Josef vs Mattis
Josef and Mattiscompared 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 Mattis #229 among boys in Norway.
England and Wales · Boys
In 2025, Josef was ranked #1798 and Mattis #5137 among boys in England and Wales.
Josef and Mattis over time
Josef and Mattis appear together in 2 published lists, across 60 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.
Mattis reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 2 of those lists, and Josef 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
Josef and Mattis changed places 12 times in Norway · Boys between 1974 and 2025, ending at #236 and #229.
- Longest-running competitions
Josef and Mattis were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 50 years, from 1974 to 2025, ending at #236 and #229.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in England and Wales · Boys within 2 years — Josef #317 in 2003, Mattis #2636 in 2002.
List by list
Norway · Boys50 shared years, 1974–2025
Josef held the stronger position in 11 of those years, Mattis in 39.
Highest recorded here: Josef #189 in 2021, Mattis #152 in 2010.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Josef #236, Mattis #229.
England and Wales · Boys10 shared years, 2002–2025
Josef held the stronger position in 10 of those years, Mattis in 0.
Highest recorded here: Josef #317 in 2003, Mattis #2636 in 2002.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Josef #1798, Mattis #5137.
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 | Josef | Mattis |
|---|---|---|
| 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, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #236 (2025) | Norway · Boys #229 (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 | 60/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Josef and Mattis both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW, 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 #1798 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys
Mattis
Popularity journey
First recorded1974
First recorded at #504 among boys in Norway in 1974 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1974–2025
Highest recorded position: #152 among boys in Norway, in 2010 (recorded 1974–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #5137 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys