Bjarte vs Mindaugas
Bjarte and Mindaugascompared 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, Bjarte was ranked #266 and Mindaugas #533 among boys in Norway.
Bjarte and Mindaugas over time
Bjarte and Mindaugas appear together in 1 published list, across 27 years of shared records. Bjarte held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Mindaugas in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Bjarte reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Mindaugas 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
Bjarte and Mindaugas changed places 4 times in Norway · Boys between 1969 and 1996, ending at #266 and #533.
List by list
Norway · Boys27 shared years, 1969–1996
Bjarte held the stronger position in 24 of those years, Mindaugas in 3.
Highest recorded here: Bjarte #93 in 1971, Mindaugas #154 in 1981.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1996: Bjarte #266, Mindaugas #533.
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 | Bjarte | Mindaugas |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 3 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | GB-ENW, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #444 (2010) | England and Wales · Boys #3895 (2014) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 88/100 | 70/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 60/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Bjarte has 2 syllables, compared with 3 for Mindaugas.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Bjarte
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #293 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2010
Highest recorded position: #93 among boys in Norway, in 1971 (recorded 1945–2010).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2010
Most recently recorded at #444 among boys in Norway, in 2010.
Norway · Boys
Mindaugas
Popularity journey
First recorded1969
First recorded at #576 among boys in Norway in 1969 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1969–1996
Highest recorded position: #154 among boys in Norway, in 1981 (recorded 1969–1996).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2014
Most recently recorded at #3895 among boys in England and Wales, in 2014.
England and Wales · Boys