Peter vs Selmer
Peter and Selmercompared 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 2025, Peter was ranked #174 and Selmer #172 among boys in Norway.
Peter and Selmer over time
Peter and Selmer appear together in 1 published list, across 22 years of shared records. Peter held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Selmer in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Peter reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Selmer 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.
- Mirrored each other
Over 22 shared years in Norway · Boys, Selmer rose about as far as Peter fell — from #110 and #549 in 2002 to #174 and #172 in 2025.
List by list
Norway · Boys22 shared years, 2002–2025
Peter held the stronger position in 21 of those years, Selmer in 1.
Highest recorded here: Peter #105 in 2005, Selmer #172 in 2025.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Peter #174, Selmer #172.
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 | Peter | Selmer |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Editorially researched profile | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | male | male |
| Meaning | From Greek Petros ('stone'), a translation of the Aramaic Cephas, the name Jesus gave to the apostle Simon. | Not yet recorded |
| Origin | Greek/Aramaic, biblical | Not yet recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈpit.əɹ/ | Not yet recorded |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | AU-NSW, GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO, NZ | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Republic of Ireland · Boys #152 (2025) | Norway · Boys #172 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | 90/100 | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Peter has a recorded origin (Greek/Aramaic, biblical); Selmer does not have one recorded yet.
- Peter and Selmer both have 2 syllables.
- A meaning is recorded for Peter; Selmer doesn't have one written yet.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Peter
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #106 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1952–2006
Highest recorded position: #1 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 1954 (recorded 1952–2006).
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #174 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys
Selmer
Popularity journey
First recorded2002
First recorded at #549 among boys in Norway in 2002 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded2002–2025
Highest recorded position: #172 among boys in Norway, in 2025 (recorded 2002–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #172 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys