Ingunn vs Randi
Ingunn and Randicompared 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 Randi #501 among girls in Norway.
Ingunn and Randi over time
Ingunn and Randi appear together in 1 published list, across 67 years of shared records. Randi held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Ingunn in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Randi reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Ingunn 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
Ingunn and Randi changed places 20 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 2015, ending at #554 and #501.
- Closest over the longest run
Across 67 shared years in Norway · Girls, Ingunn and Randi averaged 42.6 places apart, ending at #554 and #501.
- Longest-running competitions
Ingunn and Randi were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 67 years, from 1945 to 2015, ending at #554 and #501.
List by list
Norway · Girls67 shared years, 1945–2015
Ingunn held the stronger position in 25 of those years, Randi in 42.
Highest recorded here: Ingunn #36 in 1969, Randi #7 in 1951.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2015: Ingunn #554, Randi #501.
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 | Randi |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #533 (2017) | Norway · Girls #522 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 88/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Ingunn and Randi 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
Randi
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #11 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: #7 among girls in Norway, in 1951 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #522 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls