Maria vs Trude
Maria and Trudecompared 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 2005, Maria was ranked #7 and Trude #570 among girls in Norway.
Maria and Trude over time
Maria and Trude appear together in 1 published list, across 59 years of shared records. Maria held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Trude in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Trude reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Maria 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.
- Mirrored each other
Over 59 shared years in Norway · Girls, Maria rose about as far as Trude fell — from #130 and #287 in 1946 to #7 and #570 in 2005.
- Longest-running competitions
Maria and Trude were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 59 years, from 1946 to 2005, ending at #7 and #570.
List by list
Norway · Girls59 shared years, 1946–2005
Maria held the stronger position in 46 of those years, Trude in 13.
Highest recorded here: Maria #3 in 1982, Trude #25 in 1974.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2005: Maria #7, Trude #570.
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 | Maria | Trude |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Editorially researched profile | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | female | female |
| Meaning | The Latin form of Greek Maria, from Hebrew Miryam (see Mary). | Not yet recorded |
| Origin | Biblical Hebrew, via Latin transmission | Not yet recorded |
| Pronunciation | /mɑ.ˈriː.ɑ/ | Not yet recorded |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | AU-NSW, GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO, NZ | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #62 (2025) | Norway · Girls #570 (2005) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | 90/100 | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Maria has a recorded origin (Biblical Hebrew, via Latin transmission); Trude does not have one recorded yet.
- Maria and Trude both have 2 syllables.
- A meaning is recorded for Maria; Trude doesn't have one written yet.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Maria
Popularity journey
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
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #3 among girls in Norway, in 1982 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #62 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls
Trude
Popularity journey
First recorded1946
First recorded at #287 among girls in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1946–2005
Highest recorded position: #25 among girls in Norway, in 1974 (recorded 1946–2005).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2005
Most recently recorded at #570 among girls in Norway, in 2005.
Norway · Girls