Aaron vs Torkil
Aaron and Torkilcompared 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 · Boys
In 2018, Aaron was ranked #199 and Torkil #494 among boys in Norway.
Aaron and Torkil over time
Aaron and Torkil appear together in 1 published list, across 25 years of shared records. Aaron held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Torkil 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.
Torkil reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Aaron 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
Aaron and Torkil changed places 7 times in Norway · Boys between 1972 and 2018, ending at #199 and #494.
List by list
Norway · Boys25 shared years, 1972–2018
Aaron held the stronger position in 13 of those years, Torkil in 12.
Highest recorded here: Aaron #175 in 2017, Torkil #314 in 1990.
The order changed in 2002: Aaron moved ahead. In 2001 they stood at #453 and #379; by 2002 that had become #263 and #556.
Most recent shared year, 2018: Aaron #199, Torkil #494.
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 | Aaron | Torkil |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Editorially researched profile | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | male | male |
| Meaning | Best known as the name of Moses's elder brother and the first high priest of Israel in the Old Testament; the literal meaning of the name itself is not reliably established. | Not yet recorded |
| Origin | Biblical Hebrew (likely of Egyptian origin) | Not yet recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɛrən/ | Not yet recorded |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | AU-NSW, GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO, NZ | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Republic of Ireland · Boys #71 (2025) | Norway · Boys #494 (2018) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | 90/100 | 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
- Aaron has a recorded origin (Biblical Hebrew (likely of Egyptian origin)); Torkil does not have one recorded yet.
- Aaron and Torkil both have 2 syllables.
- A meaning is recorded for Aaron; Torkil doesn't have one written yet.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Aaron
Popularity journey
First recorded1965
First recorded at #222 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1965 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1965–2025
Highest recorded position: #6 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1998 (recorded 1965–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #334 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys
Torkil
Popularity journey
First recorded1956
First recorded at #442 among boys in Norway in 1956 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1956–2018
Highest recorded position: #314 among boys in Norway, in 1990 (recorded 1956–2018).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2018
Most recently recorded at #494 among boys in Norway, in 2018.
Norway · Boys