Arne vs Magne
Arne and Magnecompared 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, Arne was ranked #222 and Magne #201 among boys in Norway.
Arne and Magne over time
Arne and Magne appear together in 1 published list, across 81 years of shared records. Arne held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Magne 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.
Magne reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Arne 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
Arne and Magne were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #222 and #201.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Boys within 2 years — Arne #5 in 1946, Magne #28 in 1945.
List by list
Norway · Boys81 shared years, 1945–2025
Arne held the stronger position in 80 of those years, Magne in 1.
Highest recorded here: Arne #5 in 1946, Magne #28 in 1945.
The order changed in 2025: Magne moved ahead. In 2024 they stood at #174 and #233; by 2025 that had become #222 and #201.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Arne #222, Magne #201.
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 | Arne | Magne |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | GB-ENW, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #222 (2025) | Norway · Boys #201 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 60/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Arne and Magne both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Arne
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #6 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: #5 among boys in Norway, in 1946 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #3256 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys
Magne
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #28 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: #28 among boys in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #201 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys