Jan-Erik vs Karstein
Jan-Erik and Karsteincompared 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 1997, Jan-Erik was ranked #569 and Karstein #516 among boys in Norway.
Jan-Erik and Karstein over time
Jan-Erik and Karstein appear together in 1 published list, across 35 years of shared records. Jan-Erik held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Karstein 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.
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
Jan-Erik and Karstein changed places 11 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 1997, ending at #569 and #516.
- Longest-running competitions
Jan-Erik and Karstein were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 35 years, from 1945 to 1997, ending at #569 and #516.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Boys within 2 years — Jan-Erik #133 in 1951, Karstein #134 in 1951.
List by list
Norway · Boys35 shared years, 1945–1997
Jan-Erik held the stronger position in 27 of those years, Karstein in 8.
Highest recorded here: Jan-Erik #133 in 1951, Karstein #134 in 1951.
The order changed in 1997: Karstein moved ahead. In 1996 they stood at #602 and #607; by 1997 that had become #569 and #516.
Most recent shared year, 1997: Jan-Erik #569, Karstein #516.
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 | Jan-Erik | Karstein |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 3 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #467 (1998) | Norway · Boys #530 (2002) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 76/100 | 76/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Jan-Erik has 3 syllables, compared with 2 for Karstein.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Jan-Erik
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #156 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–1998
Highest recorded position: #133 among boys in Norway, in 1951 (recorded 1945–1998).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1998
Most recently recorded at #467 among boys in Norway, in 1998.
Norway · Boys
Karstein
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #194 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2002
Highest recorded position: #134 among boys in Norway, in 1951 (recorded 1945–2002).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2002
Most recently recorded at #530 among boys in Norway, in 2002.
Norway · Boys