Heidi vs Trine
Heidi and Trinecompared 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 2015, Heidi was ranked #314 and Trine #569 among girls in Norway.
Heidi and Trine over time
Heidi and Trine appear together in 1 published list, across 70 years of shared records. Heidi held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Trine in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Heidi reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Trine 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
Heidi and Trine changed places 14 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 2015, ending at #314 and #569.
- Closest over the longest run
Across 70 shared years in Norway · Girls, Heidi and Trine averaged 49.5 places apart, ending at #314 and #569.
- Longest-running competitions
Heidi and Trine were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 70 years, from 1945 to 2015, ending at #314 and #569.
List by list
Norway · Girls70 shared years, 1945–2015
Heidi held the stronger position in 57 of those years, Trine in 13.
Highest recorded here: Heidi #2 in 1965, Trine #17 in 1970.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2015: Heidi #314, Trine #569.
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 | Heidi | Trine |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Editorially researched profile | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | female | female |
| Meaning | A German diminutive of Adelheid. Gained wide recognition through Johanna Spyri's 1880 children's novel Heidi, and its 1937 film adaptation starring Shirley Temple. | Not yet recorded |
| Origin | Germanic, diminutive of Adelheid | Not yet recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhaɪ̯.di/ | Not yet recorded |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | AU-NSW, GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO, NZ | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Republic of Ireland · Girls #91 (2025) | Norway · Girls #569 (2015) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | 90/100 | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Heidi has a recorded origin (Germanic, diminutive of Adelheid); Trine does not have one recorded yet.
- Heidi and Trine both have 2 syllables.
- A meaning is recorded for Heidi; Trine doesn't have one written yet.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Heidi
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #188 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: #2 among girls in Norway, in 1965 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #437 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls
Trine
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #195 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2015
Highest recorded position: #17 among girls in Norway, in 1970 (recorded 1945–2015).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2015
Most recently recorded at #569 among girls in Norway, in 2015.
Norway · Girls