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Helge vs Stein

Helge and Steincompared 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 2015, Helge was ranked #407 and Stein #503 among boys in Norway.

Helge and Stein over time

Helge and Stein appear together in 1 published list, across 71 years of shared records. Helge held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Stein in 0.

In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.

Helge reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Stein 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

    Helge and Stein changed places 24 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 2015, ending at #407 and #503.

  • Closest over the longest run

    Across 71 shared years in Norway · Boys, Helge and Stein averaged 28.3 places apart, ending at #407 and #503.

  • Longest-running competitions

    Helge and Stein were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 71 years, from 1945 to 2015, ending at #407 and #503.

  • Peaked in the same years

    Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Boys within 2 years — Helge #12 in 1952, Stein #14 in 1954.

List by list

  • Norway · Boys71 shared years, 1945–2015

    Helge held the stronger position in 39 of those years, Stein in 32.

    Highest recorded here: Helge #12 in 1952, Stein #14 in 1954.

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

    Most recent shared year, 2015: Helge #407, Stein #503.

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 Helge

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

Other comparisons involving Stein

Pairs where Stein 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 — repeatedly exchanged positions.

All repeatedly exchanged positions→

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 2010s

Pairs both ranked in the same published list at some point between 2010 and 2019.

The 2010s across all registrars→

Side by side

Side-by-side comparison of Helge, Stein
FieldHelgeStein
Record typeOfficial statistical record (evidence-only)Official statistical record (evidence-only)
Gender usagemalemale
MeaningNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
OriginNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
PronunciationNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Syllables21
Common variants / nicknamesNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Recorded regional usageNONO
Most recent popularity observationNorway · Boys #352 (2025)Norway · Boys #503 (2015)
Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score)Not yet recordedNot yet recorded
Spelling simplicity (demonstration score)94/10094/100
International familiarity (demonstration score)40/10040/100
Data Confidencemediummedium

What the data shows

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

How each name got here

Helge

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1945

    First recorded at #22 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: #12 among boys in Norway, in 1952 (recorded 1945–2025).

    Norway · Boys

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #352 among boys in Norway, in 2025.

    Norway · Boys

Stein

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1945

    First recorded at #42 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 recorded1945–2015

    Highest recorded position: #14 among boys in Norway, in 1954 (recorded 1945–2015).

    Norway · Boys

  3. Most recent2015

    Most recently recorded at #503 among boys in Norway, in 2015.

    Norway · Boys