Allan vs Kjetil
Allan and Kjetilcompared 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 2016, Allan was ranked #476 and Kjetil #493 among boys in Norway.
Allan and Kjetil over time
Allan and Kjetil appear together in 1 published list, across 60 years of shared records. Kjetil held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Allan 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.
Allan reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Kjetil 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
Allan and Kjetil were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 60 years, from 1945 to 2016, ending at #476 and #493.
List by list
Norway · Boys60 shared years, 1945–2016
Allan held the stronger position in 2 of those years, Kjetil in 58.
Highest recorded here: Allan #221 in 1956, Kjetil #14 in 1971.
The order changed in 2016: Allan moved ahead. In 2015 they stood at #517 and #447; by 2016 that had become #476 and #493.
Most recent shared year, 2016: Allan #476, Kjetil #493.
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 | Allan | Kjetil |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | AU-NSW, GB-ENW, GB-NIR, IE, NO, NZ | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #418 (2025) | Norway · Boys #420 (2022) |
| 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
- Allan and Kjetil both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Allan
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #323 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1952–1985
Highest recorded position: #31 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 1952 (recorded 1952–1985).
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #418 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys
Kjetil
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #200 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2022
Highest recorded position: #14 among boys in Norway, in 1971 (recorded 1945–2022).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #420 among boys in Norway, in 2022.
Norway · Boys