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Lene vs Tea

Lene and Teacompared 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 2021, Lene was ranked #482 and Tea #453 among girls in Norway.

  • England and Wales · Girls

    In 2010, Lene was ranked #4688 and Tea #2392 among girls in England and Wales.

Lene and Tea over time

Lene and Tea appear together in 2 published lists, across 48 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.

Lene reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 2 of those lists, and Tea 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.

List by list

  • Norway · Girls40 shared years, 19762021

    Lene held the stronger position in 34 of those years, Tea in 6.

    Highest recorded here: Lene #4 in 1976, Tea #199 in 2001.

    The order changed in 2021: Tea moved ahead. In 2020 they stood at #489 and #501; by 2021 that had become #482 and #453.

    Most recent shared year, 2021: Lene #482, Tea #453.

  • England and Wales · Girls8 shared years, 20002010

    Lene held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Tea in 7.

    Highest recorded here: Lene #1831 in 2000, Tea #779 in 2001.

    The order between them never changed and held in this list.

    Most recent shared year, 2010: Lene #4688, Tea #2392.

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

Side-by-side comparison of Lene, Tea
FieldLeneTea
Record typeOfficial statistical record (evidence-only)Official statistical record (evidence-only)
Gender usagefemalefemale
MeaningNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
OriginNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
PronunciationNot yet recorded
Syllables21
Common variants / nicknamesNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Recorded regional usageGB-ENW, NOGB-ENW, GB-NIR, IE, NO
Most recent popularity observationNorway · Girls #482 (2021)Norway · Girls #440 (2024)
Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score)Not yet recordedNot yet recorded
Spelling simplicity (demonstration score)95/10095/100
International familiarity (demonstration score)60/100100/100
Data Confidencemediummedium

What the data shows

  • Lene has 2 syllables, compared with 1 for Tea.
  • Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW, NO.

How each name got here

Lene

Popularity journey

  1. 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

  2. Highest recorded1946–2021

    Highest recorded position: #4 among girls in Norway, in 1976 (recorded 1946–2021).

    Norway · Girls

  3. Most recent2021

    Most recently recorded at #482 among girls in Norway, in 2021.

    Norway · Girls

Tea

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1976

    First recorded at #530 among girls in Norway in 1976 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Norway · Girls

  2. Highest recorded1976–2024

    Highest recorded position: #199 among girls in Norway, in 2001 (recorded 1976–2024).

    Norway · Girls

  3. Most recent2024

    Most recently recorded at #440 among girls in Norway, in 2024.

    Norway · Girls