Ida vs Malin
Ida and Malincompared 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, Ida was ranked #37 and Malin #167 among girls in Norway.
England and Wales · Girls
In 2024, Ida was ranked #337 and Malin #3015 among girls in England and Wales.
Ida and Malin over time
Ida and Malin appear together in 2 published lists, across 74 years of shared records. Ida held the stronger position in more years in 2 of them, Malin in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Each reached its own highest recorded position first in 1 of the lists they share.
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.
- Closest over the longest run
Across 60 shared years in Norway · Girls, Ida and Malin averaged 57.0 places apart, ending at #37 and #167.
- Longest-running competitions
Ida and Malin were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 60 years, from 1966 to 2025, ending at #37 and #167.
List by list
Norway · Girls60 shared years, 1966–2025
Ida held the stronger position in 59 of those years, Malin in 1.
Highest recorded here: Ida #1 in 1988, Malin #3 in 1998.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Ida #37, Malin #167.
England and Wales · Girls14 shared years, 2002–2024
Ida held the stronger position in 14 of those years, Malin in 0.
Highest recorded here: Ida #257 in 2021, Malin #2120 in 2016.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2024: Ida #337, Malin #3015.
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 | Ida | Malin |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Editorially researched profile | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | female | female |
| Meaning | Commonly traced to a Germanic element possibly meaning 'work' or 'labour'. | Not yet recorded |
| Origin | Germanic, used across Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and German tradition | Not yet recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈiːdɑ/ | |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO | GB-ENW, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #37 (2025) | Norway · Girls #167 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | 90/100 | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 60/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Ida has a recorded origin (Germanic, used across Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and German tradition); Malin does not have one recorded yet.
- Ida and Malin both have 2 syllables.
- A meaning is recorded for Ida; Malin doesn't have one written yet.
- Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW, NO.
How each name got here
Ida
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #204 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: #1 among girls in Norway, in 1988 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #37 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls
Malin
Popularity journey
First recorded1966
First recorded at #530 among girls in Norway in 1966 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1966–2025
Highest recorded position: #3 among girls in Norway, in 1998 (recorded 1966–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #167 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls