Gunnlaug vs Tora
Gunnlaug and Toracompared 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 1972, Gunnlaug was ranked #599 and Tora #451 among girls in Norway.
Gunnlaug and Tora over time
Gunnlaug and Tora appear together in 1 published list, across 20 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.
Gunnlaug reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Tora 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
Gunnlaug and Tora changed places 15 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 1972, ending at #599 and #451.
List by list
Norway · Girls20 shared years, 1945–1972
Gunnlaug held the stronger position in 10 of those years, Tora in 10.
Highest recorded here: Gunnlaug #181 in 1946, Tora #160 in 1952.
The order changed in 1972: Tora moved ahead. In 1971 they stood at #479 and #548; by 1972 that had become #599 and #451.
Most recent shared year, 1972: Gunnlaug #599, Tora #451.
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 | Gunnlaug | Tora |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | GB-ENW, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #599 (1972) | Norway · Girls #186 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 76/100 | 95/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 60/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Gunnlaug and Tora both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Gunnlaug
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #186 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–1972
Highest recorded position: #181 among girls in Norway, in 1946 (recorded 1945–1972).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1972
Most recently recorded at #599 among girls in Norway, in 1972.
Norway · Girls
Tora
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #220 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #126 among girls in Norway, in 2007 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #186 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls