Laura vs Solvår
Laura and Solvårcompared 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 2025, Laura was ranked #141 and Solvår #383 among girls in Norway.
Laura and Solvår over time
Laura and Solvår appear together in 1 published list, across 36 years of shared records. Laura held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Solvår 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.
Solvår reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Laura 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
Laura and Solvår changed places 7 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 2025, ending at #141 and #383.
- Longest-running competitions
Laura and Solvår were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 36 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #141 and #383.
List by list
Norway · Girls36 shared years, 1945–2025
Laura held the stronger position in 24 of those years, Solvår in 12.
Highest recorded here: Laura #110 in 2022, Solvår #207 in 1951.
The order changed in 1971: Laura moved ahead. In 1970 they stood at #564 and #525; by 1971 that had become #358 and #604.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Laura #141, Solvår #383.
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 | Laura | Solvår |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Editorially researched profile | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | female | female |
| Meaning | From Latin 'laurus' meaning 'laurel' — laurel wreaths honoured victors in ancient Rome. Also the subject of 14th-century Italian poet Petrarch's poems. | Not yet recorded |
| Origin | Latin | Not yet recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈlɔɹ.ə/ | Not yet recorded |
| Syllables | 2 | 1 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | AU-NSW, GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO, NZ | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Republic of Ireland · Girls #112 (2025) | Norway · Girls #383 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | 90/100 | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Laura has a recorded origin (Latin); Solvår does not have one recorded yet.
- Laura has 2 syllables, compared with 1 for Solvår.
- A meaning is recorded for Laura; Solvår doesn't have one written yet.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Laura
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #313 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2025
Highest recorded position: #2 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1985 (recorded 1964–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #303 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls
Solvår
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #266 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: #207 among girls in Norway, in 1951 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #383 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls