Mina vs Oda
Mina and Odacompared 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, Mina was ranked #65 and Oda #87 among girls in Norway.
Mina and Oda over time
Mina and Oda appear together in 1 published list, across 49 years of shared records. Oda held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Mina in 0.
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.
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.
- One moved ahead of the other
In 2023, Mina moved ahead of Oda in Norway · Girls — #66 and #50 the year before became #56 and #73.
- Repeatedly exchanged positions
Mina and Oda changed places 7 times in Norway · Girls between 1949 and 2025, ending at #65 and #87.
- Closest over the longest run
Across 49 shared years in Norway · Girls, Mina and Oda averaged 55.1 places apart, ending at #65 and #87.
- Longest-running competitions
Mina and Oda were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 49 years, from 1949 to 2025, ending at #65 and #87.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Girls within 2 years — Mina #20 in 2007, Oda #21 in 2007.
List by list
Norway · Girls49 shared years, 1949–2025
Mina held the stronger position in 13 of those years, Oda in 36.
Highest recorded here: Mina #20 in 2007, Oda #21 in 2007.
The order changed in 2023: Mina moved ahead. In 2022 they stood at #66 and #50; by 2023 that had become #56 and #73.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Mina #65, Oda #87.
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 | Mina | Oda |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| 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 #65 (2025) | Norway · Girls #87 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 95/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Mina and Oda both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Mina
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #350 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: #20 among girls in Norway, in 2007 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #65 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls
Oda
Popularity journey
First recorded1949
First recorded at #351 among girls in Norway in 1949 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1949–2025
Highest recorded position: #21 among girls in Norway, in 2007 (recorded 1949–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #87 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls