Bård vs Stig
Bård and Stigcompared 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 2016, Bård was ranked #516 and Stig #538 among boys in Norway.
Bård and Stig over time
Bård and Stig appear together in 1 published list, across 67 years of shared records. Stig held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Bård 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.
Bård reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Stig 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
Bård and Stig changed places 9 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 2016, ending at #516 and #538.
- Closest over the longest run
Across 67 shared years in Norway · Boys, Bård and Stig averaged 57.7 places apart, ending at #516 and #538.
- Longest-running competitions
Bård and Stig were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 67 years, from 1945 to 2016, ending at #516 and #538.
List by list
Norway · Boys67 shared years, 1945–2016
Bård held the stronger position in 10 of those years, Stig in 57.
Highest recorded here: Bård #62 in 1967, Stig #14 in 1970.
The order changed in 2016: Bård moved ahead. In 2015 they stood at #500 and #458; by 2016 that had become #516 and #538.
Most recent shared year, 2016: Bård #516, Stig #538.
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 | Stig |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Syllables | 1 | 1 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #502 (2023) | Norway · Boys #493 (2021) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 95/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Bård and Stig both have 1 syllable.
- 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
Stig
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #119 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2021
Highest recorded position: #14 among boys in Norway, in 1970 (recorded 1945–2021).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #493 among boys in Norway, in 2021.
Norway · Boys