Ingun vs Unn
Ingun and Unncompared 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 1985, Ingun was ranked #607 and Unn #587 among girls in Norway.
Ingun and Unn over time
Ingun and Unn appear together in 1 published list, across 38 years of shared records. Unn held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Ingun in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Ingun reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Unn 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
Ingun and Unn changed places 6 times in Norway · Girls between 1946 and 1985, ending at #607 and #587.
- Longest-running competitions
Ingun and Unn were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 38 years, from 1946 to 1985, ending at #607 and #587.
List by list
Norway · Girls38 shared years, 1946–1985
Ingun held the stronger position in 3 of those years, Unn in 35.
Highest recorded here: Ingun #155 in 1954, Unn #97 in 1963.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1985: Ingun #607, Unn #587.
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 | Ingun | Unn |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #653 (1992) | Norway · Girls #604 (1995) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 95/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Ingun has 2 syllables, compared with 1 for Unn.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Ingun
Popularity journey
First recorded1946
First recorded at #265 among girls in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1946–1992
Highest recorded position: #155 among girls in Norway, in 1954 (recorded 1946–1992).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1992
Most recently recorded at #653 among girls in Norway, in 1992.
Norway · Girls
Unn
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #147 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–1995
Highest recorded position: #97 among girls in Norway, in 1963 (recorded 1945–1995).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1995
Most recently recorded at #604 among girls in Norway, in 1995.
Norway · Girls