Bernt vs Donatas
Bernt and Donatascompared 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 1996, Bernt was ranked #384 and Donatas #567 among boys in Norway.
Bernt and Donatas over time
Bernt and Donatas appear together in 1 published list, across 22 years of shared records. Bernt held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Donatas in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Bernt reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Donatas 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
Bernt and Donatas changed places 4 times in Norway · Boys between 1972 and 1996, ending at #384 and #567.
List by list
Norway · Boys22 shared years, 1972–1996
Bernt held the stronger position in 19 of those years, Donatas in 3.
Highest recorded here: Bernt #119 in 1973, Donatas #199 in 1987.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1996: Bernt #384, Donatas #567.
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 | Bernt | Donatas |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 3 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | GB-ENW, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #441 (2022) | England and Wales · Boys #4023 (2016) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 82/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 60/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Bernt has 1 syllable, compared with 3 for Donatas.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Bernt
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #92 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: #83 among boys in Norway, in 1953 (recorded 1945–2022).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #441 among boys in Norway, in 2022.
Norway · Boys
Donatas
Popularity journey
First recorded1972
First recorded at #547 among boys in Norway in 1972 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1972–1996
Highest recorded position: #199 among boys in Norway, in 1987 (recorded 1972–1996).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2016
Most recently recorded at #4023 among boys in England and Wales, in 2016.
England and Wales · Boys