Colin vs Jardar
Colin and Jardarcompared 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 2014, Colin was ranked #245 and Jardar #529 among boys in Norway.
Colin and Jardar over time
Colin and Jardar appear together in 1 published list, across 20 years of shared records. Colin held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Jardar in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Jardar 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 Jardar changed places 4 times in Norway · Boys between 1947 and 2014, ending at #245 and #529.
List by list
Norway · Boys20 shared years, 1947–2014
Colin held the stronger position in 13 of those years, Jardar in 7.
Highest recorded here: Colin #203 in 2012, Jardar #353 in 1947.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2014: Colin #245, Jardar #529.
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 | Jardar |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2 |
| 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 #529 (2014) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Colin and Jardar both have 2 syllables.
- 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
Jardar
Popularity journey
First recorded1947
First recorded at #353 among boys in Norway in 1947 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1947–2014
Highest recorded position: #353 among boys in Norway, in 1947 (recorded 1947–2014).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2014
Most recently recorded at #529 among boys in Norway, in 2014.
Norway · Boys