Bengt vs Oddvar
Bengt and Oddvarcompared 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 1999, Bengt was ranked #545 and Oddvar #569 among boys in Norway.
Bengt and Oddvar over time
Bengt and Oddvar appear together in 1 published list, across 51 years of shared records. Oddvar held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Bengt 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.
Oddvar reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Bengt 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
Bengt and Oddvar changed places 11 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 1999, ending at #545 and #569.
- Closest over the longest run
Across 51 shared years in Norway · Boys, Bengt and Oddvar averaged 54.5 places apart, ending at #545 and #569.
- Longest-running competitions
Bengt and Oddvar were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 51 years, from 1945 to 1999, ending at #545 and #569.
List by list
Norway · Boys51 shared years, 1945–1999
Bengt held the stronger position in 22 of those years, Oddvar in 29.
Highest recorded here: Bengt #112 in 1963, Oddvar #38 in 1949.
The order changed in 1995: Bengt moved ahead. In 1994 they stood at #499 and #432; by 1995 that had become #483 and #604.
Most recent shared year, 1999: Bengt #545, Oddvar #569.
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 | Bengt | Oddvar |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #545 (1999) | Norway · Boys #489 (2022) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Bengt has 1 syllable, compared with 2 for Oddvar.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Bengt
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #165 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–1999
Highest recorded position: #112 among boys in Norway, in 1963 (recorded 1945–1999).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1999
Most recently recorded at #545 among boys in Norway, in 1999.
Norway · Boys
Oddvar
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #41 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2022
Highest recorded position: #38 among boys in Norway, in 1949 (recorded 1945–2022).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #489 among boys in Norway, in 2022.
Norway · Boys