Madelen vs Mie
Madelen and Miecompared 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, Madelen was ranked #193 and Mie #48 among girls in Norway.
Madelen and Mie over time
Madelen and Mie appear together in 1 published list, across 41 years of shared records. Madelen held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Mie in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Madelen reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Mie 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.
- Longest-running competitions
Madelen and Mie were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 41 years, from 1983 to 2025, ending at #193 and #48.
List by list
Norway · Girls41 shared years, 1983–2025
Madelen held the stronger position in 21 of those years, Mie in 20.
Highest recorded here: Madelen #58 in 2011, Mie #29 in 2014.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Madelen #193, Mie #48.
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 | Madelen | Mie |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 3 | 1 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #193 (2025) | Norway · Girls #48 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 82/100 | 95/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Madelen has 3 syllables, compared with 1 for Mie.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Madelen
Popularity journey
First recorded1983
First recorded at #653 among girls in Norway in 1983 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1983–2025
Highest recorded position: #58 among girls in Norway, in 2011 (recorded 1983–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #193 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls
Mie
Popularity journey
First recorded1978
First recorded at #520 among girls in Norway in 1978 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1978–2025
Highest recorded position: #29 among girls in Norway, in 2014 (recorded 1978–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #48 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls