Lauritz vs Yousef
Lauritz and Yousefcompared 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 2025, Lauritz was ranked #284 and Yousef #231 among boys in Norway.
Lauritz and Yousef over time
Lauritz and Yousef appear together in 1 published list, across 34 years of shared records. Yousef held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Lauritz in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
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
Lauritz and Yousef changed places 20 times in Norway · Boys between 1982 and 2025, ending at #284 and #231.
- Closest over the longest run
Across 34 shared years in Norway · Boys, Lauritz and Yousef averaged 54.9 places apart, ending at #284 and #231.
- Longest-running competitions
Lauritz and Yousef were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 34 years, from 1982 to 2025, ending at #284 and #231.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Boys within 2 years — Lauritz #195 in 2022, Yousef #193 in 2022.
List by list
Norway · Boys34 shared years, 1982–2025
Lauritz held the stronger position in 13 of those years, Yousef in 21.
Highest recorded here: Lauritz #195 in 2022, Yousef #193 in 2022.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Lauritz #284, Yousef #231.
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 | Lauritz | Yousef |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #284 (2025) | Norway · Boys #231 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 82/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Lauritz and Yousef both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Lauritz
Popularity journey
First recorded1946
First recorded at #333 among boys in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1946–2025
Highest recorded position: #195 among boys in Norway, in 2022 (recorded 1946–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #284 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys
Yousef
Popularity journey
First recorded1970
First recorded at #516 among boys in Norway in 1970 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1970–2025
Highest recorded position: #193 among boys in Norway, in 2022 (recorded 1970–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #231 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys