Idar vs Ingar
Idar and Ingarcompared 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 2008, Idar was ranked #554 and Ingar #513 among boys in Norway.
Idar and Ingar over time
Idar and Ingar appear together in 1 published list, across 59 years of shared records. Ingar held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Idar in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Ingar reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Idar 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
Idar and Ingar changed places 16 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 2008, ending at #554 and #513.
- Closest over the longest run
Across 59 shared years in Norway · Boys, Idar and Ingar averaged 60.0 places apart, ending at #554 and #513.
- Longest-running competitions
Idar and Ingar were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 59 years, from 1945 to 2008, ending at #554 and #513.
List by list
Norway · Boys59 shared years, 1945–2008
Idar held the stronger position in 14 of those years, Ingar in 45.
Highest recorded here: Idar #121 in 1952, Ingar #98 in 1946.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2008: Idar #554, Ingar #513.
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 | Idar | Ingar |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #477 (2022) | Norway · Boys #544 (2011) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Idar and Ingar both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Idar
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #155 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2022
Highest recorded position: #121 among boys in Norway, in 1952 (recorded 1945–2022).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #477 among boys in Norway, in 2022.
Norway · Boys
Ingar
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #110 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2011
Highest recorded position: #98 among boys in Norway, in 1946 (recorded 1945–2011).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2011
Most recently recorded at #544 among boys in Norway, in 2011.
Norway · Boys