Morten vs Sampson

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.

• England and Wales · Boys

  In 2015, Morten was ranked #4747 and Sampson #2020 among boys in England and Wales.

Morten and Sampson over time

Morten and Sampson appear together in 1 published list, across 10 years of shared records. Sampson held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Morten 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.

Morten reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Sampson 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

• England and Wales · Boys10 shared years, 2003–2015

  Morten held the stronger position in 2 of those years, Sampson in 7.

  Highest recorded here: Morten #2189 in 2003, Sampson #2020 in 2015.

  The order changed in 2014: Sampson moved ahead. In 2013 they stood at #2390 and #3830; by 2014 that had become #4632 and #2964.

  Most recent shared year, 2015: Morten #4747, Sampson #2020.

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.

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How each name got here