Kaj vs Svenn
Kaj and Svenncompared 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 1994, Kaj was ranked #586 and Svenn #546 among boys in Norway.
Kaj and Svenn over time
Kaj and Svenn appear together in 1 published list, across 40 years of shared records. Svenn held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Kaj in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Svenn reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Kaj 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
Kaj and Svenn changed places 6 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 1994, ending at #586 and #546.
- Longest-running competitions
Kaj and Svenn were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 40 years, from 1945 to 1994, ending at #586 and #546.
List by list
Norway · Boys40 shared years, 1945–1994
Kaj held the stronger position in 3 of those years, Svenn in 37.
Highest recorded here: Kaj #216 in 1959, Svenn #137 in 1947.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1994: Kaj #586, Svenn #546.
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 | Kaj | Svenn |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | GB-ENW, IE, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Republic of Ireland · Boys #770 (2023) | Norway · Boys #488 (1998) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Kaj and Svenn both have 1 syllable.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Kaj
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #320 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–1994
Highest recorded position: #216 among boys in Norway, in 1959 (recorded 1945–1994).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #4789 among boys in England and Wales, in 2021.
England and Wales · Boys
Svenn
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #203 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–1998
Highest recorded position: #137 among boys in Norway, in 1947 (recorded 1945–1998).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1998
Most recently recorded at #488 among boys in Norway, in 1998.
Norway · Boys