Helge vs Steinar
Helge and Steinarcompared 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, Helge was ranked #352 and Steinar #345 among boys in Norway.
Helge and Steinar over time
Helge and Steinar appear together in 1 published list, across 77 years of shared records. Helge held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Steinar 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 Steinar 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 Steinar changed places 28 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 2025, ending at #352 and #345.
- Closest over the longest run
Across 77 shared years in Norway · Boys, Helge and Steinar averaged 28.9 places apart, ending at #352 and #345.
- Longest-running competitions
Helge and Steinar were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 77 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #352 and #345.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Boys within 2 years — Helge #12 in 1952, Steinar #17 in 1953.
List by list
Norway · Boys77 shared years, 1945–2025
Helge held the stronger position in 44 of those years, Steinar in 33.
Highest recorded here: Helge #12 in 1952, Steinar #17 in 1953.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Helge #352, Steinar #345.
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 | Helge | Steinar |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #352 (2025) | Norway · Boys #345 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 82/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Helge and Steinar both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Helge
Popularity journey
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
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #12 among boys in Norway, in 1952 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #352 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys
Steinar
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #19 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: #17 among boys in Norway, in 1953 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #345 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys