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Marzena vs Ngoc

Marzena 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 1992, Marzena was ranked #480 and Ngoc #669 among girls in Norway.

Marzena and Ngoc over time

Marzena and Ngoc appear together in 1 published list, across 28 years of shared records. Marzena 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.

Ngoc reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Marzena 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.

List by list

  • Norway · Girls28 shared years, 19621992

    Marzena held the stronger position in 23 of those years, Ngoc in 5.

    Highest recorded here: Marzena #264 in 1981, Ngoc #298 in 1970.

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

    Most recent shared year, 1992: Marzena #480, Ngoc #669.

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

Side-by-side comparison of Marzena, Ngoc
FieldMarzenaNgoc
Record typeOfficial statistical record (evidence-only)Official statistical record (evidence-only)
Gender usagefemalefemale
MeaningNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
OriginNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
PronunciationNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Syllables31
Common variants / nicknamesNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Recorded regional usageNOGB-ENW, NO
Most recent popularity observationNorway · Girls #590 (1994)England and Wales · Girls #5891 (2024)
Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score)Not yet recordedNot yet recorded
Spelling simplicity (demonstration score)82/10095/100
International familiarity (demonstration score)40/10060/100
Data Confidencemediummedium

What the data shows

  • Marzena has 3 syllables, compared with 1 for Ngoc.
  • Both names have recorded usage in NO.

How each name got here

Marzena

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1962

    First recorded at #418 among girls in Norway in 1962 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Norway · Girls

  2. Highest recorded1962–1994

    Highest recorded position: #264 among girls in Norway, in 1981 (recorded 1962–1994).

    Norway · Girls

  3. Most recent1994

    Most recently recorded at #590 among girls in Norway, in 1994.

    Norway · Girls

Ngoc

Popularity journey

  1. 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

  2. Highest recorded1957–2003

    Highest recorded position: #298 among girls in Norway, in 1970 (recorded 1957–2003).

    Norway · Girls

  3. Most recent2024

    Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.

    England and Wales · Girls