Alfred vs Brynjulf

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 1967, Alfred was ranked #332 and Brynjulf #491 among boys in Norway.

Alfred and Brynjulf over time

Alfred and Brynjulf appear together in 1 published list, across 20 years of shared records. Alfred held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Brynjulf in 0.

In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.

Alfred reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Brynjulf 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 · Boys20 shared years, 1945–1967

  Alfred held the stronger position in 20 of those years, Brynjulf in 0.

  Highest recorded here: Alfred #127 in 1945, Brynjulf #209 in 1951.

  The order between them never changed and held in this list.

  Most recent shared year, 1967: Alfred #332, Brynjulf #491.

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.

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Comparisons that share a name, a rule or a published list with this one. Each is an existing comparison page with its own evidence — nothing here says these pairs are alike.

Side by side

How each name got here