Kaare vs Normann
Kaare and Normanncompared 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 1971, Kaare was ranked #474 and Normann #567 among boys in Norway.
Kaare and Normann over time
Kaare and Normann appear together in 1 published list, across 16 years of shared records. Kaare held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Normann in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Normann reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Kaare 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
Kaare and Normann changed places 4 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 1971, ending at #474 and #567.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Boys within 2 years — Kaare #199 in 1947, Normann #216 in 1945.
List by list
Norway · Boys16 shared years, 1945–1971
Kaare held the stronger position in 14 of those years, Normann in 2.
Highest recorded here: Kaare #199 in 1947, Normann #216 in 1945.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1971: Kaare #474, Normann #567.
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 | Kaare | Normann |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #588 (1983) | Norway · Boys #567 (1971) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 82/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Kaare and Normann both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Kaare
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #214 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–1983
Highest recorded position: #199 among boys in Norway, in 1947 (recorded 1945–1983).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1983
Most recently recorded at #588 among boys in Norway, in 1983.
Norway · Boys
Normann
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #216 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–1971
Highest recorded position: #216 among boys in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–1971).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1971
Most recently recorded at #567 among boys in Norway, in 1971.
Norway · Boys