Iryna vs Jelena
Iryna and Jelenacompared 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 1994, Iryna was ranked #631 and Jelena #580 among girls in Norway.
Iryna and Jelena over time
Iryna and Jelena appear together in 1 published list, across 25 years of shared records. Jelena held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Iryna 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.
Iryna reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Jelena 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
Iryna and Jelena changed places 5 times in Norway · Girls between 1963 and 1994, ending at #631 and #580.
List by list
Norway · Girls25 shared years, 1963–1994
Iryna held the stronger position in 3 of those years, Jelena in 22.
Highest recorded here: Iryna #319 in 1969, Jelena #183 in 1981.
The order changed in 1994: Jelena moved ahead. In 1993 they stood at #604 and #606; by 1994 that had become #631 and #580.
Most recent shared year, 1994: Iryna #631, Jelena #580.
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 | Iryna | Jelena |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 3 | 3 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | GB-ENW, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #631 (1994) | England and Wales · Girls #5765 (2017) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 60/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Iryna and Jelena both have 3 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Iryna
Popularity journey
First recorded1963
First recorded at #423 among girls in Norway in 1963 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1963–1994
Highest recorded position: #319 among girls in Norway, in 1969 (recorded 1963–1994).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1994
Most recently recorded at #631 among girls in Norway, in 1994.
Norway · Girls
Jelena
Popularity journey
First recorded1952
First recorded at #414 among girls in Norway in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1952–2010
Highest recorded position: #183 among girls in Norway, in 1981 (recorded 1952–2010).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2017
Most recently recorded at #5765 among girls in England and Wales, in 2017.
England and Wales · Girls