Fillip vs Loke
Fillip and Lokecompared 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, Fillip was ranked #249 and Loke #266 among boys in Norway.
Fillip and Loke over time
Fillip and Loke appear together in 1 published list, across 27 years of shared records. Fillip held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Loke in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Fillip reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Loke 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
Fillip and Loke changed places 8 times in Norway · Boys between 1996 and 2025, ending at #249 and #266.
- Closest over the longest run
Across 27 shared years in Norway · Boys, Fillip and Loke averaged 41.0 places apart, ending at #249 and #266.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Boys within 2 years — Fillip #126 in 2020, Loke #126 in 2021.
List by list
Norway · Boys27 shared years, 1996–2025
Fillip held the stronger position in 16 of those years, Loke in 11.
Highest recorded here: Fillip #126 in 2020, Loke #126 in 2021.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Fillip #249, Loke #266.
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 | Fillip | Loke |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | GB-ENW, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #249 (2025) | Norway · Boys #266 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 88/100 | 95/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 60/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Fillip and Loke both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Fillip
Popularity journey
First recorded1993
First recorded at #594 among boys in Norway in 1993 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1993–2025
Highest recorded position: #126 among boys in Norway, in 2020 (recorded 1993–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #249 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys
Loke
Popularity journey
First recorded1986
First recorded at #587 among boys in Norway in 1986 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1986–2025
Highest recorded position: #126 among boys in Norway, in 2021 (recorded 1986–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #266 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys