Idunn vs Maylen
Idunn and Maylencompared 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 2008, Idunn was ranked #553 and Maylen #476 among girls in Norway.
Idunn and Maylen over time
Idunn and Maylen appear together in 1 published list, across 15 years of shared records. Idunn held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Maylen in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Maylen reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Idunn 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
Idunn and Maylen changed places 6 times in Norway · Girls between 1985 and 2008, ending at #553 and #476.
List by list
Norway · Girls15 shared years, 1985–2008
Idunn held the stronger position in 10 of those years, Maylen in 5.
Highest recorded here: Idunn #281 in 2000, Maylen #339 in 1988.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2008: Idunn #553, Maylen #476.
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 | Idunn | Maylen |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #441 (2025) | Norway · Girls #476 (2008) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Idunn and Maylen both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Idunn
Popularity journey
First recorded1971
First recorded at #482 among girls in Norway in 1971 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1971–2025
Highest recorded position: #233 among girls in Norway, in 2003 (recorded 1971–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #441 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls
Maylen
Popularity journey
First recorded1967
First recorded at #570 among girls in Norway in 1967 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1967–2008
Highest recorded position: #339 among girls in Norway, in 1988 (recorded 1967–2008).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2008
Most recently recorded at #476 among girls in Norway, in 2008.
Norway · Girls