Petra vs Wilma
Petra and Wilmacompared 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, Petra was ranked #120 and Wilma #117 among girls in Norway.
England and Wales · Girls
In 2025, Petra was ranked #2138 and Wilma #2278 among girls in England and Wales.
Petra and Wilma over time
Petra and Wilma appear together in 2 published lists, across 42 years of shared records. Neither was ahead in more lists than the other.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Each reached its own highest recorded position first in 1 of the lists they share.
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
Petra and Wilma changed places 5 times in Norway · Girls between 1998 and 2025, ending at #120 and #117.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Girls within 2 years — Petra #120 in 2025, Wilma #109 in 2024.
List by list
Norway · Girls28 shared years, 1998–2025
Petra held the stronger position in 6 of those years, Wilma in 22.
Highest recorded here: Petra #120 in 2025, Wilma #109 in 2024.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Petra #120, Wilma #117.
England and Wales · Girls14 shared years, 2001–2025
Petra held the stronger position in 14 of those years, Wilma in 0.
Highest recorded here: Petra #897 in 2019, Wilma #2278 in 2025.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Petra #2138, Wilma #2278.
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 | Petra | Wilma |
|---|---|---|
| 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, IE, NO | GB-ENW, IE, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #120 (2025) | Norway · Girls #117 (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 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Petra and Wilma both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW, IE, NO.
How each name got here
Petra
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #193 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: #120 among girls in Norway, in 2025 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #2138 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls
Wilma
Popularity journey
First recorded1998
First recorded at #523 among girls in Norway in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1998–2025
Highest recorded position: #109 among girls in Norway, in 2024 (recorded 1998–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #2278 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls