Filippa vs Leonora
Filippa and Leonoracompared 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, Filippa was ranked #68 and Leonora #97 among girls in Norway.
England and Wales · Girls
In 2022, Filippa was ranked #5669 and Leonora #729 among girls in England and Wales.
Filippa and Leonora over time
Filippa and Leonora appear together in 2 published lists, across 37 years of shared records. Neither was ahead in more lists than the other.
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.
Each reached its own highest recorded position first in 1 of the lists they share.
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.
- One moved ahead of the other
In 2018, Filippa moved ahead of Leonora in Norway · Girls — #101 and #92 the year before became #96 and #126.
- Repeatedly exchanged positions
Filippa and Leonora changed places 7 times in Norway · Girls between 1999 and 2025, ending at #68 and #97.
- Closest over the longest run
Across 27 shared years in Norway · Girls, Filippa and Leonora averaged 49.4 places apart, ending at #68 and #97.
List by list
Norway · Girls27 shared years, 1999–2025
Filippa held the stronger position in 21 of those years, Leonora in 6.
Highest recorded here: Filippa #67 in 2024, Leonora #92 in 2016.
The order changed in 2018: Filippa moved ahead. In 2017 they stood at #101 and #92; by 2018 that had become #96 and #126.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Filippa #68, Leonora #97.
England and Wales · Girls10 shared years, 2003–2022
Filippa held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Leonora in 10.
Highest recorded here: Filippa #3422 in 2009, Leonora #729 in 2022.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2022: Filippa #5669, Leonora #729.
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 | Filippa | Leonora |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 3 | 3 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, IE, NO | GB-ENW, IE, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #68 (2025) | Norway · Girls #97 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 82/100 | 82/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Filippa and Leonora both have 3 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW, IE, NO.
How each name got here
Filippa
Popularity journey
First recorded1999
First recorded at #555 among girls in Norway in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1999–2025
Highest recorded position: #67 among girls in Norway, in 2024 (recorded 1999–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #68 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls
Leonora
Popularity journey
First recorded1966
First recorded at #380 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1966 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1989–2025
Highest recorded position: #92 among girls in Norway, in 2016 (recorded 1989–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #97 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls