Jarl vs Viggo
Jarl and Viggocompared 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 2023, Jarl was ranked #517 and Viggo #494 among boys in Norway.
Jarl and Viggo over time
Jarl and Viggo appear together in 1 published list, across 54 years of shared records. Neither was ahead in more lists than the other.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Jarl reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Viggo 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
Jarl and Viggo changed places 18 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 2023, ending at #517 and #494.
- Longest-running competitions
Jarl and Viggo were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 54 years, from 1945 to 2023, ending at #517 and #494.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Boys within 2 years — Jarl #113 in 1945, Viggo #104 in 1947.
List by list
Norway · Boys54 shared years, 1945–2023
Jarl held the stronger position in 27 of those years, Viggo in 27.
Highest recorded here: Jarl #113 in 1945, Viggo #104 in 1947.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2023: Jarl #517, Viggo #494.
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 | Jarl | Viggo |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | GB-ENW, IE, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #488 (2024) | Norway · Boys #306 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Jarl has 1 syllable, compared with 2 for Viggo.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Jarl
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #113 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2024
Highest recorded position: #113 among boys in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2024).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #488 among boys in Norway, in 2024.
Norway · Boys
Viggo
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #112 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: #104 among boys in Norway, in 1947 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #306 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys