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Solveig vs Wenche

Solveig and Wenche compared 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 2008, Solveig was ranked #63 and Wenche #621 among girls in Norway.

Solveig and Wenche over time

Norway · Girls
#10#30#100#30019452008Solveig #63Wenche #6211945: Solveig #14, Wenche #221946: Solveig #14, Wenche #191947: Solveig #12, Wenche #181948: Solveig #13, Wenche #181949: Solveig #11, Wenche #151950: Solveig #14, Wenche #131951: Solveig #16, Wenche #111952: Solveig #29, Wenche #91953: Solveig #24, Wenche #101954: Solveig #25, Wenche #101955: Solveig #30, Wenche #71956: Solveig #34, Wenche #71957: Solveig #38, Wenche #81958: Solveig #39, Wenche #81959: Solveig #39, Wenche #71960: Solveig #51, Wenche #121961: Solveig #46, Wenche #161962: Solveig #55, Wenche #151963: Solveig #54, Wenche #201964: Solveig #42, Wenche #141965: Solveig #58, Wenche #141966: Solveig #47, Wenche #121967: Solveig #59, Wenche #161968: Solveig #65, Wenche #201969: Solveig #68, Wenche #261970: Solveig #73, Wenche #271971: Solveig #66, Wenche #231972: Solveig #70, Wenche #271973: Solveig #80, Wenche #371974: Solveig #78, Wenche #541975: Solveig #68, Wenche #461976: Solveig #75, Wenche #511977: Solveig #72, Wenche #601978: Solveig #68, Wenche #691979: Solveig #71, Wenche #821980: Solveig #76, Wenche #821981: Solveig #60, Wenche #1111982: Solveig #80, Wenche #1181983: Solveig #94, Wenche #1151984: Solveig #74, Wenche #1191985: Solveig #83, Wenche #1511986: Solveig #83, Wenche #1861987: Solveig #92, Wenche #2141988: Solveig #109, Wenche #2011989: Solveig #95, Wenche #2361990: Solveig #93, Wenche #2831991: Solveig #84, Wenche #2741992: Solveig #85, Wenche #3671993: Solveig #68, Wenche #6781994: Solveig #79, Wenche #4221995: Solveig #63, Wenche #3101996: Solveig #82, Wenche #6121997: Solveig #66, Wenche #4861999: Solveig #67, Wenche #6382000: Solveig #72, Wenche #4832003: Solveig #70, Wenche #5742007: Solveig #73, Wenche #6292008: Solveig #63, Wenche #621

Higher on the chart is a stronger position. The scale is logarithmic, so the gap from #1 to #10 is drawn as large as the gap from #100 to #1,000.

Solveig and Wenche over time

Solveig and Wenche appear together in 1 published list, across 58 years of shared records. Solveig held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Wenche in 0.

In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.

Solveig reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Wenche 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.

List by list

  • Norway · Girls58 shared years, 1945–2008

    Solveig held the stronger position in 30 of those years, Wenche in 28.

    Highest recorded here: Solveig #11 in 1949, Wenche #7 in 1955.

    The order between them never changed and held in this list.

    Most recent shared year, 2008: Solveig #63, Wenche #621.

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.

Where to go next

Comparisons that share a name, a rule or a published list with this one. Each is an existing comparison page with its own evidence — nothing here says these pairs are alike.

Other comparisons involving Solveig

Pairs where Solveig shares a published list with another name, each measured inside one registrar's own list.

Other comparisons involving Wenche

Pairs where Wenche shares a published list with another name, each measured inside one registrar's own list.

Other pairs with the same kind of relationship

Pairs that qualify under the same rule as this one — started together, ended far apart.

All started together, ended far apart →

Other pairs from Norway lists

Pairs measured inside Norway's own published lists, where this pair's strongest relationship is also recorded. Positions in these lists are not comparable with another registrar's.

Norway overview →

Other pairs ranked together in the 2000s

Pairs both ranked in the same published list at some point between 2000 and 2009.

The 2000s across all registrars →

Side by side

Side-by-side comparison of Solveig, Wenche
FieldSolveigWenche
Record typeOfficial statistical record (evidence-only)Official statistical record (evidence-only)
Gender usagefemalefemale
MeaningNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
OriginNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
PronunciationNot yet recorded
Syllables22
Common variants / nicknamesNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Recorded regional usageEngland and Wales, NorwayNorway
Most recent popularity observationNorway · Girls #28 (2025)Norway · Girls #621 (2008)
Data Confidencemediummedium

What the data shows

  • Solveig and Wenche both have 2 syllables.
  • Both names have recorded usage in NO.

How each name got here

Solveig

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1945

    First recorded at #14 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Norway · Girls

  2. Highest recorded1945–2025

    Highest recorded position: #11 among girls in Norway, in 1949 (recorded 1945–2025).

    Norway · Girls

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #28 among girls in Norway, in 2025.

    Norway · Girls

Wenche

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1945

    First recorded at #22 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Norway · Girls

  2. Highest recorded1945–2008

    Highest recorded position: #7 among girls in Norway, in 1955 (recorded 1945–2008).

    Norway · Girls

  3. Most recent2008

    Most recently recorded at #621 among girls in Norway, in 2008.

    Norway · Girls