Adem vs Truls
Adem and Trulscompared 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 2024, Adem was ranked #392 and Truls #332 among boys in Norway.
Adem and Truls over time
Adem and Truls appear together in 1 published list, across 30 years of shared records. Truls held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Adem in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Truls reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Adem 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.
- Longest-running competitions
Adem and Truls were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 30 years, from 1962 to 2024, ending at #392 and #332.
List by list
Norway · Boys30 shared years, 1962–2024
Adem held the stronger position in 2 of those years, Truls in 28.
Highest recorded here: Adem #368 in 2019, Truls #102 in 1989.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2024: Adem #392, Truls #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 | Adem | Truls |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2 | 1 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, IE, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #392 (2024) | Norway · Boys #256 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Adem has 2 syllables, compared with 1 for Truls.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Adem
Popularity journey
First recorded1962
First recorded at #478 among boys in Norway in 1962 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1962–2024
Highest recorded position: #368 among boys in Norway, in 2019 (recorded 1962–2024).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1758 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys
Truls
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #138 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: #91 among boys in Norway, in 2001 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #256 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys