Hilda vs Inghild
Hilda and Inghildcompared 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 1977, Hilda was ranked #605 and Inghild #506 among girls in Norway.
Hilda and Inghild over time
Hilda and Inghild appear together in 1 published list, across 22 years of shared records. Hilda held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Inghild 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.
Hilda reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Inghild 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
Hilda and Inghild changed places 5 times in Norway · Girls between 1946 and 1977, ending at #605 and #506.
List by list
Norway · Girls22 shared years, 1946–1977
Hilda held the stronger position in 18 of those years, Inghild in 4.
Highest recorded here: Hilda #227 in 1947, Inghild #273 in 1952.
The order changed in 1977: Inghild moved ahead. In 1976 they stood at #503 and #555; by 1977 that had become #605 and #506.
Most recent shared year, 1977: Hilda #605, Inghild #506.
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 | Hilda | Inghild |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Not yet recorded |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, IE, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #471 (2025) | Norway · Girls #596 (2003) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 82/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Hilda and Inghild both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Hilda
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #214 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1964–1986
Highest recorded position: #160 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1970 (recorded 1964–1986).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #471 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls
Inghild
Popularity journey
First recorded1946
First recorded at #350 among girls in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1946–2003
Highest recorded position: #273 among girls in Norway, in 1952 (recorded 1946–2003).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2003
Most recently recorded at #596 among girls in Norway, in 2003.
Norway · Girls