Stig vs Svein
Stig and Sveincompared 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 2021, Stig was ranked #493 and Svein #494 among boys in Norway.
Stig and Svein over time
Stig and Svein appear together in 1 published list, across 69 years of shared records. Svein held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Stig in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Svein reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Stig 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
Stig and Svein changed places 15 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 2021, ending at #493 and #494.
- Closest over the longest run
Across 69 shared years in Norway · Boys, Stig and Svein averaged 49.9 places apart, ending at #493 and #494.
- Longest-running competitions
Stig and Svein were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 69 years, from 1945 to 2021, ending at #493 and #494.
List by list
Norway · Boys69 shared years, 1945–2021
Stig held the stronger position in 18 of those years, Svein in 51.
Highest recorded here: Stig #14 in 1970, Svein #4 in 1950.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2021: Stig #493, Svein #494.
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 | Stig | Svein |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #493 (2021) | Norway · Boys #267 (2023) |
| 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
- Stig and Svein both have 1 syllable.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Stig
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #119 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2021
Highest recorded position: #14 among boys in Norway, in 1970 (recorded 1945–2021).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #493 among boys in Norway, in 2021.
Norway · Boys
Svein
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #5 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2023
Highest recorded position: #4 among boys in Norway, in 1950 (recorded 1945–2023).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #267 among boys in Norway, in 2023.
Norway · Boys