Kestutis vs Rasmus
Kestutis and Rasmuscompared 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, Kestutis was ranked #587 and Rasmus #206 among boys in Norway.
Kestutis and Rasmus over time
Kestutis and Rasmus appear together in 1 published list, across 32 years of shared records. Rasmus held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Kestutis 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.
Kestutis reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Rasmus 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
Kestutis and Rasmus changed places 9 times in Norway · Boys between 1959 and 1994, ending at #587 and #206.
- Longest-running competitions
Kestutis and Rasmus were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 32 years, from 1959 to 1994, ending at #587 and #206.
List by list
Norway · Boys32 shared years, 1959–1994
Kestutis held the stronger position in 12 of those years, Rasmus in 20.
Highest recorded here: Kestutis #293 in 1983, Rasmus #151 in 1991.
The order changed in 1984: Rasmus moved ahead. In 1983 they stood at #293 and #295; by 1984 that had become #416 and #302.
Most recent shared year, 1994: Kestutis #587, Rasmus #206.
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 | Kestutis | Rasmus |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 3 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | GB-ENW, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #587 (1994) | Norway · Boys #362 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 76/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 60/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Kestutis has 3 syllables, compared with 2 for Rasmus.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Kestutis
Popularity journey
First recorded1959
First recorded at #391 among boys in Norway in 1959 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1959–1994
Highest recorded position: #293 among boys in Norway, in 1983 (recorded 1959–1994).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1994
Most recently recorded at #587 among boys in Norway, in 1994.
Norway · Boys
Rasmus
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #264 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #130 among boys in Norway, in 2009 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #362 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys