Torjus vs Torkil
Torjus and Torkilcompared 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 2018, Torjus was ranked #184 and Torkil #494 among boys in Norway.
Torjus and Torkil over time
Torjus and Torkil appear together in 1 published list, across 28 years of shared records. Torjus held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Torkil in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Torkil reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Torjus 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
Torjus and Torkil changed places 4 times in Norway · Boys between 1975 and 2018, ending at #184 and #494.
List by list
Norway · Boys28 shared years, 1975–2018
Torjus held the stronger position in 26 of those years, Torkil in 2.
Highest recorded here: Torjus #138 in 2007, Torkil #314 in 1990.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2018: Torjus #184, Torkil #494.
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 | Torjus | Torkil |
|---|---|---|
| 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 #198 (2025) | Norway · Boys #494 (2018) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 88/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Torjus and Torkil both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Torjus
Popularity journey
First recorded1975
First recorded at #541 among boys in Norway in 1975 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1975–2025
Highest recorded position: #138 among boys in Norway, in 2007 (recorded 1975–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #198 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys
Torkil
Popularity journey
First recorded1956
First recorded at #442 among boys in Norway in 1956 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1956–2018
Highest recorded position: #314 among boys in Norway, in 1990 (recorded 1956–2018).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2018
Most recently recorded at #494 among boys in Norway, in 2018.
Norway · Boys