Hedda vs Selma
Hedda and Selmacompared 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, Hedda was ranked #10 and Selma #11 among girls in Norway.
Hedda and Selma over time
Hedda and Selma appear together in 1 published list, across 56 years of shared records. Hedda held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Selma in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
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
Hedda and Selma changed places 12 times in Norway · Girls between 1963 and 2025, ending at #10 and #11.
- Longest-running competitions
Hedda and Selma were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 56 years, from 1963 to 2025, ending at #10 and #11.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Girls within 2 years — Hedda #7 in 2024, Selma #5 in 2024.
List by list
Norway · Girls56 shared years, 1963–2025
Hedda held the stronger position in 45 of those years, Selma in 11.
Highest recorded here: Hedda #7 in 2024, Selma #5 in 2024.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Hedda #10, Selma #11.
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 | Hedda | Selma |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| 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 #10 (2025) | Norway · Girls #11 (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
- Hedda and Selma both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Hedda
Popularity journey
First recorded1963
First recorded at #460 among girls in Norway in 1963 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1963–2025
Highest recorded position: #7 among girls in Norway, in 2024 (recorded 1963–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #10 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls
Selma
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #352 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: #5 among girls in Norway, in 2024 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #11 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls