Frid vs Gro
Frid and Grocompared 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 2023, Frid was ranked #507 and Gro #465 among girls in Norway.
Frid and Gro over time
Frid and Gro appear together in 1 published list, across 28 years of shared records. Gro held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Frid in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Frid reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Gro 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.
List by list
Norway · Girls28 shared years, 1945–2023
Frid held the stronger position in 3 of those years, Gro in 25.
Highest recorded here: Frid #327 in 1947, Gro #22 in 1957.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2023: Frid #507, Gro #465.
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 | Frid | Gro |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1 | 1 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #456 (2024) | Norway · Girls #465 (2023) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 95/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Frid and Gro both have 1 syllable.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Frid
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #343 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2024
Highest recorded position: #327 among girls in Norway, in 1947 (recorded 1945–2024).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #456 among girls in Norway, in 2024.
Norway · Girls
Gro
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #65 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2023
Highest recorded position: #22 among girls in Norway, in 1957 (recorded 1945–2023).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #465 among girls in Norway, in 2023.
Norway · Girls