Ingebrigt vs Niels
Ingebrigt and Nielscompared 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 2001, Ingebrigt was ranked #502 and Niels #513 among boys in Norway.
Ingebrigt and Niels over time
Ingebrigt and Niels appear together in 1 published list, across 34 years of shared records. Niels held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Ingebrigt 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.
Ingebrigt reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Niels 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
Ingebrigt and Niels changed places 13 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 2001, ending at #502 and #513.
- Longest-running competitions
Ingebrigt and Niels were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 34 years, from 1945 to 2001, ending at #502 and #513.
List by list
Norway · Boys34 shared years, 1945–2001
Ingebrigt held the stronger position in 9 of those years, Niels in 25.
Highest recorded here: Ingebrigt #265 in 1948, Niels #201 in 1959.
The order changed in 2000: Ingebrigt moved ahead. In 1999 they stood at #513 and #483; by 2000 that had become #507 and #565.
Most recent shared year, 2001: Ingebrigt #502, Niels #513.
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 | Ingebrigt | Niels |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 3 | 1 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | GB-ENW, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #532 (2013) | Norway · Boys #471 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 70/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 60/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Ingebrigt has 3 syllables, compared with 1 for Niels.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Ingebrigt
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #285 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2013
Highest recorded position: #265 among boys in Norway, in 1948 (recorded 1945–2013).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2013
Most recently recorded at #532 among boys in Norway, in 2013.
Norway · Boys
Niels
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #233 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: #201 among boys in Norway, in 1959 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #471 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys