Josef vs Severin
Josef and Severincompared 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 Severin #197 among boys in Norway.
England and Wales · Boys
In 2019, Josef was ranked #1745 and Severin #3937 among boys in England and Wales.
Josef and Severin over time
Josef and Severin appear together in 1 published list, across 38 years of shared records. Josef held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Severin in 0.
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.
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 Severin changed places 9 times in Norway · Boys between 1948 and 2025, ending at #236 and #197.
- Longest-running competitions
Josef and Severin were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 38 years, from 1948 to 2025, ending at #236 and #197.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Boys within 2 years — Josef #189 in 2021, Severin #192 in 2021.
List by list
Norway · Boys38 shared years, 1948–2025
Josef held the stronger position in 28 of those years, Severin in 10.
Highest recorded here: Josef #189 in 2021, Severin #192 in 2021.
The order changed in 2024: Severin moved ahead. In 2023 they stood at #252 and #294; by 2024 that had become #239 and #228.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Josef #236, Severin #197.
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 | Severin |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 3 |
| 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 #197 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 82/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 60/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Josef has 2 syllables, compared with 3 for Severin.
- 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 #236 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys
Severin
Popularity journey
First recorded1948
First recorded at #316 among boys in Norway in 1948 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1948–2025
Highest recorded position: #192 among boys in Norway, in 2021 (recorded 1948–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #197 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys