Oddveig vs Svanhild
Oddveig 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 1987, Oddveig was ranked #578 and Svanhild #411 among girls in Norway.
Oddveig and Svanhild over time
Oddveig and Svanhild appear together in 1 published list, across 36 years of shared records. Svanhild held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Oddveig in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Svanhild reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Oddveig 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
Oddveig and Svanhild changed places 8 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 1987, ending at #578 and #411.
- Longest-running competitions
Oddveig and Svanhild were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 36 years, from 1945 to 1987, ending at #578 and #411.
List by list
Norway · Girls36 shared years, 1945–1987
Oddveig held the stronger position in 4 of those years, Svanhild in 32.
Highest recorded here: Oddveig #114 in 1955, Svanhild #77 in 1945.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1987: Oddveig #578, Svanhild #411.
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 | Oddveig | 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 | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #578 (1987) | 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
- Oddveig and Svanhild both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Oddveig
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #127 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–1987
Highest recorded position: #114 among girls in Norway, in 1955 (recorded 1945–1987).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1987
Most recently recorded at #578 among girls in Norway, in 1987.
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