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May-Liss vs Vilde

May-Liss and Vildecompared 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 1986, May-Liss was ranked #619 and Vilde #198 among girls in Norway.

May-Liss and Vilde over time

May-Liss and Vilde appear together in 1 published list, across 10 years of shared records. Neither was ahead in more lists than the other.

The order between them changed and held in one of those lists — a change in that published list, never a claim that one name displaced the other.

May-Liss reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Vilde 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.

List by list

  • Norway · Girls10 shared years, 19651986

    May-Liss held the stronger position in 5 of those years, Vilde in 5.

    Highest recorded here: May-Liss #337 in 1965, Vilde #198 in 1986.

    The order changed in 1983: Vilde moved ahead. In 1982 they stood at #432 and #474; by 1983 that had become #604 and #329.

    Most recent shared year, 1986: May-Liss #619, Vilde #198.

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 Vilde

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

Side by side

Side-by-side comparison of May-Liss, Vilde
FieldMay-LissVilde
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 recorded
Syllables22
Common variants / nicknamesNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Recorded regional usageNONO
Most recent popularity observationNorway · Girls #619 (1986)Norway · Girls #32 (2025)
Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score)Not yet recordedNot yet recorded
Spelling simplicity (demonstration score)76/10094/100
International familiarity (demonstration score)40/10040/100
Data Confidencemediummedium

What the data shows

  • May-Liss and Vilde both have 2 syllables.
  • Both names have recorded usage in NO.

How each name got here

May-Liss

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1947

    First recorded at #356 among girls in Norway in 1947 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Norway · Girls

  2. Highest recorded1947–1986

    Highest recorded position: #275 among girls in Norway, in 1953 (recorded 1947–1986).

    Norway · Girls

  3. Most recent1986

    Most recently recorded at #619 among girls in Norway, in 1986.

    Norway · Girls

Vilde

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1965

    First recorded at #524 among girls in Norway in 1965 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Norway · Girls

  2. Highest recorded1965–2025

    Highest recorded position: #8 among girls in Norway, in 1997 (recorded 1965–2025).

    Norway · Girls

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #32 among girls in Norway, in 2025.

    Norway · Girls