Oddbjørn vs Roy
Oddbjørn and Roycompared 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 2005, Oddbjørn was ranked #467 and Roy #377 among boys in Norway.
Oddbjørn and Roy over time
Oddbjørn and Roy appear together in 1 published list, across 58 years of shared records. Roy held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Oddbjørn 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.
Oddbjørn reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Roy 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.
- Longest-running competitions
Oddbjørn and Roy were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 58 years, from 1945 to 2005, ending at #467 and #377.
List by list
Norway · Boys58 shared years, 1945–2005
Oddbjørn held the stronger position in 2 of those years, Roy in 56.
Highest recorded here: Oddbjørn #79 in 1950, Roy #29 in 1967.
The order changed in 2001: Roy moved ahead. In 2000 they stood at #473 and #481; by 2001 that had become #515 and #256.
Most recent shared year, 2005: Oddbjørn #467, Roy #377.
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 | Oddbjørn | Roy |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | AU-NSW, GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO, NZ |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #549 (2013) | Republic of Ireland · Boys #829 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 76/100 | 95/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Oddbjørn and Roy both have 1 syllable.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Oddbjørn
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #87 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2013
Highest recorded position: #79 among boys in Norway, in 1950 (recorded 1945–2013).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2013
Most recently recorded at #549 among boys in Norway, in 2013.
Norway · Boys
Roy
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #88 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2024
Highest recorded position: #29 among boys in Norway, in 1967 (recorded 1945–2024).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys