Agnar vs Toralf
Agnar and Toralfcompared 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 1979, Agnar was ranked #604 and Toralf #599 among boys in Norway.
Agnar and Toralf over time
Agnar and Toralf appear together in 1 published list, across 31 years of shared records. Agnar held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Toralf 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.
Toralf 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.
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
Agnar and Toralf changed places 9 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 1979, ending at #604 and #599.
- Longest-running competitions
Agnar and Toralf were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 31 years, from 1945 to 1979, ending at #604 and #599.
List by list
Norway · Boys31 shared years, 1945–1979
Agnar held the stronger position in 25 of those years, Toralf in 6.
Highest recorded here: Agnar #132 in 1954, Toralf #183 in 1949.
The order changed in 1978: Toralf moved ahead. In 1977 they stood at #586 and #632; by 1978 that had become #598 and #589.
Most recent shared year, 1979: Agnar #604, Toralf #599.
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 | Toralf |
|---|---|---|
| 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 #506 (2015) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Agnar and Toralf 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
Toralf
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #196 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2015
Highest recorded position: #183 among boys in Norway, in 1949 (recorded 1945–2015).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2015
Most recently recorded at #506 among boys in Norway, in 2015.
Norway · Boys