Idun vs Martha
Idun and Marthacompared 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, Idun was ranked #291 and Martha #225 among girls in Norway.
Idun and Martha over time
Idun and Martha appear together in 1 published list, across 68 years of shared records. Martha held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Idun in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Martha reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Idun 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
Idun and Martha changed places 4 times in Norway · Girls between 1947 and 2025, ending at #291 and #225.
- Longest-running competitions
Idun and Martha were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 68 years, from 1947 to 2025, ending at #291 and #225.
List by list
Norway · Girls68 shared years, 1947–2025
Idun held the stronger position in 2 of those years, Martha in 66.
Highest recorded here: Idun #220 in 2005, Martha #134 in 1951.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Idun #291, Martha #225.
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 | Idun | Martha |
|---|---|---|
| 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, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #291 (2025) | Norway · Girls #225 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Idun and Martha both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Idun
Popularity journey
First recorded1947
First recorded at #375 among girls in Norway in 1947 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1947–2025
Highest recorded position: #220 among girls in Norway, in 2005 (recorded 1947–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #291 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls
Martha
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #158 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #67 among girls in England and Wales, in 2015 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #225 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls