Kai vs Magnar
Kai and Magnarcompared 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 2022, Kai was ranked #261 and Magnar #422 among boys in Norway.
Kai and Magnar over time
Kai and Magnar appear together in 1 published list, across 68 years of shared records. Kai held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Magnar in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Magnar reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Kai 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
Kai and Magnar changed places 6 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 2022, ending at #261 and #422.
- Longest-running competitions
Kai and Magnar were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 68 years, from 1945 to 2022, ending at #261 and #422.
List by list
Norway · Boys68 shared years, 1945–2022
Kai held the stronger position in 65 of those years, Magnar in 3.
Highest recorded here: Kai #57 in 1976, Magnar #73 in 1952.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2022: Kai #261, Magnar #422.
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 | Kai | Magnar |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | AU-NSW, GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | New South Wales, Australia · Boys #23 (2025) | Norway · Boys #422 (2022) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Kai has 1 syllable, compared with 2 for Magnar.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Kai
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #76 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded2002–2025
Highest recorded position: #20 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 2023 (recorded 2002–2025).
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #23 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 2025.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Magnar
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #93 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2022
Highest recorded position: #73 among boys in Norway, in 1952 (recorded 1945–2022).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #422 among boys in Norway, in 2022.
Norway · Boys