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Odd vs Sigmund

Odd and Sigmundcompared 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, Odd was ranked #413 and Sigmund #270 among boys in Norway.

Odd and Sigmund over time

Odd and Sigmund appear together in 1 published list, across 80 years of shared records. Odd held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Sigmund 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.

Sigmund reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Odd 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

    Odd and Sigmund changed places 9 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 2025, ending at #413 and #270.

  • Longest-running competitions

    Odd and Sigmund were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 80 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #413 and #270.

  • Peaked in the same years

    Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Boys within 2 years — Odd #7 in 1947, Sigmund #60 in 1945.

List by list

  • Norway · Boys80 shared years, 19452025

    Odd held the stronger position in 72 of those years, Sigmund in 8.

    Highest recorded here: Odd #7 in 1947, Sigmund #60 in 1945.

    The order changed in 2025: Sigmund moved ahead. In 2024 they stood at #369 and #501; by 2025 that had become #413 and #270.

    Most recent shared year, 2025: Odd #413, Sigmund #270.

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

Side-by-side comparison of Odd, Sigmund
FieldOddSigmund
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 usageNOGB-ENW, NO
Most recent popularity observationNorway · Boys #413 (2025)Norway · Boys #270 (2025)
Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score)Not yet recordedNot yet recorded
Spelling simplicity (demonstration score)95/10082/100
International familiarity (demonstration score)40/10060/100
Data Confidencemediummedium

What the data shows

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

How each name got here

Odd

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1945

    First recorded at #9 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: #7 among boys in Norway, in 1947 (recorded 1945–2025).

    Norway · Boys

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #413 among boys in Norway, in 2025.

    Norway · Boys

Sigmund

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1945

    First recorded at #60 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: #60 among boys in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2025).

    Norway · Boys

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #270 among boys in Norway, in 2025.

    Norway · Boys