Edmund vs Svein
Edmund and Sveincompared 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 2023, Edmund was ranked #322 and Svein #267 among boys in Norway.
Edmund and Svein over time
Edmund and Svein appear together in 1 published list, across 50 years of shared records. Svein held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Edmund 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 Svein 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 Svein changed places 4 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 2023, ending at #322 and #267.
- Longest-running competitions
Edmund and Svein were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 50 years, from 1945 to 2023, ending at #322 and #267.
List by list
Norway · Boys50 shared years, 1945–2023
Edmund held the stronger position in 4 of those years, Svein in 46.
Highest recorded here: Edmund #162 in 1947, Svein #4 in 1950.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2023: Edmund #322, Svein #267.
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 | Svein |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1 |
| 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 #267 (2023) |
| 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 has 2 syllables, compared with 1 for Svein.
- 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
Svein
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #5 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2023
Highest recorded position: #4 among boys in Norway, in 1950 (recorded 1945–2023).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #267 among boys in Norway, in 2023.
Norway · Boys