Aurimas vs Roar
Aurimas and Roarcompared 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, Aurimas was ranked #495 and Roar #447 among boys in Norway.
Aurimas and Roar over time
Aurimas and Roar appear together in 1 published list, across 20 years of shared records. Roar held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Aurimas in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Roar reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Aurimas 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.
List by list
Norway · Boys20 shared years, 1975–1997
Aurimas held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Roar in 20.
Highest recorded here: Aurimas #208 in 1988, Roar #86 in 1978.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1997: Aurimas #495, Roar #447.
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 | Aurimas | Roar |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | GB-ENW, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #495 (1997) | England and Wales · Boys #4270 (2024) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 82/100 | 95/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 60/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Aurimas has 3 syllables, compared with 1 for Roar.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Aurimas
Popularity journey
First recorded1975
First recorded at #596 among boys in Norway in 1975 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1975–1997
Highest recorded position: #208 among boys in Norway, in 1988 (recorded 1975–1997).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1997
Most recently recorded at #495 among boys in Norway, in 1997.
Norway · Boys
Roar
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #52 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2023
Highest recorded position: #36 among boys in Norway, in 1954 (recorded 1945–2023).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #482 among boys in Norway, in 2023.
Norway · Boys