Hans vs Terje

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 Terje #300 among boys in Norway.

Hans and Terje over time

Hans and Terje appear together in 1 published list, across 77 years of shared records. Hans held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Terje in 0.

The order between them changed and held in one of those lists — a change in that published list, never a claim that one name displaced the other.

Hans reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Terje 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.

List by list

• Norway · Boys77 shared years, 1945–2025

  Hans held the stronger position in 45 of those years, Terje in 32.

  Highest recorded here: Hans #10 in 1949, Terje #5 in 1960.

  The order changed in 1977: Hans moved ahead. In 1976 they stood at #28 and #24; by 1977 that had become #22 and #30.

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Hans #97, Terje #300.

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.

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