Ingve vs Klaus
Ingve and Klauscompared 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 2006, Ingve was ranked #546 and Klaus #507 among boys in Norway.
Ingve and Klaus over time
Ingve and Klaus appear together in 1 published list, across 37 years of shared records. Klaus held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Ingve in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Klaus reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Ingve 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
Ingve and Klaus changed places 4 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 2006, ending at #546 and #507.
- Longest-running competitions
Ingve and Klaus were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 37 years, from 1945 to 2006, ending at #546 and #507.
List by list
Norway · Boys37 shared years, 1945–2006
Ingve held the stronger position in 10 of those years, Klaus in 27.
Highest recorded here: Ingve #284 in 1968, Klaus #175 in 1947.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2006: Ingve #546, Klaus #507.
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 | Ingve | Klaus |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Official statistical record (evidence-only) | Editorially researched profile |
| Gender usage | male | male |
| Meaning | Not yet recorded | Shares Nikolaus's meaning: commonly interpreted as 'victory of the people'. |
| Origin | Not yet recorded | Germanic |
| Pronunciation | Not yet recorded | /klaʊs/ |
| Syllables | 2 | 1 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Nikolaus, Nils |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | GB-ENW, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #546 (2006) | England and Wales · Boys #3254 (2024) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | 90/100 |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 60/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Klaus has a recorded origin (Germanic); Ingve does not have one recorded yet.
- Ingve has 2 syllables, compared with 1 for Klaus.
- A meaning is recorded for Klaus; Ingve doesn't have one written yet.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Ingve
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #319 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2006
Highest recorded position: #284 among boys in Norway, in 1968 (recorded 1945–2006).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2006
Most recently recorded at #546 among boys in Norway, in 2006.
Norway · Boys
Klaus
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #241 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2020
Highest recorded position: #175 among boys in Norway, in 1947 (recorded 1945–2020).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3254 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys