Raymond vs Sturla
Raymond and Sturlacompared 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 2008, Raymond was ranked #487 and Sturla #394 among boys in Norway.
Raymond and Sturla over time
Raymond and Sturla appear together in 1 published list, across 60 years of shared records. Raymond held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Sturla 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.
Sturla reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Raymond 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
Raymond and Sturla changed places 7 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 2008, ending at #487 and #394.
- Longest-running competitions
Raymond and Sturla were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 60 years, from 1945 to 2008, ending at #487 and #394.
List by list
Norway · Boys60 shared years, 1945–2008
Raymond held the stronger position in 53 of those years, Sturla in 7.
Highest recorded here: Raymond #60 in 1978, Sturla #211 in 1948.
The order changed in 2006: Sturla moved ahead. In 2005 they stood at #553 and #560; by 2006 that had become #560 and #418.
Most recent shared year, 2008: Raymond #487, Sturla #394.
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 | Raymond | Sturla |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | AU-NSW, GB-ENW, GB-NIR, IE, NO, NZ | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Republic of Ireland · Boys #509 (2025) | Norway · Boys #562 (2012) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 82/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Raymond and Sturla both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Raymond
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #265 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1952–1991
Highest recorded position: #17 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 1952 (recorded 1952–1991).
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #627 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys
Sturla
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #310 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2012
Highest recorded position: #211 among boys in Norway, in 1948 (recorded 1945–2012).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2012
Most recently recorded at #562 among boys in Norway, in 2012.
Norway · Boys