Lene vs Maryan
Lene and Maryancompared 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, Lene was ranked #375 and Maryan #561 among girls in Norway.
England and Wales · Girls
In 2012, Lene was ranked #5876 and Maryan #4838 among girls in England and Wales.
Lene and Maryan over time
Lene and Maryan appear together in 2 published lists, across 52 years of shared records. Neither was ahead in more lists than the other.
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.
Each reached its own highest recorded position first in 1 of the lists they share.
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.
- Longest-running competitions
Lene and Maryan were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 43 years, from 1957 to 2015, ending at #375 and #561.
List by list
Norway · Girls43 shared years, 1957–2015
Lene held the stronger position in 43 of those years, Maryan in 0.
Highest recorded here: Lene #4 in 1976, Maryan #336 in 1965.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2015: Lene #375, Maryan #561.
England and Wales · Girls9 shared years, 2000–2012
Lene held the stronger position in 1 of those years, Maryan in 7.
Highest recorded here: Lene #1831 in 2000, Maryan #1836 in 2004.
The order changed in 2001: Maryan moved ahead. In 2000 they stood at #1831 and #3247; by 2001 that had become #3998 and #2226.
Most recent shared year, 2012: Lene #5876, Maryan #4838.
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 | Lene | Maryan |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | GB-ENW, NO | GB-ENW, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #482 (2021) | England and Wales · Girls #5687 (2023) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 60/100 | 60/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Lene and Maryan both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW, NO.
How each name got here
Lene
Popularity journey
First recorded1946
First recorded at #377 among girls in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1946–2021
Highest recorded position: #4 among girls in Norway, in 1976 (recorded 1946–2021).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #482 among girls in Norway, in 2021.
Norway · Girls
Maryan
Popularity journey
First recorded1957
First recorded at #462 among girls in Norway in 1957 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1957–2015
Highest recorded position: #336 among girls in Norway, in 1965 (recorded 1957–2015).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #5687 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Girls