Eigil vs Holger
Eigil and Holgercompared 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 1975, Eigil was ranked #456 and Holger #461 among boys in Norway.
Eigil and Holger over time
Eigil and Holger appear together in 1 published list, across 23 years of shared records. Eigil held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Holger in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
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
Eigil and Holger changed places 10 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 1975, ending at #456 and #461.
- Closest over the longest run
Across 23 shared years in Norway · Boys, Eigil and Holger averaged 53.9 places apart, ending at #456 and #461.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Boys within 2 years — Eigil #208 in 1949, Holger #212 in 1949.
List by list
Norway · Boys23 shared years, 1945–1975
Eigil held the stronger position in 17 of those years, Holger in 6.
Highest recorded here: Eigil #208 in 1949, Holger #212 in 1949.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1975: Eigil #456, Holger #461.
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 | Eigil | Holger |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #613 (1990) | Norway · Boys #485 (2024) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Eigil and Holger both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
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
Holger
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #284 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2024
Highest recorded position: #212 among boys in Norway, in 1949 (recorded 1945–2024).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #485 among boys in Norway, in 2024.
Norway · Boys