Sam vs Sondre
Sam and Sondrecompared 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, Sam was ranked #289 and Sondre #140 among boys in Norway.
Sam and Sondre over time
Sam and Sondre appear together in 1 published list, across 54 years of shared records. Sondre held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Sam 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.
Sondre reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Sam 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.
- Longest-running competitions
Sam and Sondre were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 54 years, from 1966 to 2025, ending at #289 and #140.
List by list
Norway · Boys54 shared years, 1966–2025
Sam held the stronger position in 2 of those years, Sondre in 52.
Highest recorded here: Sam #171 in 2024, Sondre #10 in 1993.
The order changed in 1970: Sondre moved ahead. In 1969 they stood at #544 and #546; by 1970 that had become #592 and #510.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Sam #289, Sondre #140.
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 | Sam | Sondre |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 #50 (2025) | Norway · Boys #140 (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
- Sam has 1 syllable, compared with 2 for Sondre.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Sam
Popularity journey
First recorded1959
First recorded at #340 among boys in Norway in 1959 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1983–2025
Highest recorded position: #38 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2015 (recorded 1983–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #289 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys
Sondre
Popularity journey
First recorded1966
First recorded at #512 among boys in Norway in 1966 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1966–2025
Highest recorded position: #10 among boys in Norway, in 1993 (recorded 1966–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #140 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys