Sten vs Svenn
Sten and Svenncompared 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 1998, Sten was ranked #529 and Svenn #488 among boys in Norway.
Sten and Svenn over time
Sten and Svenn appear together in 1 published list, across 51 years of shared records. Sten held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Svenn 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.
Svenn reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Sten 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
Sten and Svenn changed places 11 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 1998, ending at #529 and #488.
- Longest-running competitions
Sten and Svenn were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 51 years, from 1945 to 1998, ending at #529 and #488.
List by list
Norway · Boys51 shared years, 1945–1998
Sten held the stronger position in 44 of those years, Svenn in 7.
Highest recorded here: Sten #103 in 1970, Svenn #137 in 1947.
The order changed in 1998: Svenn moved ahead. In 1997 they stood at #538 and #597; by 1998 that had become #529 and #488.
Most recent shared year, 1998: Sten #529, Svenn #488.
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 | Sten | Svenn |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #523 (2012) | Norway · Boys #488 (1998) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Sten and Svenn both have 1 syllable.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Sten
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #158 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: #103 among boys in Norway, in 1970 (recorded 1945–2012).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2012
Most recently recorded at #523 among boys in Norway, in 2012.
Norway · Boys
Svenn
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #203 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–1998
Highest recorded position: #137 among boys in Norway, in 1947 (recorded 1945–1998).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1998
Most recently recorded at #488 among boys in Norway, in 1998.
Norway · Boys