Ingolf vs Sture
Ingolf and Sturecompared 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 1977, Ingolf was ranked #539 and Sture #629 among boys in Norway.
Ingolf and Sture over time
Ingolf and Sture appear together in 1 published list, across 25 years of shared records. Sture held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Ingolf in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Ingolf reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Sture 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
Ingolf and Sture changed places 12 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 1977, ending at #539 and #629.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Boys within 2 years — Ingolf #187 in 1945, Sture #205 in 1947.
List by list
Norway · Boys25 shared years, 1945–1977
Ingolf held the stronger position in 12 of those years, Sture in 13.
Highest recorded here: Ingolf #187 in 1945, Sture #205 in 1947.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1977: Ingolf #539, Sture #629.
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 | Ingolf | Sture |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #619 (1984) | Norway · Boys #572 (1999) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 88/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Ingolf and Sture both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Ingolf
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #187 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–1984
Highest recorded position: #187 among boys in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–1984).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1984
Most recently recorded at #619 among boys in Norway, in 1984.
Norway · Boys
Sture
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #276 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–1999
Highest recorded position: #205 among boys in Norway, in 1947 (recorded 1945–1999).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1999
Most recently recorded at #572 among boys in Norway, in 1999.
Norway · Boys