Otto vs Øistein
Otto and Øisteincompared 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 1993, Otto was ranked #561 and Øistein #524 among boys in Norway.
Otto and Øistein over time
Otto and Øistein appear together in 1 published list, across 44 years of shared records. Otto held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Øistein 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.
Otto reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Øistein 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
Otto and Øistein changed places 11 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 1993, ending at #561 and #524.
- Closest over the longest run
Across 44 shared years in Norway · Boys, Otto and Øistein averaged 59.3 places apart, ending at #561 and #524.
- Longest-running competitions
Otto and Øistein were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 44 years, from 1945 to 1993, ending at #561 and #524.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Boys within 2 years — Otto #90 in 1947, Øistein #112 in 1948.
List by list
Norway · Boys44 shared years, 1945–1993
Otto held the stronger position in 28 of those years, Øistein in 16.
Highest recorded here: Otto #90 in 1947, Øistein #112 in 1948.
The order changed in 1987: Øistein moved ahead. In 1986 they stood at #590 and #602; by 1987 that had become #587 and #552.
Most recent shared year, 1993: Otto #561, Øistein #524.
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 | Otto | Øistein |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #115 (2025) | Norway · Boys #524 (1993) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 82/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Otto and Øistein both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Otto
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #91 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: #90 among boys in Norway, in 1947 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #117 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys
Øistein
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #163 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–1993
Highest recorded position: #112 among boys in Norway, in 1948 (recorded 1945–1993).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1993
Most recently recorded at #524 among boys in Norway, in 1993.
Norway · Boys