Filip vs Torger
Filip and Torgercompared 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 2004, Filip was ranked #62 and Torger #583 among boys in Norway.
Filip and Torger over time
Filip and Torger appear together in 1 published list, across 16 years of shared records. Filip held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Torger 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.
Torger reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Filip 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
Filip and Torger changed places 5 times in Norway · Boys between 1962 and 2004, ending at #62 and #583.
List by list
Norway · Boys16 shared years, 1962–2004
Filip held the stronger position in 13 of those years, Torger in 3.
Highest recorded here: Filip #62 in 2004, Torger #394 in 2001.
The order changed in 1980: Filip moved ahead. In 1979 they stood at #514 and #467; by 1980 that had become #265 and #663.
Most recent shared year, 2004: Filip #62, Torger #583.
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 | Filip | Torger |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Editorially researched profile | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | male | male |
| Meaning | Traditionally interpreted as 'lover of horses' or 'horse-friend'. | Not yet recorded |
| Origin | Greek, via Philip; Filip is the Scandinavian/Slavic form | Not yet recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈfi.lip/ | Not yet recorded |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #27 (2025) | Norway · Boys #583 (2004) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | 90/100 | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Filip has a recorded origin (Greek, via Philip; Filip is the Scandinavian/Slavic form); Torger does not have one recorded yet.
- Filip and Torger both have 2 syllables.
- A meaning is recorded for Filip; Torger doesn't have one written yet.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Filip
Popularity journey
First recorded1962
First recorded at #489 among boys in Norway in 1962 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1962–2025
Highest recorded position: #13 among boys in Norway, in 2020 (recorded 1962–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #27 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys
Torger
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #243 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2004
Highest recorded position: #206 among boys in Norway, in 1947 (recorded 1945–2004).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2004
Most recently recorded at #583 among boys in Norway, in 2004.
Norway · Boys