Arild vs Tom

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 Tom #388 among boys in Norway.

Arild and Tom over time

Arild and Tom appear together in 1 published list, across 75 years of shared records. Tom 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 Tom 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 · Boys75 shared years, 1945–2025

  Arild held the stronger position in 9 of those years, Tom in 66.

  Highest recorded here: Arild #22 in 1949, Tom #12 in 1960.

  The order changed in 1954: Tom moved ahead. In 1953 they stood at #22 and #27; by 1954 that had become #25 and #22.

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Arild #489, Tom #388.

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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