Idar vs Torgrim
Idar and Torgrimcompared 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 2012, Idar was ranked #506 and Torgrim #567 among boys in Norway.
Idar and Torgrim over time
Idar and Torgrim appear together in 1 published list, across 60 years of shared records. Idar held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Torgrim in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Idar reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Torgrim 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 Torgrim changed places 12 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 2012, ending at #506 and #567.
- Longest-running competitions
Idar and Torgrim were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 60 years, from 1945 to 2012, ending at #506 and #567.
List by list
Norway · Boys60 shared years, 1945–2012
Idar held the stronger position in 51 of those years, Torgrim in 9.
Highest recorded here: Idar #121 in 1952, Torgrim #239 in 1970.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2012: Idar #506, Torgrim #567.
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 | Torgrim |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 #416 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 82/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Idar and Torgrim 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
Torgrim
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #253 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #239 among boys in Norway, in 1970 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #416 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys