Oddgeir vs Osvald
Oddgeir and Osvaldcompared 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 1962, Oddgeir was ranked #223 and Osvald #395 among boys in Norway.
Oddgeir and Osvald over time
Oddgeir and Osvald appear together in 1 published list, across 13 years of shared records. Oddgeir held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Osvald 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.
Osvald reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Oddgeir 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
Norway · Boys13 shared years, 1945–1962
Oddgeir held the stronger position in 12 of those years, Osvald in 1.
Highest recorded here: Oddgeir #175 in 1956, Osvald #258 in 1951.
The order changed in 1946: Oddgeir moved ahead. In 1945 they stood at #321 and #308; by 1946 that had become #298 and #322.
Most recent shared year, 1962: Oddgeir #223, Osvald #395.
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 | Oddgeir | Osvald |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Not yet recorded |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #547 (1995) | Norway · Boys #526 (2023) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 82/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Oddgeir and Osvald both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Oddgeir
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #321 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–1995
Highest recorded position: #160 among boys in Norway, in 1958 (recorded 1945–1995).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1995
Most recently recorded at #547 among boys in Norway, in 1995.
Norway · Boys
Osvald
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #308 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2023
Highest recorded position: #258 among boys in Norway, in 1951 (recorded 1945–2023).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #526 among boys in Norway, in 2023.
Norway · Boys