Ivana vs Toril
Ivana and Torilcompared 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 1998, Ivana was ranked #612 and Toril #451 among girls in Norway.
Ivana and Toril over time
Ivana and Toril appear together in 1 published list, across 24 years of shared records. Toril held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Ivana in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Toril reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Ivana 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
Ivana and Toril changed places 6 times in Norway · Girls between 1972 and 1998, ending at #612 and #451.
List by list
Norway · Girls24 shared years, 1972–1998
Ivana held the stronger position in 7 of those years, Toril in 17.
Highest recorded here: Ivana #252 in 1983, Toril #107 in 1972.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1998: Ivana #612, Toril #451.
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 | Ivana | Toril |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, GB-NIR, IE, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #493 (2024) | Norway · Girls #451 (1998) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Ivana has 3 syllables, compared with 2 for Toril.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Ivana
Popularity journey
First recorded1972
First recorded at #552 among girls in Norway in 1972 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1972–2024
Highest recorded position: #252 among girls in Norway, in 1983 (recorded 1972–2024).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1065 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls
Toril
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #88 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–1998
Highest recorded position: #35 among girls in Norway, in 1947 (recorded 1945–1998).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1998
Most recently recorded at #451 among girls in Norway, in 1998.
Norway · Girls