Helle vs Stina
Helle and Stinacompared 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 2022, Helle was ranked #104 and Stina #432 among girls in Norway.
Helle and Stina over time
Helle and Stina appear together in 1 published list, across 60 years of shared records. Helle held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Stina in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Stina 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.
- Repeatedly exchanged positions
Helle and Stina changed places 16 times in Norway · Girls between 1950 and 2022, ending at #104 and #432.
- Longest-running competitions
Helle and Stina were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 60 years, from 1950 to 2022, ending at #104 and #432.
List by list
Norway · Girls60 shared years, 1950–2022
Helle held the stronger position in 49 of those years, Stina in 11.
Highest recorded here: Helle #95 in 2013, Stina #113 in 2003.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2022: Helle #104, Stina #432.
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 | Stina |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | GB-ENW, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #83 (2025) | Norway · Girls #432 (2022) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 60/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Helle and Stina both have 2 syllables.
- 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
Stina
Popularity journey
First recorded1950
First recorded at #400 among girls in Norway in 1950 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1950–2022
Highest recorded position: #113 among girls in Norway, in 2003 (recorded 1950–2022).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #432 among girls in Norway, in 2022.
Norway · Girls