Eilert vs Sturla
Eilert and Sturlacompared 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 2008, Eilert was ranked #468 and Sturla #394 among boys in Norway.
Eilert and Sturla over time
Eilert and Sturla appear together in 1 published list, across 31 years of shared records. Sturla held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Eilert in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Sturla reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Eilert 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
Eilert and Sturla changed places 10 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 2008, ending at #468 and #394.
- Longest-running competitions
Eilert and Sturla were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 31 years, from 1945 to 2008, ending at #468 and #394.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Boys within 2 years — Eilert #244 in 1950, Sturla #211 in 1948.
List by list
Norway · Boys31 shared years, 1945–2008
Eilert held the stronger position in 6 of those years, Sturla in 25.
Highest recorded here: Eilert #244 in 1950, Sturla #211 in 1948.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2008: Eilert #468, Sturla #394.
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 | Eilert | Sturla |
|---|---|---|
| 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 #427 (2025) | Norway · Boys #562 (2012) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 88/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Eilert and Sturla both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Eilert
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #313 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: #244 among boys in Norway, in 1950 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #427 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys
Sturla
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #310 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2012
Highest recorded position: #211 among boys in Norway, in 1948 (recorded 1945–2012).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2012
Most recently recorded at #562 among boys in Norway, in 2012.
Norway · Boys