Gudbrand vs Jose
Gudbrand and Josecompared 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 2001, Gudbrand was ranked #543 and Jose #456 among boys in Norway.
Gudbrand and Jose over time
Gudbrand and Jose appear together in 1 published list, across 17 years of shared records. Jose held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Gudbrand in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Gudbrand reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Jose 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 · Boys17 shared years, 1947–2001
Gudbrand held the stronger position in 1 of those years, Jose in 16.
Highest recorded here: Gudbrand #301 in 1956, Jose #180 in 1967.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2001: Gudbrand #543, Jose #456.
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 | Gudbrand | Jose |
|---|---|---|
| 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, GB-NIR, IE, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #483 (2024) | England and Wales · Boys #1199 (2024) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 76/100 | 95/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Gudbrand and Jose both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Gudbrand
Popularity journey
First recorded1946
First recorded at #311 among boys in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1946–2024
Highest recorded position: #301 among boys in Norway, in 1956 (recorded 1946–2024).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #483 among boys in Norway, in 2024.
Norway · Boys
Jose
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #302 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2015
Highest recorded position: #180 among boys in Norway, in 1967 (recorded 1945–2015).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1199 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys