Bernhard vs Malvin
Bernhard and Malvincompared 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 2025, Bernhard was ranked #453 and Malvin #227 among boys in Norway.
Bernhard and Malvin over time
Bernhard and Malvin appear together in 1 published list, across 45 years of shared records. Bernhard held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Malvin in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
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
Bernhard and Malvin changed places 12 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 2025, ending at #453 and #227.
- Longest-running competitions
Bernhard and Malvin were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 45 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #453 and #227.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Boys within 2 years — Bernhard #189 in 1946, Malvin #193 in 1946.
List by list
Norway · Boys45 shared years, 1945–2025
Bernhard held the stronger position in 31 of those years, Malvin in 14.
Highest recorded here: Bernhard #189 in 1946, Malvin #193 in 1946.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Bernhard #453, Malvin #227.
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 | Bernhard | Malvin |
|---|---|---|
| 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 #453 (2025) | Norway · Boys #227 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 76/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 60/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Bernhard and Malvin both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Bernhard
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #278 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: #189 among boys in Norway, in 1946 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #453 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys
Malvin
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #232 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: #193 among boys in Norway, in 1946 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #227 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys