Guttorm vs Yngvar
Guttorm and Yngvarcompared 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 1981, Guttorm was ranked #545 and Yngvar #454 among boys in Norway.
Guttorm and Yngvar over time
Guttorm and Yngvar appear together in 1 published list, across 34 years of shared records. Yngvar 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.
Yngvar reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Guttorm 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 Yngvar changed places 10 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 1981, ending at #545 and #454.
- Closest over the longest run
Across 34 shared years in Norway · Boys, Guttorm and Yngvar averaged 56.2 places apart, ending at #545 and #454.
- Longest-running competitions
Guttorm and Yngvar were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 34 years, from 1945 to 1981, ending at #545 and #454.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Boys within 2 years — Guttorm #150 in 1950, Yngvar #134 in 1949.
List by list
Norway · Boys34 shared years, 1945–1981
Guttorm held the stronger position in 6 of those years, Yngvar in 28.
Highest recorded here: Guttorm #150 in 1950, Yngvar #134 in 1949.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1981: Guttorm #545, Yngvar #454.
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 | Yngvar |
|---|---|---|
| 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 #639 (1993) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 82/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Guttorm and Yngvar 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
Yngvar
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #159 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–1993
Highest recorded position: #134 among boys in Norway, in 1949 (recorded 1945–1993).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1993
Most recently recorded at #639 among boys in Norway, in 1993.
Norway · Boys