Eilif vs Karstein
Eilif and Karsteincompared 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 1997, Eilif was ranked #501 and Karstein #516 among boys in Norway.
Eilif and Karstein over time
Eilif and Karstein appear together in 1 published list, across 27 years of shared records. Karstein held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Eilif in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Eilif reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Karstein 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 Karstein changed places 10 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 1997, ending at #501 and #516.
- Closest over the longest run
Across 27 shared years in Norway · Boys, Eilif and Karstein averaged 59.4 places apart, ending at #501 and #516.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Boys within 2 years — Eilif #153 in 1950, Karstein #134 in 1951.
List by list
Norway · Boys27 shared years, 1945–1997
Eilif held the stronger position in 7 of those years, Karstein in 20.
Highest recorded here: Eilif #153 in 1950, Karstein #134 in 1951.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1997: Eilif #501, Karstein #516.
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 | Karstein |
|---|---|---|
| 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 #530 (2002) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 76/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Eilif and Karstein 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
Karstein
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #194 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2002
Highest recorded position: #134 among boys in Norway, in 1951 (recorded 1945–2002).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2002
Most recently recorded at #530 among boys in Norway, in 2002.
Norway · Boys