Stig vs Vilhelm
Stig and Vilhelmcompared 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 2016, Stig was ranked #538 and Vilhelm #343 among boys in Norway.
Stig and Vilhelm over time
Stig and Vilhelm appear together in 1 published list, across 15 years of shared records. Stig held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Vilhelm 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.
Vilhelm 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 Vilhelm changed places 5 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 2016, ending at #538 and #343.
List by list
Norway · Boys15 shared years, 1945–2016
Stig held the stronger position in 11 of those years, Vilhelm in 4.
Highest recorded here: Stig #17 in 1969, Vilhelm #339 in 1945.
The order changed in 2016: Vilhelm moved ahead. In 2015 they stood at #458 and #491; by 2016 that had become #538 and #343.
Most recent shared year, 2016: Stig #538, Vilhelm #343.
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 | Vilhelm |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #493 (2021) | Norway · Boys #390 (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 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Stig has 1 syllable, compared with 2 for Vilhelm.
- 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
Vilhelm
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #339 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: #283 among boys in Norway, in 2023 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #390 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys