Mads vs Sindre
Mads and Sindrecompared 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, Mads was ranked #285 and Sindre #271 among boys in Norway.
Mads and Sindre over time
Mads and Sindre appear together in 1 published list, across 77 years of shared records. Sindre held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Mads 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.
Mads reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Sindre 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.
- One took the other's place near the top
In Norway · Boys, Sindre moved into the top 50 at #32 in 1989 as Mads fell out of it to #59, having been #46 the year before.
- One moved ahead of the other
In 1989, Sindre moved ahead of Mads in Norway · Boys — #46 and #48 the year before became #59 and #32.
- Repeatedly exchanged positions
Mads and Sindre changed places 17 times in Norway · Boys between 1949 and 2025, ending at #285 and #271.
- Closest over the longest run
Across 77 shared years in Norway · Boys, Mads and Sindre averaged 47.3 places apart, ending at #285 and #271.
- Longest-running competitions
Mads and Sindre were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 77 years, from 1949 to 2025, ending at #285 and #271.
List by list
Norway · Boys77 shared years, 1949–2025
Mads held the stronger position in 16 of those years, Sindre in 61.
Highest recorded here: Mads #46 in 1988, Sindre #21 in 1995.
The order changed in 1989: Sindre moved ahead. In 1988 they stood at #46 and #48; by 1989 that had become #59 and #32.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Mads #285, Sindre #271.
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 | Mads | Sindre |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #285 (2025) | Norway · Boys #271 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 60/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Mads has 1 syllable, compared with 2 for Sindre.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Mads
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #288 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: #46 among boys in Norway, in 1988 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #285 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys
Sindre
Popularity journey
First recorded1948
First recorded at #358 among boys in Norway in 1948 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1948–2025
Highest recorded position: #21 among boys in Norway, in 1995 (recorded 1948–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #271 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys