Sture vs Walter
Sture and Waltercompared 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 1977, Sture was ranked #629 and Walter #634 among boys in Norway.
Sture and Walter over time
Sture and Walter appear together in 1 published list, across 31 years of shared records. Sture held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Walter 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.
Walter reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Sture 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
Sture and Walter changed places 15 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 1977, ending at #629 and #634.
- Longest-running competitions
Sture and Walter were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 31 years, from 1945 to 1977, ending at #629 and #634.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Boys within 2 years — Sture #205 in 1947, Walter #178 in 1945.
List by list
Norway · Boys31 shared years, 1945–1977
Sture held the stronger position in 16 of those years, Walter in 15.
Highest recorded here: Sture #205 in 1947, Walter #178 in 1945.
The order changed in 1972: Sture moved ahead. In 1971 they stood at #371 and #350; by 1972 that had become #566 and #569.
Most recent shared year, 1977: Sture #629, Walter #634.
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 | Sture | Walter |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | GB-ENW, GB-SCT, IE, NO, NZ |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #572 (1999) | Norway · Boys #108 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Sture and Walter both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Sture
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #276 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–1999
Highest recorded position: #205 among boys in Norway, in 1947 (recorded 1945–1999).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1999
Most recently recorded at #572 among boys in Norway, in 1999.
Norway · Boys
Walter
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #178 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #108 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys