Ingunn vs Lene
Ingunn and Lenecompared 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 2015, Ingunn was ranked #554 and Lene #375 among girls in Norway.
Ingunn and Lene over time
Ingunn and Lene appear together in 1 published list, across 66 years of shared records. Lene held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Ingunn 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.
Ingunn reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Lene 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.
- Longest-running competitions
Ingunn and Lene were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 66 years, from 1946 to 2015, ending at #554 and #375.
List by list
Norway · Girls66 shared years, 1946–2015
Ingunn held the stronger position in 23 of those years, Lene in 43.
Highest recorded here: Ingunn #36 in 1969, Lene #4 in 1976.
The order changed in 2015: Lene moved ahead. In 2014 they stood at #487 and #526; by 2015 that had become #554 and #375.
Most recent shared year, 2015: Ingunn #554, Lene #375.
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 | Ingunn | Lene |
|---|---|---|
| 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, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #533 (2017) | Norway · Girls #482 (2021) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 88/100 | 95/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 60/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Ingunn and Lene both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Ingunn
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #84 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2017
Highest recorded position: #36 among girls in Norway, in 1969 (recorded 1945–2017).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2017
Most recently recorded at #533 among girls in Norway, in 2017.
Norway · Girls
Lene
Popularity journey
First recorded1946
First recorded at #377 among girls in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1946–2021
Highest recorded position: #4 among girls in Norway, in 1976 (recorded 1946–2021).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #482 among girls in Norway, in 2021.
Norway · Girls