Helle vs Ingerid
Helle and Ingeridcompared 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 2013, Helle was ranked #95 and Ingerid #499 among girls in Norway.
Helle and Ingerid over time
Helle and Ingerid appear together in 1 published list, across 53 years of shared records. Helle held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Ingerid in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Ingerid reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Helle 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.
- Mirrored each other
Over 53 shared years in Norway · Girls, Helle rose about as far as Ingerid fell — from #279 and #297 in 1946 to #95 and #499 in 2013.
- Longest-running competitions
Helle and Ingerid were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 53 years, from 1946 to 2013, ending at #95 and #499.
List by list
Norway · Girls53 shared years, 1946–2013
Helle held the stronger position in 53 of those years, Ingerid in 0.
Highest recorded here: Helle #95 in 2013, Ingerid #270 in 1953.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2013: Helle #95, Ingerid #499.
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 | Helle | Ingerid |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 3 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #83 (2025) | Norway · Girls #499 (2013) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 82/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Helle has 2 syllables, compared with 3 for Ingerid.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Helle
Popularity journey
First recorded1946
First recorded at #279 among girls in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1946–2025
Highest recorded position: #83 among girls in Norway, in 2025 (recorded 1946–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #83 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls
Ingerid
Popularity journey
First recorded1946
First recorded at #297 among girls in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1946–2013
Highest recorded position: #270 among girls in Norway, in 1953 (recorded 1946–2013).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2013
Most recently recorded at #499 among girls in Norway, in 2013.
Norway · Girls