Salma vs Thilde
Salma and Thildecompared 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, Salma was ranked #416 and Thilde #332 among girls in Norway.
Salma and Thilde over time
Salma and Thilde appear together in 1 published list, across 26 years of shared records. Salma held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Thilde in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Thilde reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Salma 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
Salma and Thilde changed places 6 times in Norway · Girls between 1999 and 2025, ending at #416 and #332.
List by list
Norway · Girls26 shared years, 1999–2025
Salma held the stronger position in 19 of those years, Thilde in 7.
Highest recorded here: Salma #228 in 2017, Thilde #248 in 2012.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Salma #416, Thilde #332.
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 | Salma | Thilde |
|---|---|---|
| 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-SCT, IE, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #416 (2025) | Norway · Girls #332 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Salma and Thilde both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
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
Thilde
Popularity journey
First recorded1997
First recorded at #639 among girls in Norway in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2025
Highest recorded position: #248 among girls in Norway, in 2012 (recorded 1997–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #332 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls