Geir vs Yosef
Geir and Yosefcompared 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 Yosef #305 among boys in Norway.
Geir and Yosef over time
Geir and Yosef appear together in 1 published list, across 24 years of shared records. Geir held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Yosef 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.
Geir reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Yosef 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.
List by list
Norway · Boys24 shared years, 1967–2024
Geir held the stronger position in 14 of those years, Yosef in 10.
Highest recorded here: Geir #3 in 1967, Yosef #293 in 2014.
The order changed in 2017: Yosef moved ahead. In 2016 they stood at #518 and #547; by 2017 that had become #501 and #398.
Most recent shared year, 2024: Geir #482, Yosef #305.
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 | Yosef |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | GB-ENW, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #482 (2024) | Norway · Boys #447 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 60/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Geir has 1 syllable, compared with 2 for Yosef.
- 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
Yosef
Popularity journey
First recorded1967
First recorded at #549 among boys in Norway in 1967 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1967–2025
Highest recorded position: #293 among boys in Norway, in 2014 (recorded 1967–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #1035 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys