Ottar vs Thore
Ottar and Thorecompared 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 2006, Ottar was ranked #518 and Thore #568 among boys in Norway.
Ottar and Thore over time
Ottar and Thore appear together in 1 published list, across 42 years of shared records. Ottar held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Thore in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
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
Ottar and Thore changed places 14 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 2006, ending at #518 and #568.
- Closest over the longest run
Across 42 shared years in Norway · Boys, Ottar and Thore averaged 57.2 places apart, ending at #518 and #568.
- Longest-running competitions
Ottar and Thore were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 42 years, from 1945 to 2006, ending at #518 and #568.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Boys within 2 years — Ottar #97 in 1945, Thore #98 in 1945.
List by list
Norway · Boys42 shared years, 1945–2006
Ottar held the stronger position in 25 of those years, Thore in 17.
Highest recorded here: Ottar #97 in 1945, Thore #98 in 1945.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2006: Ottar #518, Thore #568.
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 | Thore |
|---|---|---|
| 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 #568 (2006) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Ottar and Thore 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
Thore
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #98 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2006
Highest recorded position: #98 among boys in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2006).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2006
Most recently recorded at #568 among boys in Norway, in 2006.
Norway · Boys