Målfrid vs Svanhild
Målfrid and Svanhildcompared 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 1989, Målfrid was ranked #680 and Svanhild #642 among girls in Norway.
Målfrid and Svanhild over time
Målfrid and Svanhild appear together in 1 published list, across 40 years of shared records. Svanhild held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Målfrid in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
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
Målfrid and Svanhild changed places 12 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 1989, ending at #680 and #642.
- Longest-running competitions
Målfrid and Svanhild were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 40 years, from 1945 to 1989, ending at #680 and #642.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Girls within 2 years — Målfrid #80 in 1945, Svanhild #77 in 1945.
List by list
Norway · Girls40 shared years, 1945–1989
Målfrid held the stronger position in 8 of those years, Svanhild in 32.
Highest recorded here: Målfrid #80 in 1945, Svanhild #77 in 1945.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1989: Målfrid #680, Svanhild #642.
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 | Målfrid | Svanhild |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #611 (2006) | Norway · Girls #538 (2016) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 82/100 | 76/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Målfrid has 1 syllable, compared with 2 for Svanhild.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Målfrid
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #80 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2006
Highest recorded position: #80 among girls in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2006).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2006
Most recently recorded at #611 among girls in Norway, in 2006.
Norway · Girls
Svanhild
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #77 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2016
Highest recorded position: #77 among girls in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2016).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2016
Most recently recorded at #538 among girls in Norway, in 2016.
Norway · Girls