Pernille vs Samira
Pernille and Samiracompared 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, Pernille was ranked #70 and Samira #451 among girls in Norway.
Pernille and Samira over time
Pernille and Samira appear together in 1 published list, across 58 years of shared records. Pernille held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Samira in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Samira reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Pernille 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.
- Longest-running competitions
Pernille and Samira were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 58 years, from 1964 to 2025, ending at #70 and #451.
List by list
Norway · Girls58 shared years, 1964–2025
Pernille held the stronger position in 57 of those years, Samira in 1.
Highest recorded here: Pernille #34 in 2010, Samira #228 in 1981.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Pernille #70, Samira #451.
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 | Pernille | Samira |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 3 | 3 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | GB-ENW, IE, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #70 (2025) | Norway · Girls #451 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 76/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Pernille and Samira both have 3 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Pernille
Popularity journey
First recorded1957
First recorded at #465 among girls in Norway in 1957 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1957–2025
Highest recorded position: #34 among girls in Norway, in 2010 (recorded 1957–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #70 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls
Samira
Popularity journey
First recorded1961
First recorded at #458 among girls in Norway in 1961 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1961–2025
Highest recorded position: #228 among girls in Norway, in 1981 (recorded 1961–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #997 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls