Fanny vs Sanna
Fanny and Sannacompared 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, Fanny was ranked #468 and Sanna #89 among girls in Norway.
Fanny and Sanna over time
Fanny and Sanna appear together in 1 published list, across 40 years of shared records. Sanna held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Fanny in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Fanny reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Sanna 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
Fanny and Sanna changed places 6 times in Norway · Girls between 1983 and 2025, ending at #468 and #89.
- Longest-running competitions
Fanny and Sanna were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 40 years, from 1983 to 2025, ending at #468 and #89.
List by list
Norway · Girls40 shared years, 1983–2025
Fanny held the stronger position in 6 of those years, Sanna in 34.
Highest recorded here: Fanny #194 in 2000, Sanna #45 in 2015.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Fanny #468, Sanna #89.
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 | Fanny | Sanna |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | GB-ENW, IE, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #468 (2025) | Norway · Girls #89 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Fanny and Sanna both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Fanny
Popularity journey
First recorded1946
First recorded at #348 among girls in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1946–2025
Highest recorded position: #194 among girls in Norway, in 2000 (recorded 1946–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #468 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls
Sanna
Popularity journey
First recorded1968
First recorded at #568 among girls in Norway in 1968 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1968–2025
Highest recorded position: #45 among girls in Norway, in 2015 (recorded 1968–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #4201 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls