May-Britt vs Olaug
May-Britt and Olaugcompared 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 1990, May-Britt was ranked #574 and Olaug #576 among girls in Norway.
May-Britt and Olaug over time
May-Britt and Olaug appear together in 1 published list, across 45 years of shared records. May-Britt held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Olaug in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Olaug reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and May-Britt 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
May-Britt and Olaug changed places 7 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 1990, ending at #574 and #576.
- Longest-running competitions
May-Britt and Olaug were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 45 years, from 1945 to 1990, ending at #574 and #576.
List by list
Norway · Girls45 shared years, 1945–1990
May-Britt held the stronger position in 28 of those years, Olaug in 17.
Highest recorded here: May-Britt #92 in 1959, Olaug #68 in 1945.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1990: May-Britt #574, Olaug #576.
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 | May-Britt | Olaug |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #518 (1991) | Norway · Girls #609 (2008) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 70/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- May-Britt and Olaug both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
May-Britt
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #289 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–1991
Highest recorded position: #92 among girls in Norway, in 1959 (recorded 1945–1991).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1991
Most recently recorded at #518 among girls in Norway, in 1991.
Norway · Girls
Olaug
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #68 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2008
Highest recorded position: #68 among girls in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2008).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2008
Most recently recorded at #609 among girls in Norway, in 2008.
Norway · Girls