Ketil vs Robertas
Ketil and Robertascompared 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 1993, Ketil was ranked #510 and Robertas #629 among boys in Norway.
Ketil and Robertas over time
Ketil and Robertas appear together in 1 published list, across 28 years of shared records. Ketil held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Robertas in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Ketil reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Robertas 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.
List by list
Norway · Boys28 shared years, 1963–1993
Ketil held the stronger position in 28 of those years, Robertas in 0.
Highest recorded here: Ketil #78 in 1966, Robertas #287 in 1985.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1993: Ketil #510, Robertas #629.
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 | Ketil | Robertas |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 3 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | GB-ENW, IE, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #572 (1997) | England and Wales · Boys #4702 (2019) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 76/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Ketil has 2 syllables, compared with 3 for Robertas.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Ketil
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #274 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–1997
Highest recorded position: #78 among boys in Norway, in 1966 (recorded 1945–1997).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1997
Most recently recorded at #572 among boys in Norway, in 1997.
Norway · Boys
Robertas
Popularity journey
First recorded1963
First recorded at #447 among boys in Norway in 1963 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1963–1993
Highest recorded position: #287 among boys in Norway, in 1985 (recorded 1963–1993).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2019
Most recently recorded at #4702 among boys in England and Wales, in 2019.
England and Wales · Boys