Eilif vs Ingvar
Eilif and Ingvarcompared 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 2025, Eilif was ranked #212 and Ingvar #499 among boys in Norway.
Eilif and Ingvar over time
Eilif and Ingvar appear together in 1 published list, across 37 years of shared records. Ingvar held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Eilif 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.
Eilif reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Ingvar 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
Eilif and Ingvar changed places 5 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 2025, ending at #212 and #499.
- Longest-running competitions
Eilif and Ingvar were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 37 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #212 and #499.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Boys within 2 years — Eilif #153 in 1950, Ingvar #117 in 1951.
List by list
Norway · Boys37 shared years, 1945–2025
Eilif held the stronger position in 8 of those years, Ingvar in 29.
Highest recorded here: Eilif #153 in 1950, Ingvar #117 in 1951.
The order changed in 2003: Eilif moved ahead. In 2002 they stood at #537 and #503; by 2003 that had become #399 and #462.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Eilif #212, Ingvar #499.
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 | Eilif | Ingvar |
|---|---|---|
| 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 #212 (2025) | Norway · Boys #499 (2025) |
| 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
- Eilif and Ingvar both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Eilif
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #157 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: #153 among boys in Norway, in 1950 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #212 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys
Ingvar
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #143 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: #117 among boys in Norway, in 1951 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #499 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys