Guttorm vs Idar
Guttorm and Idarcompared 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 2016, Guttorm was ranked #522 and Idar #524 among boys in Norway.
Guttorm and Idar over time
Guttorm and Idar appear together in 1 published list, across 42 years of shared records. Idar held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Guttorm in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Guttorm reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Idar 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.
- Longest-running competitions
Guttorm and Idar were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 42 years, from 1945 to 2016, ending at #522 and #524.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Boys within 2 years — Guttorm #150 in 1950, Idar #121 in 1952.
List by list
Norway · Boys42 shared years, 1945–2016
Guttorm held the stronger position in 2 of those years, Idar in 40.
Highest recorded here: Guttorm #150 in 1950, Idar #121 in 1952.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2016: Guttorm #522, Idar #524.
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 | Guttorm | Idar |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #372 (2021) | Norway · Boys #477 (2022) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 82/100 | 95/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Guttorm and Idar both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Guttorm
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #199 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2021
Highest recorded position: #150 among boys in Norway, in 1950 (recorded 1945–2021).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #372 among boys in Norway, in 2021.
Norway · Boys
Idar
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #155 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2022
Highest recorded position: #121 among boys in Norway, in 1952 (recorded 1945–2022).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #477 among boys in Norway, in 2022.
Norway · Boys