Petter vs Piotr
Petter and Piotrcompared 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 2018, Petter was ranked #142 and Piotr #485 among boys in Norway.
Petter and Piotr over time
Petter and Piotr appear together in 1 published list, across 63 years of shared records. Petter held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Piotr in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Piotr reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Petter 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
Petter and Piotr changed places 4 times in Norway · Boys between 1953 and 2018, ending at #142 and #485.
- Longest-running competitions
Petter and Piotr were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 63 years, from 1953 to 2018, ending at #142 and #485.
List by list
Norway · Boys63 shared years, 1953–2018
Petter held the stronger position in 60 of those years, Piotr in 3.
Highest recorded here: Petter #28 in 1990, Piotr #50 in 1983.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2018: Petter #142, Piotr #485.
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 | Petter | Piotr |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | GB-ENW, GB-NIR, IE, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #146 (2025) | England and Wales · Boys #1951 (2024) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 88/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Petter has 2 syllables, compared with 1 for Piotr.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Petter
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #100 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: #28 among boys in Norway, in 1990 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #146 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys
Piotr
Popularity journey
First recorded1953
First recorded at #347 among boys in Norway in 1953 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1953–2018
Highest recorded position: #50 among boys in Norway, in 1983 (recorded 1953–2018).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1951 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys