Marc vs Ole-Petter
Marc and Ole-Pettercompared 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 1995, Marc was ranked #540 and Ole-Petter #550 among boys in Norway.
Marc and Ole-Petter over time
Marc and Ole-Petter appear together in 1 published list, across 20 years of shared records. Neither was ahead in more lists than the other.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
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
Marc and Ole-Petter changed places 14 times in Norway · Boys between 1966 and 1995, ending at #540 and #550.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Boys within 2 years — Marc #386 in 1966, Ole-Petter #388 in 1966.
List by list
Norway · Boys20 shared years, 1966–1995
Marc held the stronger position in 10 of those years, Ole-Petter in 10.
Highest recorded here: Marc #386 in 1966, Ole-Petter #388 in 1966.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1995: Marc #540, Ole-Petter #550.
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 | Marc | Ole-Petter |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1 | 4 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | AU-NSW, GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Republic of Ireland · Boys #402 (2025) | Norway · Boys #566 (2000) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 64/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Marc has 1 syllable, compared with 4 for Ole-Petter.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Marc
Popularity journey
First recorded1965
First recorded at #250 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1965 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2023
Highest recorded position: #73 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 1998 (recorded 1997–2023).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #402 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Ole-Petter
Popularity journey
First recorded1959
First recorded at #440 among boys in Norway in 1959 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1959–2000
Highest recorded position: #388 among boys in Norway, in 1966 (recorded 1959–2000).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2000
Most recently recorded at #566 among boys in Norway, in 2000.
Norway · Boys