Lavrans vs Mohammad
Lavrans and Mohammadcompared 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, Lavrans was ranked #168 and Mohammad #113 among boys in Norway.
Lavrans and Mohammad over time
Lavrans and Mohammad appear together in 1 published list, across 28 years of shared records. Mohammad held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Lavrans in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Mohammad reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Lavrans 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
Lavrans and Mohammad changed places 6 times in Norway · Boys between 1997 and 2025, ending at #168 and #113.
List by list
Norway · Boys28 shared years, 1997–2025
Lavrans held the stronger position in 3 of those years, Mohammad in 25.
Highest recorded here: Lavrans #96 in 2017, Mohammad #60 in 1999.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Lavrans #168, Mohammad #113.
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 | Lavrans | Mohammad |
|---|---|---|
| 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, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #168 (2025) | Norway · Boys #113 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 82/100 | 76/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Lavrans has 2 syllables, compared with 3 for Mohammad.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Lavrans
Popularity journey
First recorded1997
First recorded at #575 among boys in Norway in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2025
Highest recorded position: #96 among boys in Norway, in 2017 (recorded 1997–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #168 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys
Mohammad
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #147 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #53 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #113 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys