Hugo vs Sture
Hugo and Sturecompared 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 1999, Hugo was ranked #511 and Sture #572 among boys in Norway.
Hugo and Sture over time
Hugo and Sture appear together in 1 published list, across 36 years of shared records. Hugo held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Sture in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Sture reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Hugo 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.
- Longest-running competitions
Hugo and Sture were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 36 years, from 1945 to 1999, ending at #511 and #572.
List by list
Norway · Boys36 shared years, 1945–1999
Hugo held the stronger position in 36 of those years, Sture in 0.
Highest recorded here: Hugo #125 in 1957, Sture #205 in 1947.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1999: Hugo #511, Sture #572.
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 | Hugo | Sture |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | AU-NSW, GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO, NZ | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | New South Wales, Australia · Boys #18 (2025) | Norway · Boys #572 (1999) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Hugo and Sture both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Hugo
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #186 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded2009–2025
Highest recorded position: #18 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 2025 (recorded 2009–2025).
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #18 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 2025.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Sture
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #276 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–1999
Highest recorded position: #205 among boys in Norway, in 1947 (recorded 1945–1999).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1999
Most recently recorded at #572 among boys in Norway, in 1999.
Norway · Boys