Agnar vs Gunvald
Agnar and Gunvaldcompared 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 1963, Agnar was ranked #313 and Gunvald #474 among boys in Norway.
Agnar and Gunvald over time
Agnar and Gunvald appear together in 1 published list, across 14 years of shared records. Agnar held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Gunvald in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Gunvald reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Agnar 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.
List by list
Norway · Boys14 shared years, 1945–1963
Agnar held the stronger position in 13 of those years, Gunvald in 1.
Highest recorded here: Agnar #132 in 1954, Gunvald #188 in 1950.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1963: Agnar #313, Gunvald #474.
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 | Agnar | Gunvald |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Not yet recorded |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #417 (2025) | Norway · Boys #474 (1963) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 82/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Agnar and Gunvald both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Agnar
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #160 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: #132 among boys in Norway, in 1954 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #417 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys
Gunvald
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #225 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–1963
Highest recorded position: #188 among boys in Norway, in 1950 (recorded 1945–1963).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1963
Most recently recorded at #474 among boys in Norway, in 1963.
Norway · Boys