Ingar vs Viggo
Ingar and Viggocompared 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 2011, Ingar was ranked #544 and Viggo #420 among boys in Norway.
Ingar and Viggo over time
Ingar and Viggo appear together in 1 published list, across 50 years of shared records. Ingar held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Viggo 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.
Ingar reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Viggo 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 Viggo changed places 23 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 2011, ending at #544 and #420.
- Longest-running competitions
Ingar and Viggo were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 50 years, from 1945 to 2011, ending at #544 and #420.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Boys within 2 years — Ingar #98 in 1946, Viggo #104 in 1947.
List by list
Norway · Boys50 shared years, 1945–2011
Ingar held the stronger position in 35 of those years, Viggo in 15.
Highest recorded here: Ingar #98 in 1946, Viggo #104 in 1947.
The order changed in 2008: Viggo moved ahead. In 2007 they stood at #442 and #534; by 2008 that had become #513 and #491.
Most recent shared year, 2011: Ingar #544, Viggo #420.
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 | Viggo |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | GB-ENW, IE, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #544 (2011) | Norway · Boys #306 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Ingar and Viggo both have 2 syllables.
- 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
Viggo
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #112 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: #104 among boys in Norway, in 1947 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #306 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys