Edmund vs Eigil
Edmund and Eigilcompared 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 1981, Edmund was ranked #586 and Eigil #640 among boys in Norway.
Edmund and Eigil over time
Edmund and Eigil appear together in 1 published list, across 27 years of shared records. Edmund held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Eigil in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Edmund reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Eigil 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
Edmund and Eigil changed places 16 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 1981, ending at #586 and #640.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Boys within 2 years — Edmund #162 in 1947, Eigil #208 in 1949.
List by list
Norway · Boys27 shared years, 1945–1981
Edmund held the stronger position in 15 of those years, Eigil in 12.
Highest recorded here: Edmund #162 in 1947, Eigil #208 in 1949.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1981: Edmund #586, Eigil #640.
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 | Edmund | Eigil |
|---|---|---|
| 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, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #242 (2025) | Norway · Boys #613 (1990) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 88/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Edmund and Eigil both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Edmund
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #175 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1964–2025
Highest recorded position: #103 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1965 (recorded 1964–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #242 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys
Eigil
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #270 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–1990
Highest recorded position: #208 among boys in Norway, in 1949 (recorded 1945–1990).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1990
Most recently recorded at #613 among boys in Norway, in 1990.
Norway · Boys