Tord vs Truls
Tord and Trulscompared 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 2025, Tord was ranked #367 and Truls #256 among boys in Norway.
Tord and Truls over time
Tord and Truls appear together in 1 published list, across 71 years of shared records. Truls held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Tord in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Tord reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Truls 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
Tord and Truls changed places 8 times in Norway · Boys between 1948 and 2025, ending at #367 and #256.
- Longest-running competitions
Tord and Truls were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 71 years, from 1948 to 2025, ending at #367 and #256.
List by list
Norway · Boys71 shared years, 1948–2025
Tord held the stronger position in 11 of those years, Truls in 60.
Highest recorded here: Tord #114 in 1992, Truls #91 in 2001.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Tord #367, Truls #256.
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 | Tord | Truls |
|---|---|---|
| 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 #367 (2025) | Norway · Boys #256 (2025) |
| 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
- Tord and Truls both have 1 syllable.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Tord
Popularity journey
First recorded1948
First recorded at #365 among boys in Norway in 1948 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1948–2025
Highest recorded position: #114 among boys in Norway, in 1992 (recorded 1948–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #367 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys
Truls
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #138 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: #91 among boys in Norway, in 2001 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #256 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys