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Maria vs Silje

Maria and Siljecompared 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, Maria was ranked #62 and Silje #286 among girls in Norway.

Maria and Silje over time

Maria and Silje appear together in 1 published list, across 60 years of shared records. Maria held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Silje in 0.

In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.

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

    Maria and Silje changed places 4 times in Norway · Girls between 1966 and 2025, ending at #62 and #286.

  • Longest-running competitions

    Maria and Silje were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 60 years, from 1966 to 2025, ending at #62 and #286.

  • Peaked in the same years

    Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Girls within 2 years — Maria #3 in 1982, Silje #1 in 1982.

List by list

  • Norway · Girls60 shared years, 1966–2025

    Maria held the stronger position in 41 of those years, Silje in 19.

    Highest recorded here: Maria #3 in 1982, Silje #1 in 1982.

    The order between them never changed and held in this list.

    Most recent shared year, 2025: Maria #62, Silje #286.

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.

Where to go next

Comparisons that share a name, a rule or a published list with this one. Each is an existing comparison page with its own evidence — nothing here says these pairs are alike.

Other comparisons involving Maria

Pairs where Maria shares a published list with another name, each measured inside one registrar's own list.

Other comparisons involving Silje

Pairs where Silje shares a published list with another name, each measured inside one registrar's own list.

Other pairs with the same kind of relationship

Pairs that qualify under the same rule as this one — peaked in the same years.

All peaked in the same years→

Other pairs from Norway lists

Pairs measured inside Norway's own published lists, where this pair's strongest relationship is also recorded. Positions in these lists are not comparable with another registrar's.

Norway overview→

Other pairs ranked together in the 2020s

Pairs both ranked in the same published list at some point between 2020 and 2029.

The 2020s across all registrars→

Side by side

Side-by-side comparison of Maria, Silje
FieldMariaSilje
Record typeEditorially researched profileOfficial statistical record (evidence-only)
Gender usagefemalefemale
MeaningThe Latin form of Greek Maria, from Hebrew Miryam (see Mary).Not yet recorded
OriginBiblical Hebrew, via Latin transmissionNot yet recorded
Pronunciation/mɑ.ˈriː.ɑ/
Syllables22
Common variants / nicknamesNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Recorded regional usageAU-NSW, GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO, NZNO
Most recent popularity observationNorway · Girls #62 (2025)Norway · Girls #286 (2025)
Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score)90/100Not yet recorded
Spelling simplicity (demonstration score)94/10094/100
International familiarity (demonstration score)100/10040/100
Data Confidencemediummedium

What the data shows

  • Maria has a recorded origin (Biblical Hebrew, via Latin transmission); Silje does not have one recorded yet.
  • Maria and Silje both have 2 syllables.
  • A meaning is recorded for Maria; Silje doesn't have one written yet.
  • Both names have recorded usage in NO.

How each name got here

Maria

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1945

    First recorded at #126 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Norway · Girls

  2. Highest recorded1945–2025

    Highest recorded position: #3 among girls in Norway, in 1982 (recorded 1945–2025).

    Norway · Girls

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #88 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.

    England and Wales · Girls

Silje

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1966

    First recorded at #542 among girls in Norway in 1966 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Norway · Girls

  2. Highest recorded1966–2025

    Highest recorded position: #1 among girls in Norway, in 1982 (recorded 1966–2025).

    Norway · Girls

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #286 among girls in Norway, in 2025.

    Norway · Girls