Boguslaw vs Malvin
Boguslaw 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 1974, Boguslaw was ranked #452 and Malvin #625 among boys in Norway.
Boguslaw and Malvin over time
Boguslaw and Malvin appear together in 1 published list, across 12 years of shared records. Boguslaw 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
Boguslaw and Malvin changed places 6 times in Norway · Boys between 1956 and 1974, ending at #452 and #625.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Boys within 2 years — Boguslaw #257 in 1958, Malvin #253 in 1958.
List by list
Norway · Boys12 shared years, 1956–1974
Boguslaw held the stronger position in 7 of those years, Malvin in 5.
Highest recorded here: Boguslaw #257 in 1958, Malvin #253 in 1958.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1974: Boguslaw #452, Malvin #625.
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 | Boguslaw | 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 | 3 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | GB-ENW, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #531 (1984) | 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
- Boguslaw has 3 syllables, compared with 2 for Malvin.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Boguslaw
Popularity journey
First recorded1956
First recorded at #358 among boys in Norway in 1956 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1956–1984
Highest recorded position: #257 among boys in Norway, in 1958 (recorded 1956–1984).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1984
Most recently recorded at #531 among boys in Norway, in 1984.
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