Sjur vs Steffen
Sjur and Steffencompared 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, Sjur was ranked #330 and Steffen #519 among boys in Norway.
Sjur and Steffen over time
Sjur and Steffen appear together in 1 published list, across 71 years of shared records. Steffen held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Sjur in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Sjur reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Steffen 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
Sjur and Steffen changed places 8 times in Norway · Boys between 1946 and 2025, ending at #330 and #519.
- Longest-running competitions
Sjur and Steffen were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 71 years, from 1946 to 2025, ending at #330 and #519.
List by list
Norway · Boys71 shared years, 1946–2025
Sjur held the stronger position in 27 of those years, Steffen in 44.
Highest recorded here: Sjur #177 in 1963, Steffen #24 in 1985.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Sjur #330, Steffen #519.
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 | Sjur | Steffen |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | NO | GB-ENW, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #330 (2025) | Norway · Boys #519 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 82/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 60/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Sjur has 1 syllable, compared with 2 for Steffen.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Sjur
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #251 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: #177 among boys in Norway, in 1963 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #330 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys
Steffen
Popularity journey
First recorded1946
First recorded at #341 among boys in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1946–2025
Highest recorded position: #24 among boys in Norway, in 1985 (recorded 1946–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #519 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys