Håvar vs Liban
Håvar and Libancompared 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 2009, Håvar was ranked #515 and Liban #436 among boys in Norway.
Håvar and Liban over time
Håvar and Liban appear together in 1 published list, across 26 years of shared records. Håvar held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Liban 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.
Håvar reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Liban 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.
List by list
Norway · Boys26 shared years, 1974–2009
Håvar held the stronger position in 24 of those years, Liban in 2.
Highest recorded here: Håvar #253 in 1977, Liban #312 in 2003.
The order changed in 2009: Liban moved ahead. In 2008 they stood at #497 and #507; by 2009 that had become #515 and #436.
Most recent shared year, 2009: Håvar #515, Liban #436.
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 | Håvar | Liban |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | GB-ENW, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #501 (2010) | England and Wales · Boys #3523 (2023) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 60/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Håvar has 1 syllable, compared with 2 for Liban.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Håvar
Popularity journey
First recorded1964
First recorded at #507 among boys in Norway in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1964–2010
Highest recorded position: #253 among boys in Norway, in 1977 (recorded 1964–2010).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2010
Most recently recorded at #501 among boys in Norway, in 2010.
Norway · Boys
Liban
Popularity journey
First recorded1974
First recorded at #623 among boys in Norway in 1974 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1974–2009
Highest recorded position: #312 among boys in Norway, in 2003 (recorded 1974–2009).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #3523 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Boys