Idar vs Svein
Idar and Sveincompared 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 2022, Idar was ranked #477 and Svein #500 among boys in Norway.
Idar and Svein over time
Idar and Svein appear together in 1 published list, across 67 years of shared records. Svein held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Idar 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.
Svein 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.
- Longest-running competitions
Idar and Svein were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 67 years, from 1945 to 2022, ending at #477 and #500.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Boys within 2 years — Idar #121 in 1952, Svein #4 in 1950.
List by list
Norway · Boys67 shared years, 1945–2022
Idar held the stronger position in 1 of those years, Svein in 66.
Highest recorded here: Idar #121 in 1952, Svein #4 in 1950.
The order changed in 2022: Idar moved ahead. In 2021 they stood at #524 and #357; by 2022 that had become #477 and #500.
Most recent shared year, 2022: Idar #477, Svein #500.
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 | Svein |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #477 (2022) | Norway · Boys #267 (2023) |
| 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 has 2 syllables, compared with 1 for Svein.
- 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
Svein
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #5 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2023
Highest recorded position: #4 among boys in Norway, in 1950 (recorded 1945–2023).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #267 among boys in Norway, in 2023.
Norway · Boys