Margit vs Nadja
Margit and Nadjacompared 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 2016, Margit was ranked #433 and Nadja #565 among girls in Norway.
Margit and Nadja over time
Margit and Nadja appear together in 1 published list, across 37 years of shared records. Margit held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Nadja in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Margit reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Nadja 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
Margit and Nadja changed places 12 times in Norway · Girls between 1955 and 2016, ending at #433 and #565.
- Longest-running competitions
Margit and Nadja were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 37 years, from 1955 to 2016, ending at #433 and #565.
List by list
Norway · Girls37 shared years, 1955–2016
Margit held the stronger position in 31 of those years, Nadja in 6.
Highest recorded here: Margit #128 in 1955, Nadja #315 in 1996.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2016: Margit #433, Nadja #565.
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 | Margit | Nadja |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | NO | GB-ENW, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #359 (2025) | Norway · Girls #565 (2016) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 88/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 60/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Margit and Nadja both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Margit
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #95 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: #95 among girls in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #359 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls
Nadja
Popularity journey
First recorded1955
First recorded at #438 among girls in Norway in 1955 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1955–2016
Highest recorded position: #315 among girls in Norway, in 1996 (recorded 1955–2016).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2016
Most recently recorded at #565 among girls in Norway, in 2016.
Norway · Girls