Hilmar vs Malvin
Hilmar and Malvincompared 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, Hilmar was ranked #377 and Malvin #227 among boys in Norway.
Hilmar and Malvin over time
Hilmar and Malvin appear together in 1 published list, across 34 years of shared records. Malvin held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Hilmar 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
Hilmar and Malvin changed places 17 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 2025, ending at #377 and #227.
- Longest-running competitions
Hilmar and Malvin were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 34 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #377 and #227.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Boys within 2 years — Hilmar #196 in 1946, Malvin #193 in 1946.
List by list
Norway · Boys34 shared years, 1945–2025
Hilmar held the stronger position in 13 of those years, Malvin in 21.
Highest recorded here: Hilmar #196 in 1946, Malvin #193 in 1946.
The order changed in 2015: Malvin moved ahead. In 2014 they stood at #465 and #471; by 2015 that had become #519 and #464.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Hilmar #377, Malvin #227.
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 | Hilmar | Malvin |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | GB-ENW, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #377 (2025) | Norway · Boys #227 (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 | 60/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Hilmar and Malvin both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Hilmar
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #205 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: #196 among boys in Norway, in 1946 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #377 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys
Malvin
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #232 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: #193 among boys in Norway, in 1946 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #227 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys