Tarald vs Torkild
Tarald and Torkildcompared 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, Tarald was ranked #348 and Torkild #592 among boys in Norway.
Tarald and Torkild over time
Tarald and Torkild appear together in 1 published list, across 11 years of shared records. Torkild held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Tarald 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.
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
Tarald and Torkild changed places 5 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 1998, ending at #348 and #592.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Boys within 2 years — Tarald #287 in 1946, Torkild #288 in 1946.
List by list
Norway · Boys11 shared years, 1945–1998
Tarald held the stronger position in 5 of those years, Torkild in 6.
Highest recorded here: Tarald #287 in 1946, Torkild #288 in 1946.
The order changed in 1988: Tarald moved ahead. In 1987 they stood at #596 and #485; by 1988 that had become #561 and #566.
Most recent shared year, 1998: Tarald #348, Torkild #592.
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 | Tarald | Torkild |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #495 (2021) | Norway · Boys #592 (1998) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 88/100 | 82/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Tarald and Torkild both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Tarald
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #336 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: #287 among boys in Norway, in 1946 (recorded 1945–2021).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #495 among boys in Norway, in 2021.
Norway · Boys
Torkild
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #322 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: #288 among boys in Norway, in 1946 (recorded 1945–1998).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1998
Most recently recorded at #592 among boys in Norway, in 1998.
Norway · Boys