Eric vs Gudbrand
Eric and Gudbrandcompared 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 2024, Eric was ranked #478 and Gudbrand #483 among boys in Norway.
Eric and Gudbrand over time
Eric and Gudbrand appear together in 1 published list, across 13 years of shared records. Eric held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Gudbrand in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Gudbrand reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Eric 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.
List by list
Norway · Boys13 shared years, 1956–2024
Eric held the stronger position in 13 of those years, Gudbrand in 0.
Highest recorded here: Eric #211 in 2001, Gudbrand #301 in 1956.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2024: Eric #478, Gudbrand #483.
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 | Eric | Gudbrand |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | AU-NSW, GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO, NZ | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Republic of Ireland · Boys #211 (2025) | Norway · Boys #483 (2024) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 76/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Eric and Gudbrand both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Eric
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #314 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1964–2025
Highest recorded position: #62 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1996 (recorded 1964–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #399 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys
Gudbrand
Popularity journey
First recorded1946
First recorded at #311 among boys in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1946–2024
Highest recorded position: #301 among boys in Norway, in 1956 (recorded 1946–2024).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #483 among boys in Norway, in 2024.
Norway · Boys