Guttorm vs Ingve
Guttorm and Ingvecompared 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 2006, Guttorm was ranked #543 and Ingve #546 among boys in Norway.
Guttorm and Ingve over time
Guttorm and Ingve appear together in 1 published list, across 29 years of shared records. Guttorm held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Ingve 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 Ingve 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.
- Repeatedly exchanged positions
Guttorm and Ingve changed places 6 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 2006, ending at #543 and #546.
List by list
Norway · Boys29 shared years, 1945–2006
Guttorm held the stronger position in 24 of those years, Ingve in 5.
Highest recorded here: Guttorm #150 in 1950, Ingve #284 in 1968.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2006: Guttorm #543, Ingve #546.
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 | Ingve |
|---|---|---|
| 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 #546 (2006) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 82/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Guttorm and Ingve 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
Ingve
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #319 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2006
Highest recorded position: #284 among boys in Norway, in 1968 (recorded 1945–2006).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2006
Most recently recorded at #546 among boys in Norway, in 2006.
Norway · Boys