Torger vs Walter
Torger 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 1988, Torger was ranked #651 and Walter #530 among boys in Norway.
Torger and Walter over time
Torger and Walter appear together in 1 published list, across 31 years of shared records. Walter held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Torger in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Walter reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Torger 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
Torger and Walter changed places 18 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 1988, ending at #651 and #530.
- Longest-running competitions
Torger and Walter were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 31 years, from 1945 to 1988, ending at #651 and #530.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Boys within 2 years — Torger #206 in 1947, Walter #178 in 1945.
List by list
Norway · Boys31 shared years, 1945–1988
Torger held the stronger position in 12 of those years, Walter in 19.
Highest recorded here: Torger #206 in 1947, Walter #178 in 1945.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1988: Torger #651, Walter #530.
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 | Torger | 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 #583 (2004) | Norway · Boys #108 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 88/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Torger and Walter both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Torger
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #243 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2004
Highest recorded position: #206 among boys in Norway, in 1947 (recorded 1945–2004).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2004
Most recently recorded at #583 among boys in Norway, in 2004.
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