Gustav vs Sarim

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.

• England and Wales · Boys

  In 2023, Gustav was ranked #2325 and Sarim #1243 among boys in England and Wales.

Gustav and Sarim over time

Gustav and Sarim appear together in 1 published list, across 21 years of shared records. Sarim held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Gustav 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.

Gustav reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Sarim 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

• England and Wales · Boys21 shared years, 2002–2023

  Gustav held the stronger position in 2 of those years, Sarim in 19.

  Highest recorded here: Gustav #1786 in 2015, Sarim #1019 in 2020.

  The order changed in 2005: Sarim moved ahead. In 2004 they stood at #2189 and #2470; by 2005 that had become #3849 and #1716.

  Most recent shared year, 2023: Gustav #2325, Sarim #1243.

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.

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Comparisons that share a name, a rule or a published list with this one. Each is an existing comparison page with its own evidence — nothing here says these pairs are alike.

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