Mantas vs Rolf
Mantas and Rolfcompared 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 2014, Mantas was ranked #499 and Rolf #428 among boys in Norway.
Mantas and Rolf over time
Mantas and Rolf appear together in 1 published list, across 29 years of shared records. Rolf held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Mantas in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Rolf reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Mantas 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.
List by list
Norway · Boys29 shared years, 1976–2014
Mantas held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Rolf in 29.
Highest recorded here: Mantas #181 in 1987, Rolf #89 in 1978.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2014: Mantas #499, Rolf #428.
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 | Mantas | Rolf |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Syllables | 2 | 1 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, GB-NIR, IE, NO | IE, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | England and Wales · Boys #3688 (2024) | Norway · Boys #437 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 88/100 | 95/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 60/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Mantas has 2 syllables, compared with 1 for Rolf.
- Both names have recorded usage in IE, NO.
How each name got here
Mantas
Popularity journey
First recorded1976
First recorded at #516 among boys in Norway in 1976 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1976–2014
Highest recorded position: #181 among boys in Norway, in 1987 (recorded 1976–2014).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3688 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys
Rolf
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #15 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: #14 among boys in Norway, in 1950 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #437 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys