Aksel vs Vaidas
Aksel and Vaidascompared 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 1991, Aksel was ranked #168 and Vaidas #598 among boys in Norway.
Aksel and Vaidas over time
Aksel and Vaidas appear together in 1 published list, across 22 years of shared records. Aksel held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Vaidas in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Vaidas reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Aksel 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
Aksel and Vaidas changed places 6 times in Norway · Boys between 1966 and 1991, ending at #168 and #598.
List by list
Norway · Boys22 shared years, 1966–1991
Aksel held the stronger position in 18 of those years, Vaidas in 4.
Highest recorded here: Aksel #168 in 1991, Vaidas #277 in 1977.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1991: Aksel #168, Vaidas #598.
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 | Aksel | Vaidas |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, IE, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #25 (2025) | Norway · Boys #598 (1991) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | 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
- Aksel and Vaidas both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Aksel
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #174 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: #6 among boys in Norway, in 2021 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #25 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys
Vaidas
Popularity journey
First recorded1966
First recorded at #555 among boys in Norway in 1966 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1966–1991
Highest recorded position: #277 among boys in Norway, in 1977 (recorded 1966–1991).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1991
Most recently recorded at #598 among boys in Norway, in 1991.
Norway · Boys