Ingar vs Jarl
Ingar and Jarlcompared 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 2010, Ingar was ranked #503 and Jarl #505 among boys in Norway.
Ingar and Jarl over time
Ingar and Jarl appear together in 1 published list, across 60 years of shared records. Ingar held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Jarl in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Jarl reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Ingar 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
Ingar and Jarl changed places 18 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 2010, ending at #503 and #505.
- Closest over the longest run
Across 60 shared years in Norway · Boys, Ingar and Jarl averaged 54.4 places apart, ending at #503 and #505.
- Longest-running competitions
Ingar and Jarl were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 60 years, from 1945 to 2010, ending at #503 and #505.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Boys within 2 years — Ingar #98 in 1946, Jarl #113 in 1945.
List by list
Norway · Boys60 shared years, 1945–2010
Ingar held the stronger position in 36 of those years, Jarl in 24.
Highest recorded here: Ingar #98 in 1946, Jarl #113 in 1945.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2010: Ingar #503, Jarl #505.
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 | Ingar | Jarl |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #544 (2011) | Norway · Boys #488 (2024) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 95/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Ingar has 2 syllables, compared with 1 for Jarl.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
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
Jarl
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #113 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2024
Highest recorded position: #113 among boys in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2024).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #488 among boys in Norway, in 2024.
Norway · Boys