Ottar vs Steinar
Ottar and Steinarcompared 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 2022, Ottar was ranked #426 and Steinar #499 among boys in Norway.
Ottar and Steinar over time
Ottar and Steinar appear together in 1 published list, across 62 years of shared records. Steinar held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Ottar 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.
Ottar reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Steinar 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
Ottar and Steinar were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 62 years, from 1945 to 2022, ending at #426 and #499.
List by list
Norway · Boys62 shared years, 1945–2022
Ottar held the stronger position in 2 of those years, Steinar in 60.
Highest recorded here: Ottar #97 in 1945, Steinar #17 in 1953.
The order changed in 2021: Ottar moved ahead. In 2020 they stood at #481 and #458; by 2021 that had become #486 and #492.
Most recent shared year, 2022: Ottar #426, Steinar #499.
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 | Ottar | Steinar |
|---|---|---|
| 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 #426 (2022) | Norway · Boys #345 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 82/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Ottar and Steinar both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Ottar
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #97 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2022
Highest recorded position: #97 among boys in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2022).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #426 among boys in Norway, in 2022.
Norway · Boys
Steinar
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #19 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #17 among boys in Norway, in 1953 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #345 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys