Arvydas vs Sean
Arvydas and Seancompared 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 1992, Arvydas was ranked #581 and Sean #344 among boys in Norway.
Arvydas and Sean over time
Arvydas and Sean appear together in 1 published list, across 15 years of shared records. Arvydas held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Sean 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.
Arvydas reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Sean 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
Arvydas and Sean changed places 7 times in Norway · Boys between 1965 and 1992, ending at #581 and #344.
List by list
Norway · Boys15 shared years, 1965–1992
Arvydas held the stronger position in 9 of those years, Sean in 6.
Highest recorded here: Arvydas #360 in 1983, Sean #344 in 1992.
The order changed in 1990: Sean moved ahead. In 1989 they stood at #447 and #481; by 1990 that had become #560 and #358.
Most recent shared year, 1992: Arvydas #581, Sean #344.
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 | Arvydas | Sean |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Official statistical record (evidence-only) | Editorially researched profile |
| Gender usage | male | male |
| Meaning | Not yet recorded | The Irish form of John, ultimately carrying the meaning 'Yahweh is gracious' via its Hebrew ancestry. |
| Origin | Not yet recorded | Irish, Anglicised form of Sean, via Hebrew John |
| Pronunciation | Not yet recorded | /ʃɔːn/ |
| Syllables | 3 | 1 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | AU-NSW, GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO, NZ |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #581 (1992) | Republic of Ireland · Boys #141 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | 90/100 |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 82/100 | 95/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Sean has a recorded origin (Irish, Anglicised form of Sean, via Hebrew John); Arvydas does not have one recorded yet.
- Arvydas has 3 syllables, compared with 1 for Sean.
- A meaning is recorded for Sean; Arvydas doesn't have one written yet.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Arvydas
Popularity journey
First recorded1961
First recorded at #382 among boys in Norway in 1961 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1961–1992
Highest recorded position: #287 among boys in Norway, in 1963 (recorded 1961–1992).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1992
Most recently recorded at #581 among boys in Norway, in 1992.
Norway · Boys
Sean
Popularity journey
First recorded1963
First recorded at #82 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1963 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Highest recorded1964–2025
Highest recorded position: #1 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1997 (recorded 1964–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #615 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys