Bård vs Norvald
Bård and Norvaldcompared 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 2023, Bård was ranked #502 and Norvald #437 among boys in Norway.
Bård and Norvald over time
Bård and Norvald appear together in 1 published list, across 22 years of shared records. Bård held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Norvald 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.
Norvald reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Bård 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.
List by list
Norway · Boys22 shared years, 1945–2023
Bård held the stronger position in 21 of those years, Norvald in 1.
Highest recorded here: Bård #65 in 1970, Norvald #173 in 1949.
The order changed in 2023: Norvald moved ahead. In 2022 they stood at #447 and #469; by 2023 that had become #502 and #437.
Most recent shared year, 2023: Bård #502, Norvald #437.
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 | Bård | Norvald |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #502 (2023) | Norway · Boys #511 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 82/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Bård has 1 syllable, compared with 2 for Norvald.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Bård
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #128 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2023
Highest recorded position: #62 among boys in Norway, in 1967 (recorded 1945–2023).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #502 among boys in Norway, in 2023.
Norway · Boys
Norvald
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #195 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: #173 among boys in Norway, in 1949 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #511 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys