Ingvil vs Irena
Ingvil and Irenacompared 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 1990, Ingvil was ranked #607 and Irena #656 among girls in Norway.
Ingvil and Irena over time
Ingvil and Irena appear together in 1 published list, across 20 years of shared records. Irena held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Ingvil in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Ingvil reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Irena 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
Ingvil and Irena changed places 12 times in Norway · Girls between 1956 and 1990, ending at #607 and #656.
List by list
Norway · Girls20 shared years, 1956–1990
Ingvil held the stronger position in 9 of those years, Irena in 11.
Highest recorded here: Ingvil #325 in 1956, Irena #314 in 1966.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1990: Ingvil #607, Irena #656.
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 | Ingvil | Irena |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 3 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | GB-ENW, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #517 (2009) | England and Wales · Girls #2689 (2023) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 88/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 60/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Ingvil has 2 syllables, compared with 3 for Irena.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Ingvil
Popularity journey
First recorded1956
First recorded at #325 among girls in Norway in 1956 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1956–2009
Highest recorded position: #325 among girls in Norway, in 1956 (recorded 1956–2009).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2009
Most recently recorded at #517 among girls in Norway, in 2009.
Norway · Girls
Irena
Popularity journey
First recorded1947
First recorded at #352 among girls in Norway in 1947 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1947–1990
Highest recorded position: #256 among girls in Norway, in 1952 (recorded 1947–1990).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #2689 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Girls