Peggy vs Ragna
Peggy and Ragnacompared 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 1978, Peggy was ranked #637 and Ragna #443 among girls in Norway.
Peggy and Ragna over time
Peggy and Ragna appear together in 1 published list, across 32 years of shared records. Ragna held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Peggy in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Ragna reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Peggy 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
Peggy and Ragna changed places 6 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 1978, ending at #637 and #443.
- Longest-running competitions
Peggy and Ragna were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 32 years, from 1945 to 1978, ending at #637 and #443.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Girls within 2 years — Peggy #240 in 1953, Ragna #146 in 1951.
List by list
Norway · Girls32 shared years, 1945–1978
Peggy held the stronger position in 5 of those years, Ragna in 27.
Highest recorded here: Peggy #240 in 1953, Ragna #146 in 1951.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1978: Peggy #637, Ragna #443.
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 | Peggy | Ragna |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | England and Wales · Girls #542 (2025) | Norway · Girls #285 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Peggy and Ragna both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Peggy
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #318 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–1978
Highest recorded position: #240 among girls in Norway, in 1953 (recorded 1945–1978).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #542 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls
Ragna
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #199 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: #146 among girls in Norway, in 1951 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #285 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls