Bendik vs Dragan
Bendik and Dragancompared 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 1988, Bendik was ranked #225 and Dragan #624 among boys in Norway.
Bendik and Dragan over time
Bendik and Dragan appear together in 1 published list, across 17 years of shared records. Bendik held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Dragan 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.
Dragan reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Bendik 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
Bendik and Dragan changed places 7 times in Norway · Boys between 1967 and 1988, ending at #225 and #624.
List by list
Norway · Boys17 shared years, 1967–1988
Bendik held the stronger position in 12 of those years, Dragan in 5.
Highest recorded here: Bendik #225 in 1988, Dragan #370 in 1975.
The order changed in 1978: Bendik moved ahead. In 1977 they stood at #460 and #413; by 1978 that had become #356 and #442.
Most recent shared year, 1988: Bendik #225, Dragan #624.
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 | Bendik | Dragan |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | GB-ENW, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #155 (2025) | England and Wales · Boys #3225 (2002) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 88/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 60/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Bendik and Dragan both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Bendik
Popularity journey
First recorded1965
First recorded at #470 among boys in Norway in 1965 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1965–2025
Highest recorded position: #56 among boys in Norway, in 1996 (recorded 1965–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #155 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys
Dragan
Popularity journey
First recorded1955
First recorded at #414 among boys in Norway in 1955 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1955–1988
Highest recorded position: #370 among boys in Norway, in 1975 (recorded 1955–1988).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2002
Most recently recorded at #3225 among boys in England and Wales, in 2002.
England and Wales · Boys