Mads vs Vegard
Mads and Vegardcompared 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 Vegard #219 among boys in Norway.
Mads and Vegard over time
Mads and Vegard appear together in 1 published list, across 79 years of shared records. Vegard 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.
Vegard reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Mads 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 moved ahead of the other
In 2016, Vegard moved ahead of Mads in Norway · Boys — #135 and #140 the year before became #193 and #122.
- Repeatedly exchanged positions
Mads and Vegard changed places 15 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 2025, ending at #285 and #219.
- Longest-running competitions
Mads and Vegard were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 79 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #285 and #219.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Boys within 2 years — Mads #46 in 1988, Vegard #19 in 1987.
List by list
Norway · Boys79 shared years, 1945–2025
Mads held the stronger position in 13 of those years, Vegard in 66.
Highest recorded here: Mads #46 in 1988, Vegard #19 in 1987.
The order changed in 2016: Vegard moved ahead. In 2015 they stood at #135 and #140; by 2016 that had become #193 and #122.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Mads #285, Vegard #219.
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 | Vegard |
|---|---|---|
| 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 #219 (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 Vegard.
- 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
Vegard
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #291 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: #19 among boys in Norway, in 1987 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #219 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys