Erna vs Målfrid
Erna and Målfridcompared 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 1986, Erna was ranked #549 and Målfrid #567 among girls in Norway.
Erna and Målfrid over time
Erna and Målfrid appear together in 1 published list, across 35 years of shared records. Erna held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Målfrid in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Målfrid reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Erna 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
Erna and Målfrid changed places 18 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 1986, ending at #549 and #567.
- Closest over the longest run
Across 35 shared years in Norway · Girls, Erna and Målfrid averaged 54.5 places apart, ending at #549 and #567.
- Longest-running competitions
Erna and Målfrid were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 35 years, from 1945 to 1986, ending at #549 and #567.
List by list
Norway · Girls35 shared years, 1945–1986
Erna held the stronger position in 21 of those years, Målfrid in 14.
Highest recorded here: Erna #74 in 1948, Målfrid #80 in 1945.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1986: Erna #549, Målfrid #567.
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 | Erna | Målfrid |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Syllables | 2 | 1 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #612 (2002) | Norway · Girls #611 (2006) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 82/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 60/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Erna has 2 syllables, compared with 1 for Målfrid.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Erna
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #78 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2002
Highest recorded position: #74 among girls in Norway, in 1948 (recorded 1945–2002).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2002
Most recently recorded at #612 among girls in Norway, in 2002.
Norway · Girls
Målfrid
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #80 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2006
Highest recorded position: #80 among girls in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2006).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2006
Most recently recorded at #611 among girls in Norway, in 2006.
Norway · Girls