Josef vs Matheo

Josef and Matheocompared 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 Matheo #12 among boys in Norway.
England and Wales · Boys
In 2024, Josef was ranked #2443 and Matheo #1517 among boys in England and Wales.

Josef and Matheo over time

Josef and Matheo appear together in 2 published lists, across 36 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.

Josef reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 2 of those lists, and Matheo 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.

List by list

Norway · Boys21 shared years, 2005–2025
Josef held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Matheo in 21.
Highest recorded here: Josef #189 in 2021, Matheo #12 in 2025.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Josef #236, Matheo #12.
England and Wales · Boys15 shared years, 2007–2024
Josef held the stronger position in 13 of those years, Matheo in 2.
Highest recorded here: Josef #501 in 2007, Matheo #1363 in 2023.
The order changed in 2023: Matheo moved ahead. In 2022 they stood at #1609 and #2018; by 2023 that had become #2546 and #1363.
Most recent shared year, 2024: Josef #2443, Matheo #1517.

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 Matheo

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

Matheo vs Herman
In Norway · Boys, Matheo moved into the top 50 at #21 in 2012 as Herman fell out of it to #54, having been #50 the year before.
Matheo · Herman · 21 shared years, 2005–2025 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2012 Norway ranking
Matheo vs Kasper
In Norway · Boys, Matheo moved into the top 50 at #21 in 2012 as Kasper fell out of it to #51, having been #47 the year before.
Matheo · Kasper · 21 shared years, 2005–2025 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2012 Norway ranking

Side by side

Side-by-side comparison of Josef, Matheo
Field	Josef	Matheo
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	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 #12 (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 Matheo 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

Matheo

Popularity journey

First recorded2005
First recorded at #280 among boys in Norway in 2005 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded2005–2025
Highest recorded position: #12 among boys in Norway, in 2025 (recorded 2005–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #12 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys