Hermod vs Walter
Hermod and Waltercompared 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 2019, Hermod was ranked #501 and Walter #257 among boys in Norway.
Hermod and Walter over time
Hermod and Walter appear together in 1 published list, across 25 years of shared records. Walter held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Hermod 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.
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
Hermod and Walter changed places 13 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 2019, ending at #501 and #257.
- Closest over the longest run
Across 25 shared years in Norway · Boys, Hermod and Walter averaged 54.0 places apart, ending at #501 and #257.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Boys within 2 years — Hermod #176 in 1945, Walter #178 in 1945.
List by list
Norway · Boys25 shared years, 1945–2019
Hermod held the stronger position in 9 of those years, Walter in 16.
Highest recorded here: Hermod #176 in 1945, Walter #178 in 1945.
The order changed in 1968: Walter moved ahead. In 1967 they stood at #460 and #481; by 1968 that had become #460 and #450.
Most recent shared year, 2019: Hermod #501, Walter #257.
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 | Hermod | Walter |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | GB-ENW, GB-SCT, IE, NO, NZ |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #501 (2019) | Norway · Boys #108 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 88/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Hermod and Walter both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Hermod
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #176 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2019
Highest recorded position: #176 among boys in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2019).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2019
Most recently recorded at #501 among boys in Norway, in 2019.
Norway · Boys
Walter
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #178 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #334 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys