Bent vs Max
Bent and Maxcompared 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 2004, Bent was ranked #547 and Max #140 among boys in Norway.
Bent and Max over time
Bent and Max appear together in 1 published list, across 37 years of shared records. Bent held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Max 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.
Bent reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Max 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
Bent and Max were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 37 years, from 1946 to 2004, ending at #547 and #140.
List by list
Norway · Boys37 shared years, 1946–2004
Bent held the stronger position in 26 of those years, Max in 11.
Highest recorded here: Bent #83 in 1969, Max #140 in 2004.
The order changed in 1991: Max moved ahead. In 1990 they stood at #267 and #309; by 1991 that had become #411 and #201.
Most recent shared year, 2004: Bent #547, Max #140.
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 | Max |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Official statistical record (evidence-only) | Editorially researched profile |
| Gender usage | male | male |
| Meaning | Not yet recorded | A short form of Maximilian or Maxim, ultimately from Latin 'maximus' (greatest). |
| Origin | Not yet recorded | Latin, via Maximilian/Maxim |
| Pronunciation | Not yet recorded | /ˈmæks/ |
| Syllables | 1 | 1 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | AU-NSW, GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO, NZ |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #547 (2004) | New South Wales, Australia · Boys #30 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | 90/100 |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 95/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Max has a recorded origin (Latin, via Maximilian/Maxim); Bent does not have one recorded yet.
- Bent and Max both have 1 syllable.
- A meaning is recorded for Max; Bent doesn't have one written yet.
- 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
Max
Popularity journey
First recorded1946
First recorded at #359 among boys in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1992–2023
Highest recorded position: #10 among boys in New Zealand, in 2016 (recorded 1992–2023).
New Zealand · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #30 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 2025.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys