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Mats vs Vegard

Mats 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, Mats was ranked #228 and Vegard #219 among boys in Norway.

Mats and Vegard over time

Mats and Vegard appear together in 1 published list, across 73 years of shared records. Vegard held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Mats 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 Mats 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

    Mats and Vegard changed places 13 times in Norway · Boys between 1950 and 2025, ending at #228 and #219.

  • Closest over the longest run

    Across 73 shared years in Norway · Boys, Mats and Vegard averaged 47.7 places apart, ending at #228 and #219.

  • Longest-running competitions

    Mats and Vegard were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 73 years, from 1950 to 2025, ending at #228 and #219.

  • Peaked in the same years

    Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Boys within 2 years — Mats #21 in 1989, Vegard #19 in 1987.

List by list

  • Norway · Boys73 shared years, 1950–2025

    Mats held the stronger position in 27 of those years, Vegard in 46.

    Highest recorded here: Mats #21 in 1989, Vegard #19 in 1987.

    The order changed in 2025: Vegard moved ahead. In 2024 they stood at #177 and #254; by 2025 that had become #228 and #219.

    Most recent shared year, 2025: Mats #228, 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.

Where to go next

Comparisons that share a name, a rule or a published list with this one. Each is an existing comparison page with its own evidence — nothing here says these pairs are alike.

Other comparisons involving Mats

Pairs where Mats shares a published list with another name, each measured inside one registrar's own list.

Other comparisons involving Vegard

Pairs where Vegard shares a published list with another name, each measured inside one registrar's own list.

Other pairs with the same kind of relationship

Pairs that qualify under the same rule as this one — repeatedly exchanged positions.

All repeatedly exchanged positions→

Other pairs from Norway lists

Pairs measured inside Norway's own published lists, where this pair's strongest relationship is also recorded. Positions in these lists are not comparable with another registrar's.

Norway overview→

Other pairs ranked together in the 2020s

Pairs both ranked in the same published list at some point between 2020 and 2029.

The 2020s across all registrars→

Side by side

Side-by-side comparison of Mats, Vegard
FieldMatsVegard
Record typeOfficial statistical record (evidence-only)Official statistical record (evidence-only)
Gender usagemalemale
MeaningNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
OriginNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
PronunciationNot yet recorded
Syllables12
Common variants / nicknamesNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Recorded regional usageGB-ENW, NONO
Most recent popularity observationNorway · Boys #228 (2025)Norway · Boys #219 (2025)
Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score)Not yet recordedNot yet recorded
Spelling simplicity (demonstration score)95/10088/100
International familiarity (demonstration score)60/10040/100
Data Confidencemediummedium

What the data shows

  • Mats has 1 syllable, compared with 2 for Vegard.
  • Both names have recorded usage in NO.

How each name got here

Mats

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1949

    First recorded at #330 among boys in Norway in 1949 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Norway · Boys

  2. Highest recorded1949–2025

    Highest recorded position: #21 among boys in Norway, in 1989 (recorded 1949–2025).

    Norway · Boys

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #228 among boys in Norway, in 2025.

    Norway · Boys

Vegard

Popularity journey

  1. 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

  2. Highest recorded1945–2025

    Highest recorded position: #19 among boys in Norway, in 1987 (recorded 1945–2025).

    Norway · Boys

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #219 among boys in Norway, in 2025.

    Norway · Boys