Liva vs Vilma
Liva and Vilmacompared 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, Liva was ranked #107 and Vilma #110 among girls in Norway.
Liva and Vilma over time
Liva and Vilma appear together in 1 published list, across 30 years of shared records. Vilma held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Liva in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Vilma reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Liva 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
Liva and Vilma changed places 7 times in Norway · Girls between 1974 and 2025, ending at #107 and #110.
- Longest-running competitions
Liva and Vilma were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 30 years, from 1974 to 2025, ending at #107 and #110.
List by list
Norway · Girls30 shared years, 1974–2025
Liva held the stronger position in 8 of those years, Vilma in 22.
Highest recorded here: Liva #107 in 2025, Vilma #85 in 2021.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Liva #107, Vilma #110.
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 | Liva | Vilma |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, IE, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #107 (2025) | Norway · Girls #110 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Liva and Vilma both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Liva
Popularity journey
First recorded1974
First recorded at #612 among girls in Norway in 1974 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1974–2025
Highest recorded position: #107 among girls in Norway, in 2025 (recorded 1974–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #107 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls
Vilma
Popularity journey
First recorded1963
First recorded at #443 among girls in Norway in 1963 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1963–2025
Highest recorded position: #85 among girls in Norway, in 2021 (recorded 1963–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #110 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls