Margit vs Naima
Margit and Naimacompared 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 2010, Margit was ranked #410 and Naima #500 among girls in Norway.
Margit and Naima over time
Margit and Naima appear together in 1 published list, across 36 years of shared records. Margit held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Naima 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 Naima 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 Naima changed places 10 times in Norway · Girls between 1958 and 2010, ending at #410 and #500.
- Longest-running competitions
Margit and Naima were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 36 years, from 1958 to 2010, ending at #410 and #500.
List by list
Norway · Girls36 shared years, 1958–2010
Margit held the stronger position in 30 of those years, Naima in 6.
Highest recorded here: Margit #139 in 1958, Naima #340 in 1995.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2010: Margit #410, Naima #500.
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 | Naima |
|---|---|---|
| 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, IE, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #359 (2025) | Republic of Ireland · Girls #885 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 88/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Margit and Naima 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
Naima
Popularity journey
First recorded1958
First recorded at #469 among girls in Norway in 1958 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1958–2010
Highest recorded position: #340 among girls in Norway, in 1995 (recorded 1958–2010).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #885 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls