Deividas vs Joar
Deividas and Joarcompared 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 2008, Deividas was ranked #544 and Joar #341 among boys in Norway.
Deividas and Joar over time
Deividas and Joar appear together in 1 published list, across 24 years of shared records. Joar held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Deividas in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Joar reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Deividas 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
Norway · Boys24 shared years, 1976–2008
Deividas held the stronger position in 1 of those years, Joar in 23.
Highest recorded here: Deividas #249 in 1988, Joar #198 in 1981.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2008: Deividas #544, Joar #341.
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 | Deividas | Joar |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 3 | 1 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, GB-NIR, IE, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | England and Wales · Boys #3990 (2021) | Norway · Boys #280 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 76/100 | 95/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Deividas has 3 syllables, compared with 1 for Joar.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Deividas
Popularity journey
First recorded1976
First recorded at #588 among boys in Norway in 1976 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1976–2008
Highest recorded position: #249 among boys in Norway, in 1988 (recorded 1976–2008).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #3990 among boys in England and Wales, in 2021.
England and Wales · Boys
Joar
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #217 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #165 among boys in Norway, in 1951 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #280 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys