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Anders vs Per

Anders and Per compared 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 2025, Anders was ranked #293 and Per #142 among boys in Norway.

Anders and Per over time

Norway · Boys
#1#3#10#30#10019452025Anders #293Per #1421945: Anders #55, Per #11946: Anders #64, Per #21947: Anders #61, Per #21948: Anders #62, Per #21949: Anders #68, Per #21950: Anders #65, Per #21951: Anders #60, Per #21952: Anders #70, Per #31953: Anders #65, Per #21954: Anders #65, Per #21955: Anders #69, Per #21956: Anders #64, Per #21957: Anders #54, Per #21958: Anders #72, Per #21959: Anders #53, Per #21960: Anders #51, Per #31961: Anders #56, Per #21962: Anders #53, Per #21963: Anders #51, Per #41964: Anders #45, Per #31965: Anders #47, Per #31966: Anders #43, Per #41967: Anders #47, Per #41968: Anders #39, Per #41969: Anders #42, Per #51970: Anders #41, Per #81971: Anders #32, Per #81972: Anders #36, Per #111973: Anders #23, Per #121974: Anders #19, Per #111975: Anders #13, Per #161976: Anders #14, Per #161977: Anders #7, Per #141978: Anders #7, Per #171979: Anders #4, Per #111980: Anders #5, Per #231981: Anders #3, Per #191982: Anders #4, Per #221983: Anders #4, Per #191984: Anders #3, Per #231985: Anders #3, Per #291986: Anders #7, Per #311987: Anders #8, Per #331988: Anders #6, Per #391989: Anders #8, Per #371990: Anders #7, Per #461991: Anders #8, Per #401992: Anders #9, Per #581993: Anders #8, Per #521994: Anders #10, Per #561995: Anders #11, Per #571996: Anders #17, Per #671997: Anders #14, Per #831998: Anders #19, Per #661999: Anders #23, Per #822000: Anders #33, Per #1072001: Anders #29, Per #1202002: Anders #27, Per #1062003: Anders #33, Per #1112004: Anders #36, Per #1202005: Anders #44, Per #1352006: Anders #53, Per #1522007: Anders #54, Per #1452008: Anders #73, Per #1662009: Anders #90, Per #1472010: Anders #86, Per #1592011: Anders #114, Per #1492012: Anders #202, Per #1622013: Anders #202, Per #1932014: Anders #152, Per #1802015: Anders #170, Per #2142016: Anders #210, Per #1952017: Anders #178, Per #2022018: Anders #164, Per #2032019: Anders #267, Per #1622020: Anders #163, Per #1842021: Anders #206, Per #2202022: Anders #254, Per #1862023: Anders #189, Per #1532024: Anders #279, Per #1582025: Anders #293, Per #142

Higher on the chart is a stronger position. The scale is logarithmic, so the gap from #1 to #10 is drawn as large as the gap from #100 to #1,000.

Anders and Per over time

Anders and Per appear together in 1 published list, across 81 years of shared records. Anders held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Per in 0.

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

Per reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Anders 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.

List by list

  • Norway · Boys81 shared years, 1945–2025

    Anders held the stronger position in 43 of those years, Per in 38.

    Highest recorded here: Anders #3 in 1981, Per #1 in 1945.

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

    Most recent shared year, 2025: Anders #293, Per #142.

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.

Where to go next

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.

Other comparisons involving Anders

Pairs where Anders shares a published list with another name, each measured inside one registrar's own list.

Other comparisons involving Per

Pairs where Per shares a published list with another name, each measured inside one registrar's own list.

Other pairs with the same kind of relationship

Pairs that qualify under the same rule as this one — longest-running competitions.

All longest-running competitions →

Other pairs from Norway lists

Pairs measured inside Norway's own published lists, where this pair's strongest relationship is also recorded. Positions in these lists are not comparable with another registrar's.

Norway overview →

Other pairs ranked together in the 2020s

Pairs both ranked in the same published list at some point between 2020 and 2029.

The 2020s across all registrars →

Side by side

Side-by-side comparison of Anders, Per
FieldAndersPer
Record typeOfficial statistical record (evidence-only)Official statistical record (evidence-only)
Gender usagemalemale
MeaningNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
OriginNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Pronunciation
Syllables21
Common variants / nicknamesNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Recorded regional usageEngland and Wales, NorwayNorway
Most recent popularity observationNorway · Boys #293 (2025)Norway · Boys #142 (2025)
Data Confidencemediummedium

What the data shows

  • Anders has 2 syllables, compared with 1 for Per.
  • Both names have recorded usage in NO.

How each name got here

Anders

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1945

    First recorded at #55 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Norway · Boys

  2. Highest recorded1945–2025

    Highest recorded position: #3 among boys in Norway, in 1981 (recorded 1945–2025).

    Norway · Boys

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #2952 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.

    England and Wales · Boys

Per

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1945

    First recorded at #1 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Norway · Boys

  2. Highest recorded1945–2025

    Highest recorded position: #1 among boys in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2025).

    Norway · Boys

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #142 among boys in Norway, in 2025.

    Norway · Boys