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Colin vs Georg

Colin and Georgcompared 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 2025, Colin was ranked #119 and Georg #65 among boys in Norway.

  • England and Wales · Boys

    In 2017, Colin was ranked #848 and Georg #3996 among boys in England and Wales.

Colin and Georg over time

Colin and Georg appear together in 1 published list, across 44 years of shared records. Georg held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Colin 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.

  • Longest-running competitions

    Colin and Georg were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 44 years, from 1946 to 2025, ending at #119 and #65.

  • Peaked in the same years

    Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Boys within 2 years — Colin #119 in 2025, Georg #65 in 2025.

List by list

  • Norway · Boys44 shared years, 19462025

    Colin held the stronger position in 1 of those years, Georg in 43.

    Highest recorded here: Colin #119 in 2025, Georg #65 in 2025.

    The order between them never changed and held in this list.

    Most recent shared year, 2025: Colin #119, Georg #65.

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

Side-by-side comparison of Colin, Georg
FieldColinGeorg
Record typeOfficial statistical record (evidence-only)Official statistical record (evidence-only)
Gender usagemalemale
MeaningNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
OriginNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
PronunciationNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Syllables21
Common variants / nicknamesNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Recorded regional usageAU-NSW, GB-ENW, GB-NIR, IE, NO, NZGB-ENW, NO
Most recent popularity observationNorway · Boys #119 (2025)Norway · Boys #65 (2025)
Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score)Not yet recordedNot yet recorded
Spelling simplicity (demonstration score)94/10094/100
International familiarity (demonstration score)100/10060/100
Data Confidencemediummedium

What the data shows

  • Colin has 2 syllables, compared with 1 for Georg.
  • Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW, NO.

How each name got here

Colin

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1946

    First recorded at #326 among boys in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Norway · Boys

  2. Highest recorded1952–1983

    Highest recorded position: #22 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 1952 (recorded 1952–1983).

    New South Wales, Australia · Boys

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #119 among boys in Norway, in 2025.

    Norway · Boys

Georg

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1945

    First recorded at #108 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Norway · Boys

  2. Highest recorded1945–2025

    Highest recorded position: #65 among boys in Norway, in 2025 (recorded 1945–2025).

    Norway · Boys

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #65 among boys in Norway, in 2025.

    Norway · Boys