Jørn vs Ståle
Jørn and Stålecompared 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 2011, Jørn was ranked #548 and Ståle #520 among boys in Norway.
Jørn and Ståle over time
Jørn and Ståle appear together in 1 published list, across 61 years of shared records. Jørn held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Ståle in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Ståle reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Jørn 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
Jørn and Ståle changed places 6 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 2011, ending at #548 and #520.
- Closest over the longest run
Across 61 shared years in Norway · Boys, Jørn and Ståle averaged 56.4 places apart, ending at #548 and #520.
- Longest-running competitions
Jørn and Ståle were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 61 years, from 1945 to 2011, ending at #548 and #520.
List by list
Norway · Boys61 shared years, 1945–2011
Jørn held the stronger position in 56 of those years, Ståle in 5.
Highest recorded here: Jørn #40 in 1972, Ståle #55 in 1968.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2011: Jørn #548, Ståle #520.
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 | Jørn | Ståle |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1 | 1 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #548 (2011) | Norway · Boys #558 (2013) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Jørn and Ståle both have 1 syllable.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Jørn
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #172 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2011
Highest recorded position: #40 among boys in Norway, in 1972 (recorded 1945–2011).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2011
Most recently recorded at #548 among boys in Norway, in 2011.
Norway · Boys
Ståle
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #151 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2013
Highest recorded position: #55 among boys in Norway, in 1968 (recorded 1945–2013).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2013
Most recently recorded at #558 among boys in Norway, in 2013.
Norway · Boys