Flemming vs Goran
Flemming and Gorancompared 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 1990, Flemming was ranked #618 and Goran #491 among boys in Norway.
Flemming and Goran over time
Flemming and Goran appear together in 1 published list, across 20 years of shared records. Goran held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Flemming 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.
Flemming reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Goran 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
Flemming and Goran changed places 7 times in Norway · Boys between 1963 and 1990, ending at #618 and #491.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Boys within 2 years — Flemming #215 in 1968, Goran #300 in 1970.
List by list
Norway · Boys20 shared years, 1963–1990
Flemming held the stronger position in 8 of those years, Goran in 12.
Highest recorded here: Flemming #215 in 1968, Goran #300 in 1970.
The order changed in 1990: Goran moved ahead. In 1989 they stood at #526 and #572; by 1990 that had become #618 and #491.
Most recent shared year, 1990: Flemming #618, Goran #491.
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 | Flemming | Goran |
|---|---|---|
| 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, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #429 (2021) | England and Wales · Boys #4789 (2021) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 76/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 60/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Flemming and Goran both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Flemming
Popularity journey
First recorded1947
First recorded at #285 among boys in Norway in 1947 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1947–2021
Highest recorded position: #215 among boys in Norway, in 1968 (recorded 1947–2021).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #429 among boys in Norway, in 2021.
Norway · Boys
Goran
Popularity journey
First recorded1956
First recorded at #422 among boys in Norway in 1956 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1956–1993
Highest recorded position: #300 among boys in Norway, in 1970 (recorded 1956–1993).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #4789 among boys in England and Wales, in 2021.
England and Wales · Boys