Ansgar vs Haakon
Ansgar and Haakoncompared 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, Ansgar was ranked #450 and Haakon #208 among boys in Norway.
Ansgar and Haakon over time
Ansgar and Haakon appear together in 1 published list, across 21 years of shared records. Haakon held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Ansgar 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.
Ansgar reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Haakon 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
Ansgar and Haakon changed places 5 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 2025, ending at #450 and #208.
List by list
Norway · Boys21 shared years, 1945–2025
Ansgar held the stronger position in 6 of those years, Haakon in 15.
Highest recorded here: Ansgar #188 in 1945, Haakon #128 in 2021.
The order changed in 1954: Haakon moved ahead. In 1953 they stood at #293 and #341; by 1954 that had become #407 and #264.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Ansgar #450, Haakon #208.
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 | Ansgar | Haakon |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #450 (2025) | Norway · Boys #208 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 88/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Ansgar and Haakon both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Ansgar
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #188 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: #188 among boys in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #450 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys
Haakon
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #191 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: #82 among boys in Norway, in 1992 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #208 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys