Arild vs Fillip
Arild and Fillipcompared 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, Arild was ranked #489 and Fillip #249 among boys in Norway.
Arild and Fillip over time
Arild and Fillip appear together in 1 published list, across 22 years of shared records. Fillip held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Arild 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.
Arild reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Fillip 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.
- Mirrored each other
Over 22 shared years in Norway · Boys, Fillip rose about as far as Arild fell — from #267 and #594 in 1993 to #489 and #249 in 2025.
List by list
Norway · Boys22 shared years, 1993–2025
Arild held the stronger position in 6 of those years, Fillip in 16.
Highest recorded here: Arild #211 in 1999, Fillip #126 in 2020.
The order changed in 2005: Fillip moved ahead. In 2004 they stood at #312 and #350; by 2005 that had become #518 and #214.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Arild #489, Fillip #249.
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 | Arild | Fillip |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Not yet recorded |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | GB-ENW, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #489 (2025) | Norway · Boys #249 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 60/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Arild and Fillip both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Arild
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #32 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: #22 among boys in Norway, in 1949 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #489 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys
Fillip
Popularity journey
First recorded1993
First recorded at #594 among boys in Norway in 1993 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1993–2025
Highest recorded position: #126 among boys in Norway, in 2020 (recorded 1993–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #249 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys