Ingvald vs Malvin
Ingvald and Malvincompared 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 2025, Ingvald was ranked #464 and Malvin #227 among boys in Norway.
Ingvald and Malvin over time
Ingvald and Malvin appear together in 1 published list, across 30 years of shared records. Ingvald held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Malvin 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.
Malvin reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Ingvald 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
Ingvald and Malvin changed places 9 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 2025, ending at #464 and #227.
- Longest-running competitions
Ingvald and Malvin were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 30 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #464 and #227.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Boys within 2 years — Ingvald #157 in 1948, Malvin #193 in 1946.
List by list
Norway · Boys30 shared years, 1945–2025
Ingvald held the stronger position in 18 of those years, Malvin in 12.
Highest recorded here: Ingvald #157 in 1948, Malvin #193 in 1946.
The order changed in 2016: Malvin moved ahead. In 2015 they stood at #470 and #556; by 2016 that had become #525 and #412.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Ingvald #464, Malvin #227.
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 | Ingvald | Malvin |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | GB-ENW, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #464 (2025) | Norway · Boys #227 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 82/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 60/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Ingvald and Malvin both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Ingvald
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #168 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: #157 among boys in Norway, in 1948 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #464 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys
Malvin
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #232 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: #193 among boys in Norway, in 1946 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #227 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys