Hans vs Rolf
Hans and Rolf compared 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, Hans was ranked #97 and Rolf #437 among boys in Norway.
Hans and Rolf over time
Higher on the chart is a stronger position. The scale is logarithmic, so the gap from #1 to #10 is drawn as large as the gap from #100 to #1,000.
Hans and Rolf over time
Hans and Rolf appear together in 1 published list, across 81 years of shared records. Hans held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Rolf in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Hans reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Rolf 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
Hans and Rolf were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #97 and #437.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Boys within 2 years — Hans #10 in 1949, Rolf #14 in 1950.
- Started together, ended far apart
In 1945 they stood at #11 and #15 in Norway · Boys, 4 places apart; by 2025 they were #97 and #437.
List by list
Norway · Boys81 shared years, 1945–2025
Hans held the stronger position in 81 of those years, Rolf in 0.
Highest recorded here: Hans #10 in 1949, Rolf #14 in 1950.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Hans #97, Rolf #437.
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 | Hans | Rolf |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Syllables | 1 | 1 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | England and Wales, Republic of Ireland, Norway | Republic of Ireland, Norway |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #97 (2025) | Norway · Boys #437 (2025) |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Hans and Rolf both have 1 syllable.
- Both names have recorded usage in IE, NO.
How each name got here
Hans
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #11 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: #10 among boys in Norway, in 1949 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #3684 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys
Rolf
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #15 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: #14 among boys in Norway, in 1950 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #437 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys