Selma vs Torild
Selma and Torildcompared 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 1983, Selma was ranked #370 and Torild #676 among girls in Norway.
Selma and Torild over time
Selma and Torild appear together in 1 published list, across 22 years of shared records. Torild held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Selma in 0.
The order between them changed and held in one of those lists — a change in that published list, never a claim that one name displaced the other.
Torild reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Selma 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
Selma and Torild changed places 5 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 1983, ending at #370 and #676.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Girls within 2 years — Selma #267 in 1950, Torild #46 in 1948.
List by list
Norway · Girls22 shared years, 1945–1983
Selma held the stronger position in 6 of those years, Torild in 16.
Highest recorded here: Selma #267 in 1950, Torild #46 in 1948.
The order changed in 1979: Selma moved ahead. In 1978 they stood at #628 and #582; by 1979 that had become #308 and #602.
Most recent shared year, 1983: Selma #370, Torild #676.
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 | Selma | Torild |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, IE, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #11 (2025) | Norway · Girls #676 (1983) |
| 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
- Selma and Torild both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Selma
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #352 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: #5 among girls in Norway, in 2024 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #11 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls
Torild
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #143 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–1983
Highest recorded position: #46 among girls in Norway, in 1948 (recorded 1945–1983).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1983
Most recently recorded at #676 among girls in Norway, in 1983.
Norway · Girls