Sture vs Zoran
Sture and Zorancompared 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 1981, Sture was ranked #612 and Zoran #622 among boys in Norway.
Sture and Zoran over time
Sture and Zoran appear together in 1 published list, across 20 years of shared records. Sture held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Zoran in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Sture reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Zoran 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 Zoran changed places 8 times in Norway · Boys between 1957 and 1981, ending at #612 and #622.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Boys within 2 years — Sture #247 in 1961, Zoran #312 in 1963.
List by list
Norway · Boys20 shared years, 1957–1981
Sture held the stronger position in 15 of those years, Zoran in 5.
Highest recorded here: Sture #247 in 1961, Zoran #312 in 1963.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1981: Sture #612, Zoran #622.
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 | Zoran |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | GB-ENW, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #572 (1999) | England and Wales · Boys #5137 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 60/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Sture and Zoran 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
Zoran
Popularity journey
First recorded1957
First recorded at #453 among boys in Norway in 1957 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1957–1988
Highest recorded position: #312 among boys in Norway, in 1963 (recorded 1957–1988).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #5137 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys