Arnfinn vs Oddvar
Arnfinn and Oddvarcompared 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 1998, Arnfinn was ranked #544 and Oddvar #480 among boys in Norway.
Arnfinn and Oddvar over time
Arnfinn and Oddvar appear together in 1 published list, across 52 years of shared records. Oddvar held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Arnfinn in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Oddvar reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Arnfinn 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
Arnfinn and Oddvar changed places 22 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 1998, ending at #544 and #480.
- Closest over the longest run
Across 52 shared years in Norway · Boys, Arnfinn and Oddvar averaged 45.9 places apart, ending at #544 and #480.
- Longest-running competitions
Arnfinn and Oddvar were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 52 years, from 1945 to 1998, ending at #544 and #480.
List by list
Norway · Boys52 shared years, 1945–1998
Arnfinn held the stronger position in 13 of those years, Oddvar in 39.
Highest recorded here: Arnfinn #58 in 1952, Oddvar #38 in 1949.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1998: Arnfinn #544, Oddvar #480.
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 | Arnfinn | Oddvar |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #544 (1998) | Norway · Boys #489 (2022) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 82/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Arnfinn and Oddvar both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Arnfinn
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #84 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–1998
Highest recorded position: #58 among boys in Norway, in 1952 (recorded 1945–1998).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1998
Most recently recorded at #544 among boys in Norway, in 1998.
Norway · Boys
Oddvar
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #41 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2022
Highest recorded position: #38 among boys in Norway, in 1949 (recorded 1945–2022).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #489 among boys in Norway, in 2022.
Norway · Boys