Colin vs Ingebrigt
Colin and Ingebrigtcompared 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 2013, Colin was ranked #205 and Ingebrigt #532 among boys in Norway.
Colin and Ingebrigt over time
Colin and Ingebrigt appear together in 1 published list, across 14 years of shared records. Colin held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Ingebrigt 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.
Ingebrigt reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Colin 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
Colin and Ingebrigt changed places 5 times in Norway · Boys between 1946 and 2013, ending at #205 and #532.
List by list
Norway · Boys14 shared years, 1946–2013
Colin held the stronger position in 8 of those years, Ingebrigt in 6.
Highest recorded here: Colin #205 in 2013, Ingebrigt #281 in 1946.
The order changed in 2013: Colin moved ahead. In 2012 they stood at #514 and #436; by 2013 that had become #205 and #532.
Most recent shared year, 2013: Colin #205, Ingebrigt #532.
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 | Colin | Ingebrigt |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | AU-NSW, GB-ENW, GB-NIR, IE, NO, NZ | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #119 (2025) | Norway · Boys #532 (2013) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 70/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Colin has 2 syllables, compared with 3 for Ingebrigt.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Colin
Popularity journey
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
Highest recorded1952–1983
Highest recorded position: #22 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 1952 (recorded 1952–1983).
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #119 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys
Ingebrigt
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #285 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2013
Highest recorded position: #265 among boys in Norway, in 1948 (recorded 1945–2013).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2013
Most recently recorded at #532 among boys in Norway, in 2013.
Norway · Boys