Roy vs Tormod
Roy and Tormodcompared 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 2024, Roy was ranked #458 and Tormod #466 among boys in Norway.
Roy and Tormod over time
Roy and Tormod appear together in 1 published list, across 69 years of shared records. Roy held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Tormod in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Tormod reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Roy 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
Roy and Tormod changed places 4 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 2024, ending at #458 and #466.
- Longest-running competitions
Roy and Tormod were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 69 years, from 1945 to 2024, ending at #458 and #466.
List by list
Norway · Boys69 shared years, 1945–2024
Roy held the stronger position in 55 of those years, Tormod in 14.
Highest recorded here: Roy #29 in 1967, Tormod #85 in 1949.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2024: Roy #458, Tormod #466.
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 | Roy | Tormod |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1 | 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 #829 (2025) | Norway · Boys #477 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Roy has 1 syllable, compared with 2 for Tormod.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Roy
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #88 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2024
Highest recorded position: #29 among boys in Norway, in 1967 (recorded 1945–2024).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Tormod
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #101 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: #85 among boys in Norway, in 1949 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #477 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys