Esten vs Fredrick
Esten and Fredrickcompared 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, Esten was ranked #547 and Fredrick #420 among boys in Norway.
Esten and Fredrick over time
Esten and Fredrick appear together in 1 published list, across 12 years of shared records. Fredrick held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Esten in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Fredrick reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Esten 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.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Boys within 2 years — Esten #378 in 1999, Fredrick #286 in 1998.
List by list
Norway · Boys12 shared years, 1988–2008
Esten held the stronger position in 1 of those years, Fredrick in 11.
Highest recorded here: Esten #378 in 1999, Fredrick #286 in 1998.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2008: Esten #547, Fredrick #420.
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 | Esten | Fredrick |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | GB-ENW, GB-NIR, IE, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #450 (2020) | England and Wales · Boys #721 (2024) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 76/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Esten and Fredrick both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Esten
Popularity journey
First recorded1964
First recorded at #505 among boys in Norway in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1964–2020
Highest recorded position: #378 among boys in Norway, in 1999 (recorded 1964–2020).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2020
Most recently recorded at #450 among boys in Norway, in 2020.
Norway · Boys
Fredrick
Popularity journey
First recorded1973
First recorded at #589 among boys in Norway in 1973 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1973–2012
Highest recorded position: #286 among boys in Norway, in 1992 (recorded 1973–2012).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #721 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys