Jerzy vs Sten
Jerzy and Stencompared 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 1981, Jerzy was ranked #551 and Sten #240 among boys in Norway.
Jerzy and Sten over time
Jerzy and Sten appear together in 1 published list, across 32 years of shared records. Sten held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Jerzy in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Jerzy reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Sten 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.
- Longest-running competitions
Jerzy and Sten were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 32 years, from 1949 to 1981, ending at #551 and #240.
List by list
Norway · Boys32 shared years, 1949–1981
Jerzy held the stronger position in 1 of those years, Sten in 31.
Highest recorded here: Jerzy #167 in 1959, Sten #103 in 1970.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1981: Jerzy #551, Sten #240.
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 | Jerzy | Sten |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | England and Wales · Boys #5119 (2024) | Norway · Boys #523 (2012) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 95/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 60/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Jerzy has 2 syllables, compared with 1 for Sten.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Jerzy
Popularity journey
First recorded1949
First recorded at #352 among boys in Norway in 1949 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1949–1981
Highest recorded position: #167 among boys in Norway, in 1959 (recorded 1949–1981).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys
Sten
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #158 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2012
Highest recorded position: #103 among boys in Norway, in 1970 (recorded 1945–2012).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2012
Most recently recorded at #523 among boys in Norway, in 2012.
Norway · Boys