Hedda vs Vilma
Hedda and Vilmacompared 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 Vilma #110 among girls in Norway.
Hedda and Vilma over time
Hedda and Vilma appear together in 1 published list, across 50 years of shared records. Hedda held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Vilma in 0.
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.
Vilma reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Hedda 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
Hedda and Vilma changed places 7 times in Norway · Girls between 1963 and 2025, ending at #10 and #110.
- Longest-running competitions
Hedda and Vilma were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 50 years, from 1963 to 2025, ending at #10 and #110.
List by list
Norway · Girls50 shared years, 1963–2025
Hedda held the stronger position in 45 of those years, Vilma in 5.
Highest recorded here: Hedda #7 in 2024, Vilma #85 in 2021.
The order changed in 1975: Hedda moved ahead. In 1974 they stood at #495 and #440; by 1975 that had become #255 and #489.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Hedda #10, Vilma #110.
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 | Vilma |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #10 (2025) | Norway · Girls #110 (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 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Hedda and Vilma 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
Vilma
Popularity journey
First recorded1963
First recorded at #443 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: #85 among girls in Norway, in 2021 (recorded 1963–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #110 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls