Idar vs Jan-Erik
Idar and Jan-Erikcompared 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 1998, Idar was ranked #359 and Jan-Erik #467 among boys in Norway.
Idar and Jan-Erik over time
Idar and Jan-Erik appear together in 1 published list, across 54 years of shared records. Idar held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Jan-Erik in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Jan-Erik 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 Jan-Erik changed places 16 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 1998, ending at #359 and #467.
- Closest over the longest run
Across 54 shared years in Norway · Boys, Idar and Jan-Erik averaged 56.9 places apart, ending at #359 and #467.
- Longest-running competitions
Idar and Jan-Erik were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 54 years, from 1945 to 1998, ending at #359 and #467.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Boys within 2 years — Idar #121 in 1952, Jan-Erik #133 in 1951.
List by list
Norway · Boys54 shared years, 1945–1998
Idar held the stronger position in 32 of those years, Jan-Erik in 22.
Highest recorded here: Idar #121 in 1952, Jan-Erik #133 in 1951.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1998: Idar #359, Jan-Erik #467.
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 | Jan-Erik |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 3 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #477 (2022) | Norway · Boys #467 (1998) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 76/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Idar has 2 syllables, compared with 3 for Jan-Erik.
- 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
Jan-Erik
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #156 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–1998
Highest recorded position: #133 among boys in Norway, in 1951 (recorded 1945–1998).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1998
Most recently recorded at #467 among boys in Norway, in 1998.
Norway · Boys