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Florian vs Ivo

Florian and Ivocompared 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, Florian was ranked #431 and Ivo #318 among boys in Norway.

  • England and Wales · Boys

    In 2024, Florian was ranked #1000 and Ivo #602 among boys in England and Wales.

Florian and Ivo over time

Florian and Ivo appear together in 2 published lists, across 47 years of shared records. Neither was ahead in more lists than the other.

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.

Each reached its own highest recorded position first in 1 of the lists they share.

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

    Florian and Ivo changed places 6 times in England and Wales · Boys between 1996 and 2024, ending at #1000 and #602.

  • Peaked in the same years

    Both reached their highest recorded position in England and Wales · Boys within 2 years — Florian #1000 in 2024, Ivo #598 in 2023.

List by list

  • England and Wales · Boys28 shared years, 19962024

    Florian held the stronger position in 3 of those years, Ivo in 25.

    Highest recorded here: Florian #1000 in 2024, Ivo #598 in 2023.

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

    Most recent shared year, 2024: Florian #1000, Ivo #602.

  • Norway · Boys19 shared years, 19792025

    Florian held the stronger position in 10 of those years, Ivo in 9.

    Highest recorded here: Florian #342 in 2020, Ivo #215 in 2023.

    The order changed in 2023: Ivo moved ahead. In 2022 they stood at #342 and #345; by 2023 that had become #427 and #215.

    Most recent shared year, 2025: Florian #431, Ivo #318.

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

Side-by-side comparison of Florian, Ivo
FieldFlorianIvo
Record typeOfficial statistical record (evidence-only)Official statistical record (evidence-only)
Gender usagemalemale
MeaningNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
OriginNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
PronunciationNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Syllables22
Common variants / nicknamesNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Recorded regional usageGB-ENW, IE, NOGB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO
Most recent popularity observationNorway · Boys #431 (2025)Norway · Boys #318 (2025)
Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score)Not yet recordedNot yet recorded
Spelling simplicity (demonstration score)82/10095/100
International familiarity (demonstration score)100/100100/100
Data Confidencemediummedium

What the data shows

  • Florian and Ivo both have 2 syllables.
  • Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW, IE, NO.

How each name got here

Florian

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1976

    First recorded at #595 among boys in Norway in 1976 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Norway · Boys

  2. Highest recorded1976–2025

    Highest recorded position: #342 among boys in Norway, in 2020 (recorded 1976–2025).

    Norway · Boys

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #431 among boys in Norway, in 2025.

    Norway · Boys

Ivo

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1970

    First recorded at #577 among boys in Norway in 1970 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Norway · Boys

  2. Highest recorded1970–2025

    Highest recorded position: #215 among boys in Norway, in 2023 (recorded 1970–2025).

    Norway · Boys

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #318 among boys in Norway, in 2025.

    Norway · Boys