Magnar vs Roald
Magnar and Roaldcompared 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 2022, Magnar was ranked #422 and Roald #493 among boys in Norway.
Magnar and Roald over time
Magnar and Roald appear together in 1 published list, across 59 years of shared records. Roald held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Magnar 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.
Roald reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Magnar 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
Magnar and Roald changed places 19 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 2022, ending at #422 and #493.
- Closest over the longest run
Across 59 shared years in Norway · Boys, Magnar and Roald averaged 40.0 places apart, ending at #422 and #493.
- Longest-running competitions
Magnar and Roald were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 59 years, from 1945 to 2022, ending at #422 and #493.
List by list
Norway · Boys59 shared years, 1945–2022
Magnar held the stronger position in 21 of those years, Roald in 38.
Highest recorded here: Magnar #73 in 1952, Roald #64 in 1948.
The order changed in 2022: Magnar moved ahead. In 2021 they stood at #462 and #434; by 2022 that had become #422 and #493.
Most recent shared year, 2022: Magnar #422, Roald #493.
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 | Magnar | Roald |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | GB-ENW, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #422 (2022) | Norway · Boys #516 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 88/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 60/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Magnar has 2 syllables, compared with 1 for Roald.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Magnar
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #93 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2022
Highest recorded position: #73 among boys in Norway, in 1952 (recorded 1945–2022).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #422 among boys in Norway, in 2022.
Norway · Boys
Roald
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #77 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: #64 among boys in Norway, in 1948 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #516 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys