Gustavs vs Nils

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 2019, Gustavs was ranked #4702 and Nils #3411 among boys in England and Wales.

Gustavs and Nils over time

Gustavs and Nils appear together in 1 published list, across 9 years of shared records. Gustavs held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Nils 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.

Gustavs reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Nils 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 · Boys9 shared years, 2010–2019

  Gustavs held the stronger position in 5 of those years, Nils in 3.

  Highest recorded here: Gustavs #2194 in 2011, Nils #2248 in 2014.

  The order changed in 2019: Nils moved ahead. In 2018 they stood at #3412 and #3959; by 2019 that had become #4702 and #3411.

  Most recent shared year, 2019: Gustavs #4702, Nils #3411.

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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