Josef vs Marius

Josef and Mariuscompared 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, Josef was ranked #236 and Marius #133 among boys in Norway.
England and Wales · Boys
In 2024, Josef was ranked #2443 and Marius #1675 among boys in England and Wales.

Josef and Marius over time

Josef and Marius appear together in 2 published lists, across 91 years of shared records. Neither was ahead in more lists than the other.

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.

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
Josef and Marius changed places 4 times in Norway · Boys between 1955 and 2025, ending at #236 and #133.
Longest-running competitions
Josef and Marius were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 62 years, from 1955 to 2025, ending at #236 and #133.

List by list

Norway · Boys62 shared years, 1955–2025
Josef held the stronger position in 2 of those years, Marius in 60.
Highest recorded here: Josef #189 in 2021, Marius #4 in 1989.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Josef #236, Marius #133.
England and Wales · Boys29 shared years, 1996–2024
Josef held the stronger position in 22 of those years, Marius in 7.
Highest recorded here: Josef #283 in 1999, Marius #731 in 2019.
The order changed in 2019: Marius moved ahead. In 2018 they stood at #958 and #1194; by 2019 that had become #1745 and #731.
Most recent shared year, 2024: Josef #2443, Marius #1675.

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.

Where to go next

Comparisons that share a name, a rule or a published list with this one. Each is an existing comparison page with its own evidence — nothing here says these pairs are alike.

Other comparisons involving Marius

Pairs where Marius shares a published list with another name, each measured inside one registrar's own list.

Marius vs Einar
Over 71 shared years in Norway · Boys, Marius rose about as far as Einar fell — from #339 and #37 in 1955 to #133 and #57 in 2025.
Marius · Einar · 71 shared years, 1955–2025 · Mirrored each other
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Marius vs Nils
Over 71 shared years in Norway · Boys, Marius rose about as far as Nils fell — from #339 and #33 in 1955 to #133 and #61 in 2025.
Marius · Nils · 71 shared years, 1955–2025 · Mirrored each other
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Marius vs Glenn
Over 56 shared years in Norway · Boys, Marius rose about as far as Glenn fell — from #339 and #224 in 1955 to #28 and #545 in 2012.
Marius · Glenn · 56 shared years, 1955–2012 · Mirrored each other
See the 2012 Norway ranking
Marius vs Raymond
Over 52 shared years in Norway · Boys, Marius rose about as far as Raymond fell — from #339 and #191 in 1955 to #20 and #487 in 2008.
Marius · Raymond · 52 shared years, 1955–2008 · Mirrored each other
See the 2008 Norway ranking

Side by side

Side-by-side comparison of Josef, Marius
Field	Josef	Marius
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-NIR, IE, NO	GB-ENW, IE, NO
Most recent popularity observation	Norway · Boys #236 (2025)	Norway · Boys #133 (2025)
Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score)	Not yet recorded	Not yet recorded
Spelling simplicity (demonstration score)	94/100	88/100
International familiarity (demonstration score)	100/100	100/100
Data Confidence	medium	medium

What the data shows

Josef and Marius both have 2 syllables.
Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW, IE, NO.

How each name got here

Josef

Popularity journey

First recorded1946
First recorded at #274 among boys in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1946–2025
Highest recorded position: #189 among boys in Norway, in 2021 (recorded 1946–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #236 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Marius

Popularity journey

First recorded1955
First recorded at #339 among boys in Norway in 1955 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1955–2025
Highest recorded position: #4 among boys in Norway, in 1989 (recorded 1955–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #133 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys