Abdullah vs Øystein
Abdullah and Øysteincompared 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 2025, Abdullah was ranked #308 and Øystein #523 among boys in Norway.
Abdullah and Øystein over time
Abdullah and Øystein appear together in 1 published list, across 65 years of shared records. Øystein held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Abdullah 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.
Øystein reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Abdullah 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
Abdullah and Øystein changed places 9 times in Norway · Boys between 1954 and 2025, ending at #308 and #523.
- Longest-running competitions
Abdullah and Øystein were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 65 years, from 1954 to 2025, ending at #308 and #523.
List by list
Norway · Boys65 shared years, 1954–2025
Abdullah held the stronger position in 18 of those years, Øystein in 47.
Highest recorded here: Abdullah #186 in 1999, Øystein #18 in 1981.
The order changed in 2025: Abdullah moved ahead. In 2024 they stood at #435 and #417; by 2025 that had become #308 and #523.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Abdullah #308, Øystein #523.
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 | Abdullah | Øystein |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Official statistical record (evidence-only) | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | male | male |
| Meaning | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Origin | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Pronunciation | Not yet recorded | |
| Syllables | 3 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | England and Wales · Boys #162 (2025) | Norway · Boys #523 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 76/100 | 82/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Abdullah has 3 syllables, compared with 2 for Øystein.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Abdullah
Popularity journey
First recorded1954
First recorded at #403 among boys in Norway in 1954 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2025
Highest recorded position: #146 among boys in England and Wales, in 2015 (recorded 1996–2025).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #162 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys
Øystein
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #57 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #18 among boys in Norway, in 1981 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #523 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys