August vs Edvard
August and Edvardcompared 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, August was ranked #71 and Edvard #67 among boys in Norway.
England and Wales · Boys
In 2019, August was ranked #740 and Edvard #3411 among boys in England and Wales.
August and Edvard over time
August and Edvard appear together in 1 published list, across 39 years of shared records. Edvard held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, August in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Edvard reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and August 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
August and Edvard changed places 4 times in Norway · Boys between 1974 and 2025, ending at #71 and #67.
- Closest over the longest run
Across 39 shared years in Norway · Boys, August and Edvard averaged 45.4 places apart, ending at #71 and #67.
- Longest-running competitions
August and Edvard were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 39 years, from 1974 to 2025, ending at #71 and #67.
List by list
Norway · Boys39 shared years, 1974–2025
August held the stronger position in 10 of those years, Edvard in 29.
Highest recorded here: August #71 in 2025, Edvard #59 in 2018.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: August #71, Edvard #67.
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 | August | Edvard |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | AU-NSW, GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO | GB-ENW, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #71 (2025) | Norway · Boys #67 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 88/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 60/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- August and Edvard both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW, NO.
How each name got here
August
Popularity journey
First recorded1974
First recorded at #596 among boys in Norway in 1974 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1974–2025
Highest recorded position: #71 among boys in Norway, in 2025 (recorded 1974–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #71 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys
Edvard
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #179 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: #59 among boys in Norway, in 2018 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #67 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys