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Ingmar vs Roger

Ingmar and Rogercompared 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 2013, Ingmar was ranked #459 and Roger #514 among boys in Norway.

Ingmar and Roger over time

Ingmar and Roger appear together in 1 published list, across 16 years of shared records. Roger held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Ingmar 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.

Ingmar reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Roger 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.

List by list

  • Norway · Boys16 shared years, 19462013

    Ingmar held the stronger position in 1 of those years, Roger in 15.

    Highest recorded here: Ingmar #266 in 1947, Roger #25 in 1967.

    The order changed in 2013: Ingmar moved ahead. In 2012 they stood at #509 and #318; by 2013 that had become #459 and #514.

    Most recent shared year, 2013: Ingmar #459, Roger #514.

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

Side-by-side comparison of Ingmar, Roger
FieldIngmarRoger
Record typeOfficial statistical record (evidence-only)Official statistical record (evidence-only)
Gender usagemalemale
MeaningNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
OriginNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
PronunciationNot yet recorded
Syllables22
Common variants / nicknamesNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Recorded regional usageNOAU-NSW, GB-ENW, IE, NO, NZ
Most recent popularity observationNorway · Boys #498 (2025)England and Wales · Boys #2263 (2024)
Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score)Not yet recordedNot yet recorded
Spelling simplicity (demonstration score)88/10094/100
International familiarity (demonstration score)40/100100/100
Data Confidencemediummedium

What the data shows

  • Ingmar and Roger both have 2 syllables.
  • Both names have recorded usage in NO.

How each name got here

Ingmar

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1946

    First recorded at #330 among boys in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Norway · Boys

  2. Highest recorded1946–2025

    Highest recorded position: #266 among boys in Norway, in 1947 (recorded 1946–2025).

    Norway · Boys

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #498 among boys in Norway, in 2025.

    Norway · Boys

Roger

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1945

    First recorded at #86 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Norway · Boys

  2. Highest recorded1945–2013

    Highest recorded position: #18 among boys in Norway, in 1972 (recorded 1945–2013).

    Norway · Boys

  3. Most recent2024

    Most recently recorded at #2263 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.

    England and Wales · Boys