Filippa vs Lotta
Filippa and Lottacompared 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 Lotta #160 among girls in Norway.
England and Wales · Girls
In 2022, Filippa was ranked #5669 and Lotta #5669 among girls in England and Wales.
Filippa and Lotta over time
Filippa and Lotta appear together in 2 published lists, across 34 years of shared records. Neither was ahead in more lists than the other.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
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.
- Repeatedly exchanged positions
Filippa and Lotta changed places 4 times in Norway · Girls between 2000 and 2025, ending at #68 and #160.
List by list
Norway · Girls26 shared years, 2000–2025
Filippa held the stronger position in 24 of those years, Lotta in 2.
Highest recorded here: Filippa #67 in 2024, Lotta #132 in 2012.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Filippa #68, Lotta #160.
England and Wales · Girls8 shared years, 2007–2022
Filippa held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Lotta in 4.
Highest recorded here: Filippa #3422 in 2009, Lotta #2150 in 2011.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2022: Filippa #5669, Lotta #5669.
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 | Lotta |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | GB-ENW, IE, NO | GB-ENW, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #68 (2025) | Norway · Girls #160 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 82/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 60/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Filippa has 3 syllables, compared with 2 for Lotta.
- Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW, 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
Lotta
Popularity journey
First recorded1966
First recorded at #526 among girls in Norway in 1966 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1966–2025
Highest recorded position: #132 among girls in Norway, in 2012 (recorded 1966–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #160 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls