Ingar vs Thorbjørn
Ingar and Thorbjørncompared 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 Thorbjørn #567 among boys in Norway.
Ingar and Thorbjørn over time
Ingar and Thorbjørn appear together in 1 published list, across 60 years of shared records. Ingar held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Thorbjørn 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 Thorbjørn 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 Thorbjørn changed places 14 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 2010, ending at #503 and #567.
- Closest over the longest run
Across 60 shared years in Norway · Boys, Ingar and Thorbjørn averaged 57.1 places apart, ending at #503 and #567.
- Longest-running competitions
Ingar and Thorbjørn were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 60 years, from 1945 to 2010, ending at #503 and #567.
List by list
Norway · Boys60 shared years, 1945–2010
Ingar held the stronger position in 48 of those years, Thorbjørn in 12.
Highest recorded here: Ingar #98 in 1946, Thorbjørn #112 in 1949.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2010: Ingar #503, Thorbjørn #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 | Ingar | Thorbjørn |
|---|---|---|
| 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 #366 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 70/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Ingar has 2 syllables, compared with 1 for Thorbjørn.
- 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
Thorbjørn
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #148 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: #112 among boys in Norway, in 1949 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #366 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys