Margunn vs Ngoc
Margunn and Ngoccompared 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 1985, Margunn was ranked #532 and Ngoc #627 among girls in Norway.
Margunn and Ngoc over time
Margunn and Ngoc appear together in 1 published list, across 25 years of shared records. Margunn held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Ngoc in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Margunn reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Ngoc 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
Margunn and Ngoc changed places 4 times in Norway · Girls between 1957 and 1985, ending at #532 and #627.
List by list
Norway · Girls25 shared years, 1957–1985
Margunn held the stronger position in 19 of those years, Ngoc in 6.
Highest recorded here: Margunn #177 in 1962, Ngoc #298 in 1970.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1985: Margunn #532, Ngoc #627.
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 | Margunn | Ngoc |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | GB-ENW, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #532 (1985) | England and Wales · Girls #2788 (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 | 60/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Margunn has 2 syllables, compared with 1 for Ngoc.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Margunn
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #260 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–1985
Highest recorded position: #150 among girls in Norway, in 1960 (recorded 1945–1985).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1985
Most recently recorded at #532 among girls in Norway, in 1985.
Norway · Girls
Ngoc
Popularity journey
First recorded1957
First recorded at #431 among girls in Norway in 1957 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1957–2003
Highest recorded position: #298 among girls in Norway, in 1970 (recorded 1957–2003).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #2788 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls