Halvard vs Karsten
Halvard and Karstencompared 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 2025, Halvard was ranked #401 and Karsten #191 among boys in Norway.
Halvard and Karsten over time
Halvard and Karsten appear together in 1 published list, across 78 years of shared records. Karsten held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Halvard in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Halvard reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Karsten 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
Halvard and Karsten changed places 30 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 2025, ending at #401 and #191.
- Longest-running competitions
Halvard and Karsten were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 78 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #401 and #191.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Boys within 2 years — Halvard #114 in 1946, Karsten #110 in 1948.
List by list
Norway · Boys78 shared years, 1945–2025
Halvard held the stronger position in 24 of those years, Karsten in 54.
Highest recorded here: Halvard #114 in 1946, Karsten #110 in 1948.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Halvard #401, Karsten #191.
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 | Halvard | Karsten |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | GB-ENW, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #401 (2025) | Norway · Boys #191 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 82/100 | 82/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 60/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Halvard and Karsten both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Halvard
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #170 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #114 among boys in Norway, in 1946 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #401 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys
Karsten
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #129 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #110 among boys in Norway, in 1948 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #191 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys