Audun vs Ketil
Audun and Ketilcompared 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 1997, Audun was ranked #147 and Ketil #572 among boys in Norway.
Audun and Ketil over time
Audun and Ketil appear together in 1 published list, across 51 years of shared records. Audun held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Ketil in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Audun reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Ketil 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
Audun and Ketil changed places 6 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 1997, ending at #147 and #572.
- Longest-running competitions
Audun and Ketil were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 51 years, from 1945 to 1997, ending at #147 and #572.
List by list
Norway · Boys51 shared years, 1945–1997
Audun held the stronger position in 32 of those years, Ketil in 19.
Highest recorded here: Audun #85 in 1956, Ketil #78 in 1966.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1997: Audun #147, Ketil #572.
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 | Audun | Ketil |
|---|---|---|
| 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 #185 (2025) | Norway · Boys #572 (1997) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Audun and Ketil both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Audun
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #122 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: #85 among boys in Norway, in 1956 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #185 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys
Ketil
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #274 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–1997
Highest recorded position: #78 among boys in Norway, in 1966 (recorded 1945–1997).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1997
Most recently recorded at #572 among boys in Norway, in 1997.
Norway · Boys