Hamid vs Ingvar
Hamid and Ingvarcompared 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 2005, Hamid was ranked #528 and Ingvar #488 among boys in Norway.
Hamid and Ingvar over time
Hamid and Ingvar appear together in 1 published list, across 37 years of shared records. Ingvar held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Hamid in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Ingvar reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Hamid 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
Hamid and Ingvar changed places 10 times in Norway · Boys between 1955 and 2005, ending at #528 and #488.
- Longest-running competitions
Hamid and Ingvar were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 37 years, from 1955 to 2005, ending at #528 and #488.
List by list
Norway · Boys37 shared years, 1955–2005
Hamid held the stronger position in 7 of those years, Ingvar in 30.
Highest recorded here: Hamid #240 in 1963, Ingvar #140 in 1959.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2005: Hamid #528, Ingvar #488.
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 | Hamid | Ingvar |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | GB-ENW, IE, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | England and Wales · Boys #1758 (2024) | Norway · Boys #499 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Hamid and Ingvar both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Hamid
Popularity journey
First recorded1955
First recorded at #417 among boys in Norway in 1955 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1955–2011
Highest recorded position: #240 among boys in Norway, in 1963 (recorded 1955–2011).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1758 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys
Ingvar
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #143 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: #117 among boys in Norway, in 1951 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #499 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys