Bent vs Dariusz
Bent and Dariuszcompared 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 1998, Bent was ranked #549 and Dariusz #552 among boys in Norway.
Bent and Dariusz over time
Bent and Dariusz appear together in 1 published list, across 40 years of shared records. Neither was ahead in more lists than the other.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Bent reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Dariusz 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
Bent and Dariusz changed places 8 times in Norway · Boys between 1956 and 1998, ending at #549 and #552.
- Longest-running competitions
Bent and Dariusz were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 40 years, from 1956 to 1998, ending at #549 and #552.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Boys within 2 years — Bent #83 in 1969, Dariusz #100 in 1970.
List by list
Norway · Boys40 shared years, 1956–1998
Bent held the stronger position in 20 of those years, Dariusz in 20.
Highest recorded here: Bent #83 in 1969, Dariusz #100 in 1970.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1998: Bent #549, Dariusz #552.
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 | Bent | Dariusz |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | GB-ENW, IE, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #547 (2004) | England and Wales · Boys #4702 (2019) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 82/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Bent has 1 syllable, compared with 2 for Dariusz.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Bent
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #166 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2004
Highest recorded position: #83 among boys in Norway, in 1969 (recorded 1945–2004).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2004
Most recently recorded at #547 among boys in Norway, in 2004.
Norway · Boys
Dariusz
Popularity journey
First recorded1956
First recorded at #419 among boys in Norway in 1956 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1956–1998
Highest recorded position: #100 among boys in Norway, in 1970 (recorded 1956–1998).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2019
Most recently recorded at #4702 among boys in England and Wales, in 2019.
England and Wales · Boys