Eigil vs Ingvald
Eigil and Ingvaldcompared 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 1990, Eigil was ranked #613 and Ingvald #623 among boys in Norway.
Eigil and Ingvald over time
Eigil and Ingvald appear together in 1 published list, across 26 years of shared records. Ingvald held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Eigil 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.
Ingvald 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
Eigil and Ingvald changed places 7 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 1990, ending at #613 and #623.
- Closest over the longest run
Across 26 shared years in Norway · Boys, Eigil and Ingvald averaged 53.3 places apart, ending at #613 and #623.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Boys within 2 years — Eigil #208 in 1949, Ingvald #157 in 1948.
List by list
Norway · Boys26 shared years, 1945–1990
Eigil held the stronger position in 10 of those years, Ingvald in 16.
Highest recorded here: Eigil #208 in 1949, Ingvald #157 in 1948.
The order changed in 1974: Eigil moved ahead. In 1973 they stood at #491 and #470; by 1974 that had become #523 and #561.
Most recent shared year, 1990: Eigil #613, Ingvald #623.
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 | Ingvald |
|---|---|---|
| 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 #464 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 82/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Eigil and Ingvald 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
Ingvald
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #168 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: #157 among boys in Norway, in 1948 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #464 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys