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Hennie vs Oda

Hennie and Odacompared 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, Hennie was ranked #20 and Oda #87 among girls in Norway.

Hennie and Oda over time

Hennie and Oda appear together in 1 published list, across 28 years of shared records. Oda held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Hennie 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.

Oda reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Hennie 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.

List by list

  • Norway · Girls28 shared years, 1997–2025

    Hennie held the stronger position in 4 of those years, Oda in 24.

    Highest recorded here: Hennie #20 in 2025, Oda #21 in 2007.

    The order changed in 2023: Hennie moved ahead. In 2022 they stood at #53 and #50; by 2023 that had become #32 and #73.

    Most recent shared year, 2025: Hennie #20, Oda #87.

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.

Where to go next

Comparisons that share a name, a rule or a published list with this one. Each is an existing comparison page with its own evidence — nothing here says these pairs are alike.

Other comparisons involving Hennie

Pairs where Hennie shares a published list with another name, each measured inside one registrar's own list.

Other comparisons involving Oda

Pairs where Oda shares a published list with another name, each measured inside one registrar's own list.

Other pairs with the same kind of relationship

Pairs that qualify under the same rule as this one — one took the other's place near the top.

All one took the other's place near the top→

Other pairs from Norway lists

Pairs measured inside Norway's own published lists, where this pair's strongest relationship is also recorded. Positions in these lists are not comparable with another registrar's.

Norway overview→

Other pairs ranked together in the 2020s

Pairs both ranked in the same published list at some point between 2020 and 2029.

The 2020s across all registrars→

Side by side

Side-by-side comparison of Hennie, Oda
FieldHennieOda
Record typeOfficial statistical record (evidence-only)Official statistical record (evidence-only)
Gender usagefemalefemale
MeaningNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
OriginNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Pronunciation
Syllables22
Common variants / nicknamesNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Recorded regional usageGB-ENW, NONO
Most recent popularity observationNorway · Girls #20 (2025)Norway · Girls #87 (2025)
Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score)Not yet recordedNot yet recorded
Spelling simplicity (demonstration score)88/10095/100
International familiarity (demonstration score)60/10040/100
Data Confidencemediummedium

What the data shows

  • Hennie and Oda both have 2 syllables.
  • Both names have recorded usage in NO.

How each name got here

Hennie

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1955

    First recorded at #376 among girls in Norway in 1955 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Norway · Girls

  2. Highest recorded1955–2025

    Highest recorded position: #20 among girls in Norway, in 2025 (recorded 1955–2025).

    Norway · Girls

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #5927 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.

    England and Wales · Girls

Oda

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1949

    First recorded at #351 among girls in Norway in 1949 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Norway · Girls

  2. Highest recorded1949–2025

    Highest recorded position: #21 among girls in Norway, in 2007 (recorded 1949–2025).

    Norway · Girls

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #87 among girls in Norway, in 2025.

    Norway · Girls