Geir vs Joar
Geir and Joarcompared 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 2024, Geir was ranked #482 and Joar #363 among boys in Norway.
Geir and Joar over time
Geir and Joar appear together in 1 published list, across 73 years of shared records. Geir held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Joar 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.
Joar reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Geir 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
Geir and Joar changed places 9 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 2024, ending at #482 and #363.
- Longest-running competitions
Geir and Joar were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 73 years, from 1945 to 2024, ending at #482 and #363.
List by list
Norway · Boys73 shared years, 1945–2024
Geir held the stronger position in 59 of those years, Joar in 14.
Highest recorded here: Geir #2 in 1963, Joar #165 in 1951.
The order changed in 2012: Joar moved ahead. In 2011 they stood at #430 and #436; by 2012 that had become #504 and #312.
Most recent shared year, 2024: Geir #482, Joar #363.
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 | Geir | Joar |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1 | 1 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #482 (2024) | Norway · Boys #280 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 95/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Geir and Joar both have 1 syllable.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Geir
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #59 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2024
Highest recorded position: #2 among boys in Norway, in 1963 (recorded 1945–2024).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #482 among boys in Norway, in 2024.
Norway · Boys
Joar
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #217 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #165 among boys in Norway, in 1951 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #280 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys