emmeli and Salma appear together in 1 published list, across 22 years of shared records. Salma held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Emmeli 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.
Salma reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Emmeli 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.
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
Emmeli and Salma changed places 5 times in Norway · Girls between 1995 and 2025, ending at #238 and #416.
List by list
Norway · Girls22 shared years, 1995–2025
Emmeli held the stronger position in 9 of those years, Salma in 13.
Highest recorded here: Emmeli #195 in 2024, Salma #228 in 2017.
The order changed in 2019: Emmeli moved ahead. In 2018 they stood at #453 and #250; by 2019 that had become #252 and #291.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Emmeli #238, Salma #416.
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 | Emmeli | Salma |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 3 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | GB-ENW, GB-SCT, IE, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #238 (2025) | Norway · Girls #416 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 88/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Emmeli has 3 syllables, compared with 2 for Salma.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Emmeli
Popularity journey
First recorded1995
First recorded at #628 among girls in Norway in 1995 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1995–2025
Highest recorded position: #195 among girls in Norway, in 2024 (recorded 1995–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #238 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls
Salma
Popularity journey
First recorded1953
First recorded at #433 among girls in Norway in 1953 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1953–2025
Highest recorded position: #228 among girls in Norway, in 2017 (recorded 1953–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #416 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls