Edgar vs Torfinn
Edgar and Torfinncompared 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 2007, Edgar was ranked #441 and Torfinn #501 among boys in Norway.
Edgar and Torfinn over time
Edgar and Torfinn appear together in 1 published list, across 47 years of shared records. Torfinn held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Edgar 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.
Torfinn reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Edgar 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
Edgar and Torfinn changed places 13 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 2007, ending at #441 and #501.
- Longest-running competitions
Edgar and Torfinn were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 47 years, from 1945 to 2007, ending at #441 and #501.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Boys within 2 years — Edgar #122 in 1951, Torfinn #119 in 1949.
List by list
Norway · Boys47 shared years, 1945–2007
Edgar held the stronger position in 12 of those years, Torfinn in 35.
Highest recorded here: Edgar #122 in 1951, Torfinn #119 in 1949.
The order changed in 1999: Edgar moved ahead. In 1998 they stood at #611 and #549; by 1999 that had become #470 and #534.
Most recent shared year, 2007: Edgar #441, Torfinn #501.
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 | Edgar | Torfinn |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | GB-ENW, IE, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #340 (2025) | Norway · Boys #501 (2007) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 82/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Edgar and Torfinn both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Edgar
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #142 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: #122 among boys in Norway, in 1951 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #340 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys
Torfinn
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #139 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2007
Highest recorded position: #119 among boys in Norway, in 1949 (recorded 1945–2007).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2007
Most recently recorded at #501 among boys in Norway, in 2007.
Norway · Boys