Collin vs Gustav

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.

• England and Wales · Boys

  In 2017, Collin was ranked #3996 and Gustav #2512 among boys in England and Wales.

Collin and Gustav over time

Collin and Gustav appear together in 1 published list, across 12 years of shared records. Gustav held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Collin 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.

Collin reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Gustav 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

• England and Wales · Boys12 shared years, 1998–2017

  Collin held the stronger position in 2 of those years, Gustav in 9.

  Highest recorded here: Collin #1821 in 1998, Gustav #1828 in 2008.

  The order changed in 2012: Gustav moved ahead. In 2011 they stood at #2892 and #3300; by 2012 that had become #2721 and #2458.

  Most recent shared year, 2017: Collin #3996, Gustav #2512.

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.

Where to go next

Comparisons that share a name, a rule or a published list with this one. Each is an existing comparison page with its own evidence — nothing here says these pairs are alike.

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How each name got here