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Harald vs Rolf

Harald and Rolfcompared 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, Harald was ranked #109 and Rolf #437 among boys in Norway.

Harald and Rolf over time

Harald and Rolf appear together in 1 published list, across 81 years of shared records. Harald 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.

Harald 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.

List by list

  • Norway · Boys81 shared years, 1945–2025

    Harald held the stronger position in 63 of those years, Rolf in 18.

    Highest recorded here: Harald #8 in 1945, Rolf #14 in 1950.

    The order between them never changed and held in this list.

    Most recent shared year, 2025: Harald #109, 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.

Where to go next

Comparisons that share a name, a rule or a published list with this one. Each is an existing comparison page with its own evidence — nothing here says these pairs are alike.

Other comparisons involving Harald

Pairs where Harald shares a published list with another name, each measured inside one registrar's own list.

Other comparisons involving Rolf

Pairs where Rolf shares a published list with another name, each measured inside one registrar's own list.

Other pairs with the same kind of relationship

Pairs that qualify under the same rule as this one — started together, ended far apart.

All started together, ended far apart→

Other pairs from Norway lists

Pairs measured inside Norway's own published lists, where this pair's strongest relationship is also recorded. Positions in these lists are not comparable with another registrar's.

Norway overview→

Other pairs ranked together in the 2020s

Pairs both ranked in the same published list at some point between 2020 and 2029.

The 2020s across all registrars→

Side by side

Side-by-side comparison of Harald, Rolf
FieldHaraldRolf
Record typeOfficial statistical record (evidence-only)Official statistical record (evidence-only)
Gender usagemalemale
MeaningNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
OriginNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Pronunciation
Syllables21
Common variants / nicknamesNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Recorded regional usageGB-ENW, NOIE, NO
Most recent popularity observationNorway · Boys #109 (2025)Norway · Boys #437 (2025)
Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score)Not yet recordedNot yet recorded
Spelling simplicity (demonstration score)88/10095/100
International familiarity (demonstration score)60/10060/100
Data Confidencemediummedium

What the data shows

  • Harald has 2 syllables, compared with 1 for Rolf.
  • Both names have recorded usage in NO.

How each name got here

Harald

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1945

    First recorded at #8 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Norway · Boys

  2. Highest recorded1945–2025

    Highest recorded position: #8 among boys in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2025).

    Norway · Boys

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #109 among boys in Norway, in 2025.

    Norway · Boys

Rolf

Popularity journey

  1. 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

  2. Highest recorded1945–2025

    Highest recorded position: #14 among boys in Norway, in 1950 (recorded 1945–2025).

    Norway · Boys

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #437 among boys in Norway, in 2025.

    Norway · Boys