Maud vs Nikoline
Maud and Nikolinecompared 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, Maud was ranked #161 and Nikoline #158 among girls in Norway.
Maud and Nikoline over time
Maud and Nikoline appear together in 1 published list, across 31 years of shared records. Nikoline held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Maud in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Nikoline reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Maud 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
Maud and Nikoline changed places 7 times in Norway · Girls between 1988 and 2025, ending at #161 and #158.
- Longest-running competitions
Maud and Nikoline were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 31 years, from 1988 to 2025, ending at #161 and #158.
List by list
Norway · Girls31 shared years, 1988–2025
Maud held the stronger position in 5 of those years, Nikoline in 26.
Highest recorded here: Maud #161 in 2025, Nikoline #103 in 2020.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Maud #161, Nikoline #158.
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 | Maud | Nikoline |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1 | 4 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, GB-SCT, IE, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #161 (2025) | Norway · Girls #158 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 76/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Maud has 1 syllable, compared with 4 for Nikoline.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Maud
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #288 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: #161 among girls in Norway, in 2025 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #161 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls
Nikoline
Popularity journey
First recorded1988
First recorded at #684 among girls in Norway in 1988 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1988–2025
Highest recorded position: #103 among girls in Norway, in 2020 (recorded 1988–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #158 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls