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Finn vs Harald

Finn and Haraldcompared 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.

  • England and Wales · Boys

    In 2025, Finn was ranked #74 and Harald #5137 among boys in England and Wales.

  • Norway · Boys

    In 2025, Finn was ranked #153 and Harald #109 among boys in Norway.

Finn and Harald over time

Finn and Harald appear together in 2 published lists, across 90 years of shared records. Neither was ahead in more lists than the other.

In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.

Harald reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Finn 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

    Finn and Harald changed places 4 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 2025, ending at #153 and #109.

  • Longest-running competitions

    Finn and Harald were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #153 and #109.

  • Peaked in the same years

    Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Boys within 2 years — Finn #31 in 1945, Harald #8 in 1945.

List by list

  • Norway · Boys81 shared years, 1945–2025

    Finn held the stronger position in 2 of those years, Harald in 79.

    Highest recorded here: Finn #31 in 1945, Harald #8 in 1945.

    The order between them never changed and held in this list.

    Most recent shared year, 2025: Finn #153, Harald #109.

  • England and Wales · Boys9 shared years, 1997–2025

    Finn held the stronger position in 9 of those years, Harald in 0.

    Highest recorded here: Finn #72 in 2021, Harald #2859 in 1997.

    The order between them never changed and held in this list.

    Most recent shared year, 2025: Finn #74, Harald #5137.

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.

Where to go next

Comparisons that share a name, a rule or a published list with this one. Each is an existing comparison page with its own evidence — nothing here says these pairs are alike.

Other comparisons involving Finn

Pairs where Finn shares a published list with another name, each measured inside one registrar's own list.

Other comparisons involving Harald

Pairs where Harald shares a published list with another name, each measured inside one registrar's own list.

Other pairs with the same kind of relationship

Pairs that qualify under the same rule as this one — longest-running competitions.

All longest-running competitions→

Other pairs from Norway lists

Pairs measured inside Norway's own published lists, where this pair's strongest relationship is also recorded. Positions in these lists are not comparable with another registrar's.

Norway overview→

Other pairs ranked together in the 2020s

Pairs both ranked in the same published list at some point between 2020 and 2029.

The 2020s across all registrars→

Side by side

Side-by-side comparison of Finn, Harald
FieldFinnHarald
Record typeEditorially researched profileOfficial statistical record (evidence-only)
Gender usagemalemale
MeaningTraditionally associated with the Irish hero Fionn mac Cumhaill; functions as the usual Anglicised spelling of the Irish name Fionn.Not yet recorded
OriginIrishNot yet recorded
Pronunciation/fɪn/
Syllables12
Common variants / nicknamesNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Recorded regional usageAU-NSW, GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO, NZGB-ENW, NO
Most recent popularity observationRepublic of Ireland · Boys #15 (2025)Norway · Boys #109 (2025)
Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score)90/100Not yet recorded
Spelling simplicity (demonstration score)95/10088/100
International familiarity (demonstration score)100/10060/100
Data Confidencemediummedium

What the data shows

  • Finn has a recorded origin (Irish); Harald does not have one recorded yet.
  • Finn has 1 syllable, compared with 2 for Harald.
  • A meaning is recorded for Finn; Harald doesn't have one written yet.
  • Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW, NO.

How each name got here

Finn

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1945

    First recorded at #31 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Norway · Boys

  2. Highest recorded1982–2025

    Highest recorded position: #6 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2020 (recorded 1982–2025).

    Republic of Ireland · Boys

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #74 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.

    England and Wales · Boys

Harald

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1945

    First recorded at #8 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Norway · Boys

  2. Highest recorded1945–2025

    Highest recorded position: #8 among boys in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2025).

    Norway · Boys

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #5137 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.

    England and Wales · Boys