Iver vs Mathias
Iver and Mathiascompared 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, Iver was ranked #34 and Mathias #41 among boys in Norway.
England and Wales · Boys
In 2024, Iver was ranked #1517 and Mathias #406 among boys in England and Wales.
Iver and Mathias over time
Iver and Mathias appear together in 2 published lists, across 77 years of shared records. Mathias held the stronger position in more years in 2 of them, Iver in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Each reached its own highest recorded position first in 1 of the lists they share.
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
Iver and Mathias changed places 6 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 2025, ending at #34 and #41.
- Longest-running competitions
Iver and Mathias were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 67 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #34 and #41.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in England and Wales · Boys within 2 years — Iver #1366 in 2022, Mathias #406 in 2024.
List by list
Norway · Boys67 shared years, 1945–2025
Iver held the stronger position in 17 of those years, Mathias in 50.
Highest recorded here: Iver #26 in 2023, Mathias #2 in 2004.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Iver #34, Mathias #41.
England and Wales · Boys10 shared years, 2013–2024
Iver held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Mathias in 10.
Highest recorded here: Iver #1366 in 2022, Mathias #406 in 2024.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2024: Iver #1517, Mathias #406.
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 | Iver | Mathias |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, GB-SCT, NO | GB-ENW, GB-NIR, IE, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #34 (2025) | Norway · Boys #41 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 82/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Iver and Mathias both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW, NO.
How each name got here
Iver
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #256 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: #26 among boys in Norway, in 2023 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #34 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys
Mathias
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #307 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: #2 among boys in Norway, in 2004 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #41 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys