Arturas vs Torkil
Arturas and Torkilcompared 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 1993, Arturas was ranked #532 and Torkil #486 among boys in Norway.
Arturas and Torkil over time
Arturas and Torkil appear together in 1 published list, across 27 years of shared records. Arturas held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Torkil 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.
Arturas reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Torkil 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
Arturas and Torkil changed places 5 times in Norway · Boys between 1961 and 1993, ending at #532 and #486.
List by list
Norway · Boys27 shared years, 1961–1993
Arturas held the stronger position in 24 of those years, Torkil in 3.
Highest recorded here: Arturas #167 in 1987, Torkil #314 in 1990.
The order changed in 1993: Torkil moved ahead. In 1992 they stood at #359 and #518; by 1993 that had become #532 and #486.
Most recent shared year, 1993: Arturas #532, Torkil #486.
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 | Arturas | Torkil |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 3 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | England and Wales · Boys #4749 (2018) | Norway · Boys #494 (2018) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 82/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 60/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Arturas has 3 syllables, compared with 2 for Torkil.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Arturas
Popularity journey
First recorded1961
First recorded at #420 among boys in Norway in 1961 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1961–1998
Highest recorded position: #167 among boys in Norway, in 1987 (recorded 1961–1998).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2018
Most recently recorded at #4749 among boys in England and Wales, in 2018.
England and Wales · Boys
Torkil
Popularity journey
First recorded1956
First recorded at #442 among boys in Norway in 1956 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1956–2018
Highest recorded position: #314 among boys in Norway, in 1990 (recorded 1956–2018).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2018
Most recently recorded at #494 among boys in Norway, in 2018.
Norway · Boys