Baard vs Dan
Baard and Dancompared 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 2001, Baard was ranked #531 and Dan #223 among boys in Norway.
Baard and Dan over time
Baard and Dan appear together in 1 published list, across 34 years of shared records. Dan held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Baard 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.
Baard reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Dan 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.
- Longest-running competitions
Baard and Dan were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 34 years, from 1946 to 2001, ending at #531 and #223.
List by list
Norway · Boys34 shared years, 1946–2001
Baard held the stronger position in 1 of those years, Dan in 33.
Highest recorded here: Baard #204 in 1968, Dan #90 in 1988.
The order changed in 1948: Dan moved ahead. In 1947 they stood at #304 and #307; by 1948 that had become #322 and #222.
Most recent shared year, 2001: Baard #531, Dan #223.
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 | Baard | Dan |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1 | 1 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #531 (2001) | Republic of Ireland · Boys #286 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 95/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Baard and Dan both have 1 syllable.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Baard
Popularity journey
First recorded1946
First recorded at #304 among boys in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1946–2001
Highest recorded position: #204 among boys in Norway, in 1968 (recorded 1946–2001).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2001
Most recently recorded at #531 among boys in Norway, in 2001.
Norway · Boys
Dan
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #326 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: #75 among boys in Norway, in 1987 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #456 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys