Runa vs Salma
Runa and Salmacompared 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, Runa was ranked #226 and Salma #416 among girls in Norway.
England and Wales · Girls
In 2024, Runa was ranked #2411 and Salma #722 among girls in England and Wales.
Runa and Salma over time
Runa and Salma appear together in 2 published lists, across 62 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
Runa and Salma changed places 4 times in Norway · Girls between 1953 and 2025, ending at #226 and #416.
- Longest-running competitions
Runa and Salma were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 46 years, from 1953 to 2025, ending at #226 and #416.
List by list
Norway · Girls46 shared years, 1953–2025
Runa held the stronger position in 40 of those years, Salma in 6.
Highest recorded here: Runa #187 in 2012, Salma #228 in 2017.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Runa #226, Salma #416.
England and Wales · Girls16 shared years, 1996–2024
Runa held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Salma in 16.
Highest recorded here: Runa #1416 in 2022, Salma #336 in 2009.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2024: Runa #2411, Salma #722.
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 | Runa | Salma |
|---|---|---|
| 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, NO | GB-ENW, GB-SCT, IE, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #226 (2025) | Norway · Girls #416 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Runa and Salma both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW, NO.
How each name got here
Runa
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #290 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: #165 among girls in Norway, in 1962 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #226 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls
Salma
Popularity journey
First recorded1953
First recorded at #433 among girls in Norway in 1953 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1953–2025
Highest recorded position: #228 among girls in Norway, in 2017 (recorded 1953–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #416 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls