Egil vs Nils

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 2025, Egil was ranked #312 and Nils #61 among boys in Norway.

Egil and Nils over time

Egil and Nils appear together in 1 published list, across 79 years of shared records. Nils held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Egil 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.

Egil reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Nils 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 · Boys79 shared years, 1945–2025

  Egil held the stronger position in 2 of those years, Nils in 77.

  Highest recorded here: Egil #25 in 1945, Nils #21 in 1947.

  The order changed in 1956: Nils moved ahead. In 1955 they stood at #32 and #33; by 1956 that had become #42 and #32.

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Egil #312, Nils #61.

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.

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